Student topics

Supporting people to be responsible consumers and managing energy consumption is a key focus for delivering energy efficiency and tackling climate change in Australia. Furthermore, in an era of rising energy bills and increasing inflation, performing energy efficient behaviours and promoting efficient homes can save money, and improve comfort, health, and well-being.However, while considerable attention has focused on the development of policies and programs targeting low-income consumers to become energy efficient, there is a need for increased focused on how …

Study level

PhD

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

School

School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations

Research centre(s)

Centre for Justice
Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology

Arable land, water resources and biodiversity are under pressure from increased human populations and resource needs. On top of that, natural and agri-food systems are rapidly changing due to natural disturbances, with climate change likely to increase the impacts of extreme events like drought and wildfire.With climate change, negative impacts on agriculture are predicted with disruptions to food supply; many ecosystems have already been impacted by increased frequency and severity of extreme fire events; coral reefs will be threatened by …

Study level

Honours

Faculty

Faculty of Science

School

School of Biology and Environmental Science

Research centre(s)

Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy
Centre for the Environment

Regional Australia is undergoing significant structural, economic, social, and environmental change which is impacting the viability of small businesses (Regional Australia Institute, 2018). Regional small retail businesses, estimated to contribute $21.9bn to local economies (Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, 2019) are particularly susceptible to economic shocks, have lower survival rates, more volatile revenues and are generally less resilient than larger business (Barraket, Eversole, Luke & Barth, 2019).Disruptive external events such as the acceleration of e-retailing, COVID-19 travel restrictions, …

Study level

PhD, Master of Philosophy

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

School

School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations

Research centre(s)

Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research

Addressing the urgent need for community resilience amid escalating climate risks, including floods, extreme heat, and bushfires, is crucial for burgeoning cities. These cities comprise intricate networks of social, ecological, physical, and technological subsystems with structural and functional interdependencies. Understanding this complexity is vital for evaluating a city's resilience to climate risks and formulating effective policies and planning strategies. By applying complexity science principles, researchers can illuminate the dynamic relationships within these networks, revealing opportunities for sustainable urban development and …

Study level

PhD

School

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Research centre(s)

Centre for the Environment

There is increasing focus on the subject of consumer resilience in the face of disruptive life events, health issues, climate change and natural disasters, the COVID-19 pandemic, and personal loss. However, we lack understanding of consumer resilience, and how consumers may respond to different situations that require resilience. What personal, social and environmental factors make some consumers more resilient than others? What strategies do consumers use and what practices do they perform to be resilient, and what are the impacts? …

Study level

PhD

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

School

School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations

Research centre(s)

Centre for Justice
Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology

Future robotics systems are likely to benefit from having an ability to self-diagnose self-failure or the presence of anomalous situations (so that they can switch to fallback or fail-safe modes). Example situations include subtle sensor or actuator failure and cyber security or physical intruder detection.Such low signal-to-noise anomaly detection or self-diagnose problems can be understood using powerful mathematical and statistical tools which QCR has a rich history of advancing through collaboration with industry partners and publication in premium international venues.

Study level

PhD

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

School

School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics

Many critical infrastructure systems are operated using networked feedback control. These systems crucially use wireless networks to transmit sensor and actuation signals. Unfortunately, wireless technology (sensors, actuators and communications) is unreliable and increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. This causes performance degradation, loss of stability, system failure and, at worst, leads to deaths and disasters. Therefore, mitigating the effects of attack algorithms on Cyberphysical Systems (CPSs) is of utmost importance.A distinguishing aspect, when compared to attacks on classical information systems, is that …

Study level

PhD

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

School

School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics