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ANU is well known for its unique character. Part of this is a warm,egalitarian ‘Australianness’ but it can also manifest as the ‘blokey’ culture of an institution that is numerically and visibly male in its academic and governance profiles. ANU Inspiring Women is a project animated by the idea that the ANU is also constituted by immense female talent. Not only that of world-class female scholars and teachers, but also by the women who create...
Kate Bisshop-Witting | Alison Booth | Valerie Braithwaite | Dorothy Broom | Carole Brown | Val Brown | Kylie Catchpole | Hyaeweol Choi | Mary Kilcline Cody | Marianne van Galen Dickie | Gaye Doolan | Cressida Fforde | Nadia Frankham | Debjani Ganguly | Shirley Gregor | Judy Hodgins | Tamara Jacka | Lena Karmel | Lorrae Van Kerkhoff | Lisa Kewley | Jacqueline Lo | Kamalini Lokuge | Isabel McBryde | Heather McEwan...
A self-described ‘invisible but always available’ administrator ensures schools hum efficiently and creatively Apart from her often mis-spelled, hyphenated surname, Dr Kate Bisshop-Witting makes all other elements in her working life as smooth and efficient as possible. She finds working as an administrator of the University’s schools very appealing: “You get to be amongst the intellectual debate and part of the total culture. I love getting to know the quirks and eccentricities of the academics.”...
A professor of economics relaxes by writing successful novels When asked what drives her ongoing achievements in economic research, Professor Alison Booth reaches for the word ‘obsession’. It’s hard to say whether this is a prerequisite for the academic personality, but in Alison’s case it helps explain how a leading economist can sustain a double life as a successful novelist. “Most people would agree that to survive as an academic you have to not only...
This ground-breaking social researcher and teacher has shown that for ideas to flourish, they must be thoroughly interrogated and patiently nurtured It is immediately clear when meeting the gently spoken but authoritative Professor Valerie Braithwaite that she is passionate about the pursuit of ideas. Her world-leading explorations into the relationship between people and policy makers have brought understanding to the mismatch between the good intentions of legislators and human behaviour. Her work tracks the ways...
A sociologist inspired by ordinary people doing extraordinary things Emeritus Professor Dorothy Broom is an acute observer and a teller of emblematic stories in which the personal and professional are powerfully fused. Now at the University’s National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, she is forever mining her personal background and experience for flashes of illumination and insight into research questions which she weaves into her writing whether recounting personal experience on the subject of...
A woman in science and engineering can improve the world and enjoy doing it In 2010, Dr Kylie Catchpole’s work on nanophotonic light trapping was listed as one of MIT Technology Review’s ‘10 most important emerging technologies’. In 2011 she was an episode winner on ABC television’s New Inventors . Her work has been featured in the news sections of Science magazine and The Economist , and she has published over 60 papers which have...
