UNSW to appoint first 'cross-faculty' professors
2nd August 2004
In a major bid to capture new areas of research, and new research talent, UNSW is establishing its first ‘cross-faculty’ Professorships, with a national and international search now underway for outstanding candidates.
The Professorships are designed to attract leading researchers with a capacity to transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines. The aim is to attract new and dynamic research talent to UNSW, and build on the University’s research capacity by promoting new and emerging areas of research.
Applications are being sought in the following collaborative research areas: Brain Sciences, Criminology, Economic and Organisational Implications of Demographic Change and Ageing, Health and Human Rights, Health and the Built Environment, Integrity and Equity in the Tax and Welfare Systems, Multi-disciplinary Design, New Media Narrative and Theory, and Sustainable Habitats. Up to five Professorships will initially be funded under the scheme.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Robert King, said the research areas had been identified by UNSW’s Deans, in a collaborative process, as offering opportunities to harness innovative multidisciplinary research within the UNSW environment.
“These are emerging areas of ‘new research’, with the potential to deliver substantial benefits not only to UNSW but to the wider community,” Professor King said.
The new Professorships have been made possible by a $4million donation to the University from NewSouth Global (NSG), UNSW’s commercial education arm. Some $2 million of the donation will be used to fund the Professorships, with the remainder funding 50 postgraduate scholarships and 12 postdoctoral fellows. The money has come from NSG’s 2003 operational surplus.
The NewSouth Global Professors will be appointed on a five year fixed term contract. The successful applicants will be teaching and research Professors, but the criteria will place greater emphasis than usual on outstanding research performance and future research potential.
Further information on the NewSouth Global Professorships is available here.
The Professorships are designed to attract leading researchers with a capacity to transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines. The aim is to attract new and dynamic research talent to UNSW, and build on the University’s research capacity by promoting new and emerging areas of research.
Applications are being sought in the following collaborative research areas: Brain Sciences, Criminology, Economic and Organisational Implications of Demographic Change and Ageing, Health and Human Rights, Health and the Built Environment, Integrity and Equity in the Tax and Welfare Systems, Multi-disciplinary Design, New Media Narrative and Theory, and Sustainable Habitats. Up to five Professorships will initially be funded under the scheme.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Robert King, said the research areas had been identified by UNSW’s Deans, in a collaborative process, as offering opportunities to harness innovative multidisciplinary research within the UNSW environment.
“These are emerging areas of ‘new research’, with the potential to deliver substantial benefits not only to UNSW but to the wider community,” Professor King said.
The new Professorships have been made possible by a $4million donation to the University from NewSouth Global (NSG), UNSW’s commercial education arm. Some $2 million of the donation will be used to fund the Professorships, with the remainder funding 50 postgraduate scholarships and 12 postdoctoral fellows. The money has come from NSG’s 2003 operational surplus.
The NewSouth Global Professors will be appointed on a five year fixed term contract. The successful applicants will be teaching and research Professors, but the criteria will place greater emphasis than usual on outstanding research performance and future research potential.
Further information on the NewSouth Global Professorships is available here.
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