DSC HDR Milestone Conference
24th - 27th February 2025
24th - 27th February 2025
24th - 27th February 2025
24th - 27th February 2025
Over the next decade, tackling the urgent and complex challenges of climate, security and inequality will require new knowledge, skills and collaboration in order to empower people and communities to adapt and thrive in life and work. Across the College of Design and Social Context, staff, supervisors and candidates span a unique range of disciplines engaged in research and research training. Together, we are distinctive in deploying applied and practice-based approaches that are future-oriented and regenerative. Across our three symposia, Practice Research Symposium, Urban Futures Symposium, and Social Change Symposium, we engage in co-creating knowledge that contributes to an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future for people and the planet.
RMIT University Melbourne Campus,
Storey Hall, Building 16 Level 7, Seminar Room 1
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Join us for a fun and informal workshop exploring how AI can support thesis research! A panel of four graduate students from Computer Science, Education, and Media & Communication will share their experiences experimenting with AI tools in their PhD and MA research. From literature reviews to data analysis, they'll discuss successes, challenges, and unexpected insights. The session includes plenty of time for audience discussion, Q&A, and sharing your own AI experiences. Whether you're an AI sceptic or enthusiast, come along, learn, and connect—with lunch provided!
| Time | Candidate | Presentation Title | Milestone | School | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Maximillian Kenyon | How Australian Netflix and Stan 'Original' films relate to, reconfigure, and/or recontextualise the industrial, cultural, and aesthetic paradigms of Australian national cinema | 2MR | Media and Communication | 16.07.03 |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Angus McLaurin | Towards a Genealogy of Post-Rave | CoC | Media and Communication | 16.07.04 |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Ruby Manson | Gendering disaster beyond gendered bodies: An intersectional feminist analysis of 'natural' disaster response and governance in Australia and Vanuatu | CoC | Global, Urban and Social Studies | Online |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Himani Joshi | Grief and social media: Understanding Migrant Womens Grieving Practices on Facebook and Instagram | 2MR | Media and Communication | 16.07.03 |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Miriam Reynoldson | Narratives of value in online learning through contexts of life (as part of Interdisciplinary PhD Scholarship in Human Experiences of Technology) | CoC | Global, Urban and Social Studies | 16.07.02 |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Nicholas MacFarlane | Suburban employment in the sprawling city: A comparative analysis of planning interventions into office development in established suburbs | CoC | Global, Urban and Social Studies | 16.07.03 |
For information on the Practice Research presentation schedule please visit the Practice Research Milestone Conference website.
| Time | Candidate | Presentation Title | Milestone | School | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Sara Pishgahi | Circular Economy volume home building; prospects for transition | 2MR | Global, Urban and Social Studies | 16.07.02 |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Jeri Karmelic | Gendered implications and expectations for women and gender-diverse rock instrumentalists in the Australian music industry | 2MR | Media and Communication | 16.07.04 |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Siyun Dong | Behind the Scenes: The Labour of Intermediaries in Rural Livestreaming Commerce in China | CoC | Media and Communication | 16.07.03 |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Nadia Egalita | Household and Food Consumption: Cross-cultural Analysis of Online Food Delivery Service in Surabaya and Melbourne | 3MR | Media and Communication | 16.07.02 |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Luis Felipe Ferra | Mexican jazz and the Internet: an ecological and comparative approach to a niche in the digital era | 2MR | Media and Communication | 16.07.03 |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Rebecca Weiner | Exploring associations between housing stress, transport stress and early childhood development in diverse Australian urban contexts | CoC | Global, Urban and Social Studies | 16.07.04 |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Van Bao Pham | Application of Augmented Reality tools in the inspection of safe activities on construction sites | 2MR | Property, Construction and Project Management | 16.07.01 |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Katie Sproule | Screening Single-Sex Education: Representing the Formation of Girls Gender and Sexual Identities in Cinema | 2MR | Education | 16.07.03 |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Aria Zhao | An Inquiry into the Play-based STEM Teaching Strategies in early childhood in Australia | CoC | Education | 16.07.01 |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Ethan Bryant | The self-referential popstar; authenticity, irony and stardom | CoC | Media and Communication | 16.07.03 |
For information on the Practice Research presentation schedule please visit the Practice Research Milestone Conference website.
| Time | Candidate | Presentation Title | Milestone | School | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Jingjing Qiang | Studying Son Preference in China's Rural Areas: A Feminist Perspective | 2MR | Education | Online |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Freda Zapsalis | The Role of Multi-disciplinary team experiences in the enablement of Career Identity & Career Adaptability for Humanities students | 3MR | Education | Online |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Yeshi Nidup | Instructional leadership and its influence on Higher Secondary School Teachers in Thimphu, Bhutan | 2MR | Education | Online |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Khilda Nur | Securitizing Public Space and Socio-spatial Disorders, Case study: Makassar, Indonesia | 2MR | Global, Urban and Social Studies | 08.11.03 |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Megan Rogerson-Berry | "For Freaks and Others": Examining Queerness and its Significance in Popular Music of the 21st Century | 3MR | Media and Communication | Online |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Osman Hulusi Turkyilmaz | A framework for improving safety performance of construction project performance based on the interaction of lean construction and BIM | CoC | Property, Construction and Project Management | 08.08.13 |
For information on the Practice Research presentation schedule please visit the Practice Research Milestone Conference website.
| Time | Candidate | Presentation Title | Milestone | School | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Max Melit | Platformisation, Mediatization and the Infrastructure of Cultural Spaces: The practices of artists on digital platforms in Melbournes alternative music scene | CoC | Media and Communication | Online |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Ellie McFarlane | Child performance and child audiences in the 20th century American Family Sitcom | CoC | Media and Communication | 009.04.03 |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Jiani YU | Understanding Female Chinese international students' negotiation of gender and cultural norms | 2MR | Global, Urban and Social Studies | 08.09.06 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Abraham Zarate Heras | Latin American Mobile Subjects in Australia: Sense of Place and Critical Intercultural Digital Literacies | 2MR | Global, Urban and Social Studies | Online |
| 12:00-1.30 | Abdullah Mohammed Alzahrani | Integration of Circular Economy Principles in Design Phase of Housing Projects in Saudi Arabia | CoC | Property, Construction and Project Management | Online |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Rowan Nas | Improving learning outcomes of secondary STEM students through lended learning | 3MR | Education | Online |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Shubha Kayastha | Perception and understanding of privacy among queer people in Nepal: How do they see and express themselves in digital spaces? | CoC | Media and Communication | 09.02.015 |
| 16:00 – 16:50 | Tong Liu | Virtual Consumption in Luxury Fashion Brands: Consumer’s Purchase Intention of Virtual Fashion in the Virtual World | 3MR | Fashion and Textiles | 514.01.006 |
For information on the Practice Research presentation schedule please visit the Practice Research Milestone Conference website.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.