Research at Bond

Current Research Projects

Power, Knowledge and Domination:
one of the most influential texts
Professor Raymond Gordon released a new book in June 2007 titled Power,
Knowledge and Domination.

NEW APPROACH TO DOPING IN SPORT
Dr Gray and Dr Angela Van Daal, Professor of Forensic Services, are
working towards developing a revolutionary new technique
to combat doping.

Investigating causes of Chronic
fatigue Syndrome
Dr Sonya Marshall, Assistant rofessor
of Biochemistry at Bond University’s
Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine is collaborating with the Gold Coast Public Health Unit in
establishing a centre for population health, specifically the Neuropeptides Centre, which examines how auto immunity may play a role in certain diseases such as Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome.

Coastal Towns : Myths and Stories
impact on urban planing
For the past 15 years, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Dr Daniel O’Hare, has been researching the narratives of coastal tourism destinations and how they
transform into sustainable cities through urban design strategies.

Challenging traditional models of children ’s services support
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Children’s Services at Bond University, Caroline Fewster has won a two-year service provider agreement from the Queensland Health and Community Services Workforce Council for giving specialist advice towards ‘guiding children’s behaviour’. Professor Fewster is supported in her work by Dr Margaret
Anne Carter who specialises in behaviour management.

Upholding civil rights in the age of
preventative legislation
Professor Patrick Keyzer, a Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law, with a team of highly regarded scholars from Monash University, UTS, Florida and Scotland, won Australian Research Council funding of $279,000 for a project entitled Preventive Detention of High Risk Offenders: The Search for
Legitimate Parameters.

The Effects of Bad Leadership
Professor Ben Shaw and Assistant
Professor Anthony Erickson have
begun a series of studies focused on the issue of bad leadership in organisations.

THE DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: POLICY & PREDICAMENT
Following her visit to Shanghai in
November 2007 to present a paper on
China’s interactions with the Middle
East and Central Asia, Bond’s Associate Professor of International Relations, Dr Rosita Dellios, went back to China in December, this time to Beijing. The Beijing trip was the result of Dr Dellios having been
awarded a 2008 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Grant to consolidate research for her up-coming book, The Defence of the People’s Republic of China: Policy and Predicament.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS VS MEN IN PARENTING
Having owned his own business, completed a PhD in branding and brand memory, and living in a host of different countries throughout Europe and North America, Australian-born Dr Stephen Holden has already achieved more than most.

THE LEGAL ETHICS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Professor Michael Weir first became
interested in the legal and ethical
framework for complementary and
alternative medicine 20 years ago
when he was asked to address students at a major natural medicine college in Brisbane about their legal and ethical obligations.

NEW SOFT WARE FOR SECURE
ONLINE BANKING
Professor Paddy Krishnan and his
research student, Percy Pari-Salas, from Bond University’s School of Information Technology have developed a secure software application that helps protect
against viruses which are designed to
hijack users’ information during
sensitive transactions such as
electronic banking.

Cognitive functions from an early
age to the ageing
Dr Mark Bahr is a cognitive developmental psychologist with special interests in learning theory and children’s acquisition of cognitive skills. Over the past five years he has been involved in the two largest studies of educational reform in Australia – The Queensland Schools Longitudinal Reform Study and the
New Basics Trial

 

Acute Respiratory Infections

Easing the pain of middle Ear Infection

Topically applied anaesthetics may provide more effective pain-relief than antibiotics in the treatment of middle ear infections.

Australian Archeology

Footsteps in Time

Many years of archaeological research in the Willandra Lakes region of Mungo National Park has been rewarded with a world headline-making discovery for Bond’s Professor of Australian Studies.

Crime Prevention

Caught on Camera

High profile criminologist and Bond’s Chair of Criminology, Professor Paul Wilson, is currently undertaking Australia’s first rigorous research into the effectiveness of CCTV in preventing crime in public places especially in relation to alcohol-related crimes such as assault.

Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism

Can Aspirin Really Help Prevent DVT?

Bond University’s Professor of Medicine, Professor Ian Hamilton-Craig, will head up the Gold Coast and Tweed Heads study team to examine the effects of aspirin in preventing a recurrence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

Dieting & Ageing

Living Longer May Soon be a Reality
Bond’s Professor of Anatomy and Histology, Professor Kuldip Bedi is currently researching why diet restriction leads to a longer life span and whether drugs can be developed that mimic the cellular effects of dieting.

DNA Profiling

Picture Perfect DNA

In the not-too-distant future, forensic investigators will be able to create a photo identikit of a suspect in the absence of eyewitnesses, using just the smallest trace of DNA left at a crime scene. Bond University’s Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Dr Angela van Daal has made some key breakthroughs linking genetic markers to complex human characteristics such as height, pigmentation and facial features.

Family Business

Business is all in the Family

Recent evidence shows that family-owned businesses outperform their publicly owned counterparts with higher returns on investment, better profit margins, more stable earnings and better cash flow and earnings per employee.

Game Theory

Using Inductive Game Theory to understand and Combat Prejudice

The simple strategies of parlour games like chess and bridge could provide an explanation for the deep-seated beliefs that give rise to prejudice and discrimination.

Global Trade & Finance

Is the International monetary Fund (IMF) Starving Poor Countries to Death?

Director of the Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade and Finance based at Bond University, Professor Ross Buckley has focussed extensive research on how the guidelines set down by the International Monetary Fund have worsened, rather than solved, economic crises in developing countries.

Human Resource Management for Universities

Getting the Best Person for the Job

Psychology Chair, Professor Greg Boyle, headed the Australian team of an international group of researchers examining how universities in North America and Australia have changed their hiring policies over the past 30 years in line with political correctness.

Internet & Intranet Security

Taking the Sting out of Computer Viruses

Professor Paddy Krishnan is currently working on IT programming that will prevent viruses from executing when they infiltrate a computer system.

Internet Law

Legal Actions Cause Technological Reactions

IT law researcher Dr Dan Svantesson, from Bond’s Faculty of Law is examining how legal actions have motivated the use of Internet technologies that restrict access to websites based on the web-surfer’s geographical location.

Medical Software Development

Privacy at a Premium

Bond’s Associate Dean of Research and Innovation in IT, Dr Michael Rees, was approached by Caradata CEO Bridget Dickson to help develop software that would allow medical clinic professionals to access patients’ sexual health information via a web-based application. Dr Michael Rees and Bridget knew that their key challenge would be guaranteeing privacy and security.

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is Unfinished Business

The ‘unfinished business’ of Australian multiculturalism was graphically demonstrated by the race riots at Sydney’s Cronulla Beach in December 2005. The involvement of so many younger Australians in the street violence came as no surprise to Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Dr Jeff Brand, who has recently taken part in a second major study of Australians under 40 who hail from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Planning for a Sustainable Future

Living Well into the Future

Australian Research Centre for Sustainable Property, Planning & Infrastructure has been selected to take a key role in the largest ever national study into the needs of retirement village residents.

Privacy Mandala

Freedom of the Press Versus Privacy

The Australian Press Council has awarded its very first research grant to Bond’s Head of Journalism, Professor Mark Pearson. The $5000 grant, supplemented by Faculty funding, has been allocated towards research into the impact of privacy laws on press freedom both here in Australia and overseas.

Taxation Law

Championing the Rights of Taxpayers

Contrary to popular perception, tax avoidance is not the norm – but it has been shown that people are more likely to try to beat the system or look for loopholes when they believe their tax system is unfair.

Teaching & Learning

Teaching Students the Value of Giving Back

Internationally recognised as an expert in the field of service-learning, Dr Amy Kenworthy-U’Ren from Bond’s Faculty of Business has launched a major teaching initiative that could see course-based community service integrated into university education Australia-wide.

Workplace Productivity

The Pursuit of Happiness in the Workplace

Life is full of ups and downs, and this is true in the workplace too. Whether or not someone is generally satisfied with their job, they will experience moments of both pleasant and unpleasant emotions while working. They encounter hassles that cause momentary negative emotions and uplifts that make them feel good for a short while. These short-term fluctuations in feelings while working have been largely ignored in previous research.