Research at UNE
Overview
UNE's principal research flagship is Animal Genetics which is serviced by the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU) and delivered commercially by the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI).
Other research flagships include:
- Rural Education which is undertaken by the National Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology, and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR), and
- Rural Communities, Landscapes and Practices which is led by the Institute for Rural Futures (IRF).
Research Priorities/Targeted Areas
UNE Expressed its research strengths, including existing, emerging and developing areas, in several ways.
1. UNE Strategic Research Priorities
The current Strategic Plan has identified the following themes to focus UNE's research effort:
- Environmental and Agricultural Change - Professor John Gibson
- Rural Health - Professor John Fraser
- Rural and Regional Education - Professor Len Unsworth
2. Targetted Research Areas
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- Environmental and Agricultural Change
- Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
- Marine and Freshwater Biodiversity
- Terrestrial Biodiversity
- Natural Resource Management
- Rural Futures
- Australian Fauna
- Vegetation Research
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Agricultural Genetics
- Animal Research
- Rural Health
- Rural Medicine
- Health Services Management
- Bioactive Materials
- Health and Clinical Psychology
- Gender, Health and Sexuality
- Rural and Regional Education
- Economics and Public Policy
- Asia Pacific Region
- Frontiers and Boundaries
- Australia's Regional Frontiers
- The Arts, Media, Culture and Society
- Ancient Societies
- Language and Cognition
- Believing and Thinking
- Mathematics, Nonlinear and Complex Analysis
- Law
- Security
- Water Perspectives