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GERN Research Career Program 2023

Academic Writing Retreat

When: Thursday 9 March from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Where: State Library of Queensland.

Online Research Seminar

When: Thursday 30 March from 12 pm to 1 pm.

Where: Online via Teams.

Presenter: Ausma Bernotaite.

Topic: The ‘fish tank’ model of queer surveillance in China: intersectional repression of LGBTQ+ activists and organizers during COVID-19.

April Writing Retreat

When: Friday 14 April from 9 am to 4 pm.

Where: Nathan campus at N16_-1.10A and Gold Coast campus at G27_3.20.

Details: Our on-campus monthly writing retreats offer GERN members the chance to take writing solace in each other's presence. They also provide opportunity for PhD students to have a venue of their own to find each other and connect.

There is no requirement to RSVP and you can pop in for as little or as long as you would like.

Online Research Seminar

When: Thursday 27 April from 12 pm to 1 pm.

Where: Online via Teams.

Presenter: Julie Ballangarry.

Topic: From the classroom to the policy-making process: An indigenous scholar’s journey to understanding how socio-cultural, political and historical contexts have informed and shaped indigenous education policy in Australia.

May Writing Retreat

When: Friday 12 May from 9 am to 4 pm.

Where: Nathan campus at N16_-1.10A and Gold Coast campus at G27_3.20.

Details: Our on-campus monthly writing retreats offer GERN members the chance to take writing solace in each other's presence. They also provide opportunity for PhD students to have a venue of their own to find each other and connect.

There is no requirement to RSVP and you can pop in for as little or as long as you would like.

Online Research Seminar

When: Thursday 25 May from 12 pm to 1 pm.

Where: Online via Teams.

Presenter: Alexis Kallio

Topic: Rethinking the potentials for public scholarship by unthinking method.

Online Panel Session: HDR Supervision and Feminist Work

When: Tuesday 6 June from 10am to 11.30 am.

Where: Online via Teams.

Panel chair:  Adele Pavlidis.

Panel members:  Simone Fullagar, Nina Ginsberg and Sherilyn Lennon.

June Writing Retreat

When: Friday 9 June from 9 am to 4 pm.

Where: Nathan campus at N16_-1.10A and Gold Coast campus at G27_3.20.

Details: Our on-campus monthly writing retreats offer GERN members the chance to take writing solace in each other's presence. They also provide opportunity for PhD students to have a venue of their own to find each other and connect.

There is no requirement to RSVP and you can pop in for as little or as long as you would like.

July Writing Retreat

When: Friday 14 July from 9 am to 4 pm.

Where: Nathan campus at N16_-1.10A and Gold Coast campus at G27_3.20.

Details: Our on-campus monthly writing retreats offer GERN members the chance to take writing solace in each other's presence. They also provide opportunity for PhD students to have a venue of their own to find each other and connect.

There is no requirement to RSVP and you can pop in for as little or as long as you would like.

Online Research Seminar

When: Thursday 27 July from 10 am to 11 am.

Where: Online via Teams.

Presenters: Indigo Willing, Adele Pavlidis, Simone Fullagar, Molly Dragiewicz and Justine Hotten.

Topic: Doing research on men and gender equity in sport: perspectives, approaches and recommendations from feminist, sociology, community-engaged and criminology researchers.

August Writing Retreat

When: Friday 11August from 9 am to 4 pm.

Where: Nathan campus at N06_-2.05 and Gold Coast campus at G27_3.20.

Details: Our on-campus monthly writing retreats offer GERN members the chance to take writing solace in each other's presence. They also provide opportunity for PhD students to have a venue of their own to find each other and connect.

There is no requirement to RSVP and you can pop in for as little or as long as you would like.

Online Research Seminar

When: Thursday 31 August from 12 pm to 1 pm.

Where: Online via Teams.

Presenters: Leonie Rowan, Dhara Shah, Sakinah Alhadad, Rosalyn Donnellan-Fernandez, Elaine Yang, Sonal Nakar, Natalie Osborne, Outi Donovan.

Topic: Academic women’s experiences in Australian university places: an investigation into contemporary experiences in Australian universities.

September Writing Retreat

When: Friday 8 September from 9 am to 4 pm.

Where: Nathan campus at N16_-1.10A and Gold Coast campus at G27_3.20.

Details: Our on-campus monthly writing retreats offer GERN members the chance to take writing solace in each other's presence. They also provide opportunity for PhD students to have a venue of their own to find each other and connect.

There is no requirement to RSVP and you can pop in for as little or as long as you would like.

Academic Writing Retreat and Professional Development Session

When: Thursday 19 October from 10 am to 3 pm.

Where: Nathan campus

Online Research Seminar

When: Thursday 19 October from 12 - 1pm.

Where: Online via Teams.

Presenter: Diti Bhattacharya.

Topic: The complexities of Desi—girl getting fit: emerging fitness narratives of Indian migrant women on Instagram.

Online Research Seminar

When: Thursday 26 October from 12 pm to 1 pm.

Where: Online via Teams.

Presenter:  Madeleine Pugin.

Topic: UNDRIP and urban Aboriginal cultural recognition in southeast Queensland.

November Writing Retreat

When: Friday 10 November from 9 am to 4 pm.

Where: Nathan campus at N16_-1.10A and Gold Coast campus at G27_3.20.

Details: Our on-campus monthly writing retreats offer GERN members the chance to take writing solace in each other's presence. They also provide opportunity for PhD students to have a venue of their own to find each other and connect.

There is no requirement to RSVP and you can pop in for as little or as long as you would like.

2022 Career Research Program

Date Seminar topicSpeakers/mentors
18 March 2022 Academic Writing Retreat Professor Sheena Reilly
17 June 2022 GERN Writing Retreat GERN members
15 August 2022 ARC Mentor Walk and Talk To be advised
2 September 2022 GERN Research Seminar—Thinking Feminism and Gender History Beyond the Binary

Dr Yves Rees

14 September 2022 GERN Research Seminar—Air and Light and Time and Space: How Successful Academics Write

Professor Helen Sword

17 October 2022 GERN Grant EOI Walk and Talk To be advised
25 October 2022  Research Grants Seminar—From Seed To Sprout

Professor Caitlin Byrne and Professor Stuart Bunn

2 November 2022GERN Research Seminar—Breaking the Silence on Teaching Race

Dr Debbie Bargallie

18 November 2022 GERN Writing Retreat To be advised

2021 Career Research Program

Date Seminar topic Speakers/mentors
12 March 2021 Challenging Academia and New Academic Leadership Dr Helen Berents, Dr Serene Ho, Dr Melissa Johnston 
30 April 2021 ARC Mentor Walk and Talk Professor Leonie Rowan, Professor Adrian Wilkinson, Associate Professor Kylie Burns, Professor Sara Davies
27 May 2021 Publishing: Sorting Rocks from Sand Dr Jacqui True 
25 June 2021 Getting Grants (not ARC) Robin Roberts, David Trembath, Joanna York
25 June 2021 Job Searching (early academic career) Dr Laura Rodriguez Castro, Associate Professor Nadine Connell, Professor Mary Keyes
POSTPONED (new date TBA) The Research Pitch GERN members
27 August 2021 Networking: The How To Dr Peter Binks, Professor Caitlin Byrne, Dr Alexis Kallio 
17 September 2021 Brand You: Citations, Social Media and Impact Narrative Associate Professor Lauren Ball, Jen Lofgren and Ben McRae
12 November 2021Writing Retreat (Gold Coast Campus)N/A

2020 GERN events

GERN Seminar Series

In 2020 we may have been socially-distanced but we needed our research network more than ever.

See below the seminars we ran to build inter-discipline collaboration and connections within Griffith.

DateSeminar topicSpeakers
28 August 2020Gender and anti-corruptionAJ Brown and Sue Harris Rimmer
18 September 2020Poverty and Underemployment: Women over 50 on an Entrepreneurial JourneyDhara Shah and Nancy Spencer
9 October 2020
‘Innovative Research Methdologies’ workshop
Kirsten Small, Sherilyn Lennon, Simone Fullagar, Alexis Kallio, Diti Bhattacharya
16 October 2020Technology and domestic violenceMolly Dragiewicz 
16 October 2020Conflict, gender and COVID-19: Mapping out the intersectionsOuti Donovan

Recorded seminars

Catch up on some of our 2020 seminars via video

GERN Seminar with Molly Dragiewicz, Outi Donovan

On 16 September 2020, the Gender Equality Research Network hosted a seminar with Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz and Dr Outi Donovan. Molly spoke about technology and domestic violence, and Outi spoke about conflict, gender and COVID-19.

GERN Innovative Research Methods

On 9 October 2020, the Gender Equality Research Network hosted an online workshop on innovative research methods.

The Sisters Project GERN Seminar

On 18 September 2020, the Gender Equality Research Network hosted a seminar with The Sisters Project on 'Poverty and Underemployment: Women over 50 on an Entrepreneurial Journey'.

2019 events

Contact us

If you'd like to know more about our network or get involved, contact Program Co-Convenors: Sara Davies and Susan Harris Rimmer.