School research affiliations
School of Community Health research has strong links to the following:
The Centre for Inland Health
Health of people from inland communities of Australia is generally poorer than that of their city or coastal based counterparts. Targeted research and development, in partnership with inland communities, are needed to identify or design solutions that will effectively address the causes of the health gap. Charles Sturt University, as a national inland university, has the proximity and contextual understanding that are vital to addressing the health concerns of inland communities. Building on the University's strengths and existing expertise, the Centre for Inland Health (CIH) has been established to support research for this purpose.
Director: Assoc Prof Rodney Pope PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Science
Charles Sturt University
Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education
RIPPLE is a multi-disciplinary research centre that conducts high-quality applied research and consultation in the field of professional practice and implications for professional learning and education. Within this broad rubric, central concerns are issues of epistemology, quality, responsibility and the development of intra and inter disciplinary communities of practice.
Director: Prof Tom Lowrie
Centre for Research in Complex Systems (CRCS)
The research programme focuses on intelligent information systems. Such systems comprise numerous agents with the capacity to learn and adapt to and modify their environment. Examples extend from virtual environments to self-describing agents on the internet.
Director: Prof Terry Bossomaier
Professor in Information Technology
School of Accounting and Computer Science
Faculty of Business
Charles Sturt University
The Education for Practice Institute
The MISSION of The Education for Practice Institute is to advance the quality of practice-based education at Charles Sturt University.
Director: Prof Joy Higgs