Seminars
The People. Policy. Place. (PPP) Seminars Series has been running since the Northern Institute's inception in 2010. The monthly seminars are free and open to the public and all Friends of NI and CDU staff and students. The series focuses on policy through various disciplines and attracts a diverse audience, including academic staff, university students, NT/ local government and NGOs, local businesses, Indigenous and industry representatives, and interested public members.
Unless specified, PPP Seminars run on the 4th Wednesday of each month from March until December, 10:30 - 11:30 am Darwin time (ACST). They are hybrid events held live at the Northern Institute and online via Zoom. Registrations open two weeks before the event.
Seminar Program 2024
This year's seminar program showcases our Northern Institute researchers, collaborators and guests with updates from their current research projects.
Month | Date | Topic |
| FEBRUARY | Wednesday 28 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR Creating a World that Sustains Its Languages with Steven Bird |
| MARCH | Wednesday 27 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR |
| APRIL | Wednesday 10 10.30 - 11.30 am | STUDENT SEMINAR HDR Student Showcase Adrian Harris, Alexander Hatzikalimnios, Johnny Howard & Stephen Enciso |
| APRIL | Wednesday 17 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR |
| MAY | Wednesday 15 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR The German Ethnographic Expeditions to the Kimberley (1938/9 - 1954/55): A collaborative assessment of research history and the interpretation of Aboriginal heritagewith Associate Professor Martin Porr (University of Western Australia) |
| MAY | Thursday 15 9am - 12:30pm | STUDENT SEMINARS Master of Public Policy Student Presentations |
| MAY | Tuesday 21 9.30 - 11 am | PANEL DISCUSSION Hosted by the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission & Northern Institute |
| JUNE | Wednesday 26 10.30 - 11.30 am | SYMPOSIUM Increasing the Numbers of Aboriginal Teachers in the Territory with Dr Tracy Woodroffe, Department of Education, CDU Student Recruitment & community partners. |
| JUNE | Wednesday 19 10.30 - 11.30 am | MINI-CONFERENCE Central Australian Research Showcase with Northern Institute Researchers. |
| JULY | Wednesday 24 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR Experiences of an Aboriginal teacher in the NT with Dr Tracy Woodroffe |
| AUGUST | Wednesday 14 10.30 - 11.30 am | VISITING ACADEMIC SEMINAR Zooming into Biomodal Bilingualism in Remote Indigenous Communities with Professor Dany Adone (University of Cologne, Germany) |
| Wednesday 21 10.30 - 11.30 am | VISITING ACADEMIC SEMINAR Contemporary Art and Nuclear Culture:Creating a New geo-political Space for Decolonial Nuclear Traces over Time and Space with Professor Ele Carpenter (Director of UmArts, University of Umea) | |
| SEPTEMBER | Monday 16 10.30 - 12 noon | SPECIAL EVENT In this presentation four spokespeople from a much broader group of Yolŋu and other collaborators share episodes from our 40-year history of Ground Up work maintaining epistemic accountabilities within Aboriginal people-places and the modern university. |
| Tuesday 17 10.00 - 11.00 am | PPP SEMINAR Join us in person at 3 NT locations - Darwin, Batchelor and Nauiyu (Daly River) or online via Zoom to learn about a HEPPP-funded project investigating mapping the higher education journeys and experiences of Indigenous graduates who have been awarded higher education degrees from Charles Darwin University and/or Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education. | |
| Wednesday 25 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR Hear key findings from this HEPPP-funded project investigating the experiences of First Nations undergraduate students at Charles Darwin University. The project results have been compiled into guidebooks for CDU lecturers and First Nations undergraduate students. The team will launch the guidebook for lecturers at this event. | |
| Friday 27 9.15 - 10.15 am | PUBLIC EVENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RIEL
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| OCTOBER | Wednesday 23 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR Archaeological and Aboriginal Responses to the European Invasion of the Darwin Region 1869 – 2018 with Dr Kellie Pollard |
| NOVEMBER | Tuesday 5 10.30 - 11.30 am | Journey through China’s Loess Plateau: Between environmental constraints and social determination with David Karacsonyi |
| NOVEMBER | Wednesday 13 10.00 - 11.30 am | Trans Awareness Week: From Trans Panic To Trans Joy Seminar: 10.00-11.00am |
| NOVEMBER | Wednesday 27 10.30 - 11.30 am | PPP SEMINAR |
| DECEMBER | Thursday 5 10.30 - 11.30 am | RESEARCH UPDATE CDU-Department of Treasury and Finance Demographic Research Seminar with Dr Sigurd Dyrting, Dr David Karácsonyi, Dr Tom Wilson and Associate Professor Andrew Taylor |
Past seminars and recordings
Where can I watch the recording? Click the link next to the seminar below.
If you cannot find a seminar recording, please contact the Research Support Services at thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au, and we will send you the link.
2024
| Seminar | Research Contact | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| PPP SEMINAR Creating a World that Sustains Its Languages February 28 | Professor Steven Bird Northern Institute steven.bird@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| PPP SEMINAR Pathways into Teaching for First Nations Students March 27 | Dr Tracy Woodroffe Northern Institute tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au | |
| STUDENT SEMINAR HDR Student Showcase April 10 | Adrian Harris adrian.harris@cdu.edu.au Alexander Hatzikalimnios alexander.hatzikalimnios@students.cdu.edu.au Johnny Howard jonathanpeteraubreyhoward@students.cdu.edu.au Stephen Enciso stephen.enciso@cdu.edu.au | This recording is only available for student use and reflection. |
| PPP SEMINAR Everything has a reason. Gambling has a reason: Tiwi-led research developing a gambling management strategy for Wurrumiyanga. April 17 | Associate Professor Michaela Spencer Northern Institute michaela.spencer@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| PPP SEMINAR The German Ethnographic Expeditions to the Kimberley (1938/9 - 1954/55): A collaborative assessment of research history and the interpretation of Aboriginal heritage May 15 | Dr Martin Porr Associate Professor in Archeology University of Western Australia | View recording |
| STUDENT SEMINAR Master of Public Policy Student Presentations May 15 | Kate Golebiowska Senior Research Fellow & Lecturer, Northern Institute kate.golebiowska@cdu.edu.au | This recording is only available for student use and reflection. |
| PANEL DISCUSSION Positive Duty: Changing the culture and eliminating discrimination | Dr Anna Cody, Leanne Liddle and Dr Dinesh Palipana. Northern Institute thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au | This event was in-person only - no recording available. |
| SYMPOSIUM Increasing the Numbers of Aboriginal Teachers in the Territory | Dr Tracy Woodroffe Senior research & Lecturer, Northern Institute tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| MINI-CONFERENCE Central Australian Research Showcase June 19 | Northern Institute Don't hesitate to get in touch with individual researchers about their projects. | This event was in-person only - no recording available. |
| PPP SEMINAR Experiences of an Aboriginal teacher in the NTon July 24 | Dr Tracy Woodroffe Senior Researcher & Lecturer, Northern Institute tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| VISITING ACADEMIC SEMINAR Zooming into Biomodal Bilingualism in Remote Indigenous Communities on August 14 | Professor Dany Adone Chair of Applied English Linguistics University of Cologne, Germany | View recording |
| VISITING ACADEMIC SEMINAR Contemporary Art and Nuclear Cultureon August 21 | Professor Ele Carpenter Director of UmArts University of Umea eleanor.carpenter@umu.se | View recording |
| SPECIAL EVENT Ground Up Making and Doing: 40 years of research inquiry under Yolŋu authority in East Arnhem Land on September 16 | Professor Michael Christi, Professor Helen Verra, Dr Michaela Spence & Dr Matt Campbell Northern Institute thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| PPP SEMINAR Project Update + Website Launch: Indigenous Cross-Cultural Higher Education Engagement & Mappingon September 17 | Associate Professor Linda Ford, Dr Robyn Ober, Dr Miriam Rose Baumann, Patrick McKenzie and Noressa Bulsey Linda Ford | View recording |
| PPP SEMINAR Higher Education and First Nations Students: The CDU Story on September 25 | Dr Tracy Woodroffe, Dr Kate Golebiowska, Mrs Alicia Boyle & Associate Professor Guzyal Hill. Tracy Woodroffe | View recording |
| PUBLIC EVENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RIEL Researcher Perspectives of Middle Arm Industrial Precinct on September 27 | Stephen Enciso (NI), Billee McGinley (RIEL) and Colton Perna (RIEL) | View recording |
| PPP SEMINAR Archaeological and Aboriginal Responses to the European Invasion of the Darwin Region 1869 – 2018 on October 23 | Dr Kellie Pollard Lecturer in Aboriginal Futures kellie.pollard@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| RETURNING ACADEMIC SEMINAR Journey through China’s Loess Plateau: Between environmental constraints and social determination on October 23 | Dr David Karacsonyi Casual Research Associate david.karacsonyi@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| TRANS AWARENESS AWEEK From Trans Panic To Trans Joy on October 23 | Professor Kim Humphery Director of Northern Institute kimberley.humphery@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| PPP SEMINAR Indigenous-led Sea Country management:A story about Marra Country and the law on November 27 | Dr Jackie Gould Senior Research Fellow jackie.gould@cdu.edu.au | View recording |
| RESEARCH UPDATE CDU-Department of Treasury and Finance Demographic Research Seminar | Dr Sigurd Dyrting, Dr David Karácsonyi, Dr Tom Wilson and Associate Professor Andrew Taylor Andrew Taylor | Not recorded - in-person only |
2023
| Seminar | Research Contact | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| PPP SEMINAR Collaborations on Sea Country 22 March | Dr Rachel Groom | |
| INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR Intercultural communication for knowledge generation, sharing and application 18 May | Dr Jessica Ball | |
| PPP SEMINAR Open Research Evaluation: The feasibility of replacing ERA with open evaluation, exemplified by a distant reading of higher education research 24 May | Professor Lawrence Cram Emeritus Professor ANU University Fellow Northern Insitute lawrence.cram@cdu.edu.au | |
| INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC WORKSHOP Emergency Management Volunteering Workshop 1 June | Akhilesh Surjan Associate Professor Disaster Management, Northern Insitute akhilesh.surjan@cdu.edu.au | Not available |
| GUEST SEMINAR Policy levers for recruitment & retention of health professionals: evidence (or lack thereof) through a gender lens 8 June | Professor Neeru Gupta Professor, Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick (Canada) | |
| GUEST SEMINAR Optimising Australia's conceptually confused National Training System 22 June | Dr Don Zoellner University Fellow Northern Institute don.zoellner@cdu.edu.au | |
| PPP WORKSHOP Policy Kaleidoscope 28 June | Salli Cohen Founder of The Policy Room & Former ED of Juvenile Justice, NTG) sallicohen@thepolicyroom.com | Not available |
| NAIDOC WEEK SEMINAR Say YES for our elders! 6 July | Georgie Corrie NT Coordinator Yes23 georgia@yes23.com.au | |
| PPP SEMINAR Policy Drivers in the Public Employment Environment 26 July | Vicki Telfer Commissioner for Public Employment, NTG enquiries.ocpe@nt.gov.au | |
| PPP SEMINAR Mixed Reality System for Remote Community Engagement in Construction 30 August | Dr Cat Kutay Faculty of Science & Technology, CDU cat.kutay@cdu.edu.au | |
| GUEST SEMINAR The COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Model of Care 7 September | Angela Sheedy Senior Research Officer, CDU Menzies School of Medicine angela.sheedy@cdu.edu.au | |
| INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR Progress of Preparedness and Mitigation in Aceh: 20 Years after Indian Ocean Tsunamis 2004 | Dr Rina Oktari Senior Lecturer, University of Syiah Kuala (Aceh, Indonesia) Head of the Master of Disaster Management Studies. | |
| INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR Mobile Phone Big Data Analysis and the COVID-19 Pandemic September 19 | Associate Professor Kazumasa Hanaoka Department of Geography, Ritsumeikan University | |
| PPP SEMINAR Mathematics in Indigenous Languages – extending the scope of bilingual education in the NT 27 September | Dr Cris Edmonds-Wathen Senior Lecturer in Education, Faculty of Arts and Society, CDU cris.edmonds-wathen@cdu.edu.au | |
| GUEST SEMINAR TASA Seminar: Judicial Work and Emotion: A Socio-legal Approach 26 October | Professor Sharyn Roach Anleu Dean (Research) CHASS, Flinders University sharyn.roachanleu@flinders.edu.au | |
| PPP SEMINAR Dual Seminar: Demographic trends and sparse regions 27 September | Dr David Karacsonyi david.karacsonyi@cdu.edu.au Dr Sigurd Dyrting sigurd.dyrting@cdu.edu.au Northern Institute, CDU | |
| PPP SEMINAR Australian Population Association Seminar November 29 | Dr Kate Golebiowska Senior Research Fellow kate.golebiowska@cdu.edu.au Northern Institute, CDU | |
| PROJECT UPDATE Higher Education and First Nations Students: The CDU Story December | Dr Tracy Woodroffe Senior Research Fellow tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au Northern Institute, CDU |