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Dr Stuart Bedford »
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
Archaeology & anthropology, Pacific, New Zealand
Vanuatu, Pacific archaeology general, Lapita, bislama speaker
+61 2 6125 4297, 0451 070 344
Dr Alison Behie »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Environment, Biology
Primate conservation, primate behaviour, primate ecology, natural disasters
Science - Biology
Professor John Bekkers »
ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
Health, Medicine
The brain and nervous system, particularly the sense of smell, neuroscience, olfaction, memory, epilepsy
Medicine
Dr George Bell »
ANU College of Business & Economics
Business management
Evaluation of government advertising; Consumer behaviour aspects of Autonomous and Electric Vehicles; Promotion of Medicare and Private Health Insurance; Climate change impacts on business and community resilience
0439 998 083 Professor Peter Bellwood »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Archaeology & anthropology, South East Asia, Indonesia, Languages & linguistics, Pacific
Archaeology, prehistory, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Indonesia, beginnings of agriculture, ancient migrations, language history
Archaeology & AnthropologyAsia (South East)
Asia (South East) - Indonesia
Language & Linguistics
02 6125 3120 (work)Hamza Bendemra »
ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science
Engineering, Information technology, Technology
Additive manufacturing, composite materials, automated manufacturing systems, aerospace manufacturing, airline industry, engineering education, humanitarian engineering
IT
02 6125 4803 (work)Professor Jeff Bennett »
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
Economics, Environmental, Biodiversity
Environmental and resource economics, agricultural economics, valuation of environmental impacts, environmental management particularly in developing countries
Economics - Environmental
Environment - Biodiversity
02 6125 0154 (work), 0419 232 250 (mobile)Dr Samantha Bennett »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Music
Popular music history, performance, production and reception; music technology; sound recording; recording techniques; recordists and record producers; recording workplaces and studios; audio engineering; music formats; digital music; music and media; popular and rock music history and cultural/ political context; punk, subculture, alternative, ‘underground’ and ‘Indie’ musics.
Arts - MusicDr John Besemeres »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Europe, Russia, Politics, International, Terrorism
Eastern Europe, Russia
Europe - Russia
Politics
Politics - International
Terrorism
02 6125 6660 (work), 0413 186 337 (mobile)Dr Sharon Bessell »
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
Gender, Social
Children's rights, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, child labour, child protection, children and social policy (especially in Southeast and Australia), children's and young people's participation and citizenship, gender and development
GenderPublic Policy - Social
02 6125 6562 (work)Professor Mike Bessell »
ANU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Astronomy, Physics
Stellar evolution, stellar atmospheres, CCD photometry, colour imaging
Science - AstronomyScience - Physics
02 6125 0268 (work)Dr Gemma Betros »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Europe, France, History
The French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, gender, religion and politics in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France, the history of convents and women religious (nuns)
Dr Geoff Bicknell »
ANU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Astronomy
Active galaxies, jets, black holes, black hole feedback, high energy astrophysics, including X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy
Science - AstronomyDr Nicholas Biddle »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Economics, Employment & labour, Education, Indigenous studies, Public policy, Education, Social
Indigenous policy, official statistics, labour economics, economics of education
Economics - Employment/Labour
Indigenous
Public Policy - Education
Public Policy - Social
02 6125 8206 (work), 0466 841 595 (mobile)Dr David Bissell »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Urban
Transport, cities, urbanisation, commuting, infrastructure, social dimensions of transport, travel behaviour, suburbia
Public Policy - Urban
Dr Nematullah Bizhan »
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
Middle East, Afghanistan, Politics, International
Afghanistan, Middle East and Central Asia, Politics, Development, State Building, Post-conflict reconstruction and International Engagement.
Dr Boyd Blackwell »
ANU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Energy, Physics
Plasma physics, nuclear fusion energy, power electronics
Environment - EnergyScience - Physics
02 6125 2482 (work)Professor Andrew Blakers »
ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science
Engineering, Energy
Solar cells, solar concentrating systems, sustainable energy
Environment - Energy
Dr John Blaxland »
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
North America, Asia, South East Asia, Burma, Thailand, Defence, History, International relations, International
Public policy - intelligence, public policy - security, Australian military history and strategy, defence, international relations, South East Asia (Thailand, Myanmar / Burma, East Timor), North America (Canada), Australian Flag, Afghanistan and Iraq military operations
Americas - North AmericaAsia (South East)
Asia (South East) - Burma
Asia (South East) - Thailand
Defence
International Relations
Politics - International
Dr Katherine Bode »
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Literature, History
Literature, book history, Australian literature, literature in Australia, digital humanities, quantitative methods in humanities research, gender studies
Arts - LiteraturePages
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Feb
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Internationally recognised composer and performer Ken Lampl, who has written music for more than 70...
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Feb
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Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University (ANU), Professor Brian Schmidt AC, has...
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Feb
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Feb
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World-renowned public health researcher and distinguished Professor at ANU Tony McMichael, has...
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Feb
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Feb
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ANU has appointed leading ACT music educator Kevin Knapp as the new Open School Convenor....
