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Research in FoR20 is conducted in Communication and Media (2001) Cultural
Studies (2002), Linguistics (2004), and Literary Studies (2005), with a minor
contribution in Language Studies (2003). Researchers are concentrated in the Centre
for Critical and Cultural Studies (CCCS) and the Schools of English, Media Studies &
Art History, Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies, and Journalism &
Communication. Staff from Psychology, Business, Politics, Education, and the Centre
for the History of European Discourses (CHED) also contribute significantly.
The major research strengths are in cultural and media studies, critical theory,
intergroup communication, literature and literary history, second language
acquisition, socio-linguistics, and grammatical description and typology of languages.
Many researchers are active in 2 or more subfields, evident in cross-coding of
publications among Cultural Studies (2002), Communication and Media (2001), Film,
TV and Digital Media (1902) and Literary Studies (2005). This reflects UQ’s notable
cultural and media studies orientation towards media research and its cultural and
critical studies inflection of literary research. In 2003-8, >160 RHDs completed, 11%
across more than one FoR.
Many researchers have outstanding national/international reputations; 10 are Fellows
of Australian Academies: Turner, O’Regan, Martinez Expósito, Whitlock, Creese,
Gottlieb, Gallois, Hunter, Cryle and Moorhead. Turner is a past president of the
Academy of Humanities; Gallois is past-president of the International Communication
Association (ICA) and its only Australian Fellow.
Research capacity has been significantly enhanced by UQ’s investment of $1.2m in
the Centre for Critical & Cultural Studies (CCCS) to create a leading humanities
research institute and $2.2m in AustLit: the Australian Literature Resource as lead
partner in this collaborative digital humanities project. Competitively-funded
research-only appointments increased strongly over the 6 years with 37 fellowships
awarded to 34 researchers: 1 Fed Fellow, 4 APFs, 2 ARFs, 6 APDs, 5 Research ARC
Fellows, 1 SOAS Fellow, 1 UQ Mid-Career Fellow, 17 UQ Postdocs. Research
performance is high: 49.2% of journal publications in A*/A journals and $3.32m in
national competitive grants. A number of researchers work in foreign languages
including 4 Academy Fellows and an ARF (Zuckermann) indicating the international
reputation and collaborative engagements that are a hallmark of this FoR. With a
portion of these researchers’ work in unlisted foreign-language journals, research
productivity is understated.
Staff in this FoR consist of 28.7 (2005), 20.5 (2001), 18.2 (2002), 14.2 (2004) FTE.
Almost 50% of researchers are at A&B, reflecting change and renewal. Over 240
current research higher degree candidates were being supervised in 2008 by the staff
reported in FoR20, a very significant contribution to research capacity building.
Communication & Media Studies (2001)
Outputs: Book chapters are an important outlet with 75 with major international
publishers, with reputable Australian and international University Presses and in
specialised publishing outlets. Many authors with A*/A articles also publish in B and
C journals, some of which are journals of record for Australian research but most are
specialist international journals.
Research
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Intergroup communication in health, inter-cultural, and organisational contexts
(Gallois, Hornsey, Watson, Liu)
Developmental and strategic communication (van de Fliert, Thomas, Breit,
Zhu, Petelin, Mulholland)
Political and media communication (Dahlberg, Louw, Volcic, Turner, van
Vuuren, Bromley, Andrejevic, O’Regan)
Language and interaction (McKay, Butler, Fitzgerald, Gallois)
Capacity & Environment:
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The cross-disciplinary, collaborative character of both outputs and income is a
feature of this FoR with close connections to Psychology, Cultural Studies,
Film and TV, Business and Agriculture.
ANZCA’s 2 journals are published from the Schools of English, Media and
Art History and Journalism & Communication.
Growing government and industry engagement: Centre for Communication &
Social Change is supported by UNESCO, ACIAR (including over $2m
announced in 2008) and World Food and Agriculture Organisation
From 2003-8: 21 RHD completions and 3 UQ Postdocs
Cultural Studies (2002)
Outputs: 25 monographs and >75 book chapters were published by prestigious
international publishers, including outputs in Slovenian, Spanish, German, Indonesian
and French. Research performance across output types is especially creditable given
the high proportion of A&B staff (58.2%): this is attributable to CCCS’ role as a
major incubator of ECRs in the field nationally and to the quality of D&E staff.
Research: Includes work on TV, film and new media in national, industrial and
socio-cultural contexts, as well as the study of celebrity, the body, critical theory, and
cultural policy. Those centrally involved include Andrejevic, Bonner, O’Regan,
Stephens, Martínez-Expósito and Fed Fellow Turner. ~74% of the articles are
published in A*/A journals and researchers publish with the leading publishers of
cultural studies research internationally. International impact is further evident in a
number of leading researchers whose work has been translated: eg, Turner’s work has
been translated into 9 languages.
Capacity & Environment:
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While many individuals perform national leadership roles, UQ’s leadership of
the ARC Cultural Research Network (convened by Turner) demonstrates
institutional leadership.
UQ’s 11-year investment in CCCS, one of Australia’s leading humanities
research centres, reflects its commitment to Cultural Studies, a nominated
research strength
From 2003-8 there were 34 RHD completions (13 with 1902, 2004, 2005) and
22 RO staff including 1 UQ mid-Career Fellow, 12 UQ Postdocs and 4 APDs.
Language Studies (2003) research focuses on translation and interpreting and
language teaching: its journal rankings reflect an emerging field.
Linguistics (2004)
Outputs: Strong performance in articles (46.8% in A* and A journals); monographs
and book chapters from major international publishers and significant specialist
publishers; non-Anglophone publications in Hebrew (Zuckermann book), Japanese,
Italian, German, Chinese.
Research: There are 4 research strengths:
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Second Language Studies (Harrington, Iwashita, Ingram);
Language policy and planning (Baldauf).
Both have interdisciplinary overlap with Education FoRs.
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Socio-linguistics (Gottlieb, Ramsay, Zuckermann, Sussex, Fitzgerald);
Grammatical description and typology of languages particularly Chinese,
English, Australian Aboriginal Languages (Chen, Huddleston, Pensalfini,
Mushin, Laughren).
Historical linguistics (Woodhouse) and aspects of clinical linguistics with a
neurolinguistics emphasis (Ingram et al) also feature.
Capacity & Environment:
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UQ consolidated most linguistic research in the School of Languages in 2008
and created a collaborative Languages Hub with Griffith and QUT, giving new
priority to second language studies, educational linguistics and the
comparative study of European, Australian and Asian languages.
2003-8: 40 RHD completions; 4 RO staff including 1 SOAS Postdoc in
Endangered Languages program, and 1 UQ Postdoc.
Literary Studies (2005).
Outputs: Books and book chapters make up 50% of outputs and are published by a
range of leading international and national publishers appropriate to the discipline.
The A/A* journal output (39.4%) demonstrates research strengths in Indonesian,
Japanese, French, German, Australian and Early Modern English literature. Some B
and C journals are longstanding international outlets for researchers of French and
German literatures (8 items); Early Modern English Literature (5); and Life Writing
(4).
Research: Literary Studies is a longstanding UQ research strength, marked by the
comprehensive range of literary cultures and periods in which substantial research is
conducted: Australian, British, European and Asian literatures and periods. Research
concentrations include: Early Modern and 18th century (Holbrook, Scott, and
O'Connell); 19th and 20th century European literature (Hainge, Duffy, Corkhill,
Exposito-Martinez); contemporary literature and theory in British and European
traditions (Smith, Mitchell, Thwaites) and postcolonial and Australian literary studies
(Whitlock, Carter, MacDonald, Dale, Ferrier, Lawson). There is also significant work
in gender and sexuality (Martinez-Exposito, Creese, Aoyama), life writing (Whitlock,
De Nooy, Atzert) and textual cultures (Carter, Osborne, Johnson-Woods).
Capacity & Environment:
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AustLit’s research infrastructure and communities support Australian literary
and book history research.
Fryer Library Australian literary ms collections, Early English Books Online
and 18th Century Online.
Strategic UQ investment in CHED as a research centre whose intellectual
history focus includes literary studies (Cryle, Stephens); and in the
establishment of the Lloyd Davis Visiting Professorship in Shakespeare
Studies.
With retirement and departures a growing group of promising early and midcareer researchers (O’Connell, Scott, Emmett, Holbrook) have taken their
place. The high regard this group of scholars is held in is evident in
Holbrook’s service on the Literary Board of the Australia Council.
2003-8: 58 RHD completions with 5 RO positions including 3 UQ postdocs.
ARC grants across Australian, British, French, Indonesian, Japanese, and
Postcolonial literatures.