Dear Centre Members, HDR Colleagues, and Allied members,
We are pleased to have made it to December. This is our third year as the CRF and we (Peta and Jo) have been reflecting on our successes and impact. If you have also been reflecting on this (or even if you haven’t) let us know…. We are curating our Impact Analysis right now. We are hosting focus groups across the next three weeks and invite you to be involved. Please email the CRF if you would like to join us – we invite all CRF members, Graduate Researcher colleagues, and allied members. We have questions and will record voices for sound bites and quotable quotes!
We have been updating our website to curate many of the amazing outcomes we have enjoyed together. Our CRF report will be a map that refers to our website! Thanks to Mariel Flores Lima who is our most excellent Research Fellow on this project.
We are eagerly awaiting the outcome of the Faculty Research Ecology review – we should hear at the Faculty Town Hall on the 11th December… It’s a bit of a cliff hanger… waiting and wondering… what will become of the CRF?
Some key CRF updates…
The CRF is supporting 2 ARC DP 27 EOI submissions – congratulations to all involved.
The CRF is supporting a new to Deakin DECRA applicant – we welcome Ethan Gordon (a visiting scholar to the CRF for 2025 – 2026) white he developes his DECRA application
The CRF is hosting several Visiting Scholars in 2026
- Danielle Wilde – Southern Denmark University – arriving in December 2025 and collaborating through to February 2026
- Amanda Glob Neilsen – Southern Denmark University – arriving in February 2026
- Ethan Gordon – DECRA – has started already!
- Michelle Tourbier – wonderful CRF Post Doc.
We have an exciting collaboration with the RMIT Posthuman Summer lab – 7 successful applicants! – see below
CRF Partnerships are finally being confirmed – see below and let us know if you have further suggestions!
Congrats to several CRF members for receiving esteem markers of note…. Please let us know if we have missed any…
- Congratulations to A/Prof Peta White for being made a Fellow of the Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE). For over 40 years, AAEE has celebrated excellence in environmental education by recognising members for their significant efforts and contributions. Fellowship is only endowed occasionally and only on the most deserving recipients, and endorsed by the entire national executive. This is an outstanding honour and richly deserved by Peta.
- Congratulations to Dr Eve Mayes who was a joint recipient for the Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) JEDI (Justice/Equity/Diversity/Inclusivity) Environmental Educator of the Year award – for individuals or groups who have shown leadership in JEDI Environmental Education, specifically focusing on diverse communities including First Nations, gender diverse/LGBTIQ, and/or children and young people.
- Congratulations to Dr Seamus Delaney for receiving the RACI Chemical Education 2025 Chemical Education Division Citation, acknowledging his significant impact on chemistry teaching and curriculum development. Seamus also received the SoE Leading Scholar Award. Congratulations Seamus!
- Congratulations to Prof Julianne Lynch who has been selected as a winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Innovation in Teaching and Learning for her submission, Grade-Aligned Student Personas.
- Congratulations to Dr Jacqui Peters for receiving the School of Education Leadership Award for her work in leading a community of Early Career Researchers.
- Congratulations to A/Prof Jo Raphael for receiving a Deakin 30 years of Service award. Jo wishes everyone to know that she was a baby when she started at Deakin!
We look forward to wrapping up our third year… and we hope to begin planning the future endeavours of the CRF.
Best wishes,
Peta and Jo
Newsletter #22 – 2nd December 2025