Continuing Interdisciplinary Innovation: 2025 HASS-STEM Collaboration Projects Announced
Continuing Interdisciplinary Innovation: 2025 HASS-STEM Collaboration Projects Announced
The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) is pleased to announce the successful recipients of the 2025 HASS-STEM Collaboration scheme. A central idea behind this initiative is to expand on activities specific to each of the programs and develop new initiatives that cut across HASS and STEM disciplines and partners within and beyond WSU.
Building on the success of the inaugural 2023 round, this initiative brings together researchers from across disciplines and institutions to address pressing social and scientific challenges through collaborative, cross-sector approaches.
2025 successful projects
Exploring the Techno-Economic Feasibility of Industrialised Construction for Rapid, Affordable Housing in Western SydneyLead investigator: Dr Ehsan Noroozinejad (UTRC)
Co-investigators: Prof. Greg Morrison (UTRC), Prof. Nicky Morrison (UTRC), A/Prof. Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni (School of Business)
$8,000
Supporting culturally diverse young women for careers in STEMLead investigator: Dr Sherene Idress (SoHCA)
Co-investigators: Professor Olivia Mirza (School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment); and Professor Amanda Third (Young and Resilient Research Centre)
$7,660.50
2023 successful projects
Applied feminist STEM methodologies and Indigenous agendas of counter-expertise in HASS-STEM collaborations in the Atacama Salt flat, Chile
Lead investigator: Juan Salazar (ICS)
Co-investigator: Dr Valentina Figueroa (Universidad Católica del Norte [UCN]); Christian Espíndola (Lickanantay Community of Toconao), Edith Parra (Lickanantay Community of Toconao), Associate Professor Dr. Millarca Valenzuela (UCN) and Associate Professor Adriana Aránguiz-Acuña (Universidad de Tarapacá)
$13,348
Exo-mnemonics: Memory, Media, Machines
Lead investigator: A/Prof. Charles Barbour (SoHCA)
Co-investigators: Mr Ali Akbari (KPMG), Dr. Michelle Catanzaro (SoHCA), Dr. Navin Doloswala (SoHCA), Dr. Celia Harris (MARCS), A/Prof Liam MAgee (ICS), Professor Ned Rossiter (ICS), Dr. Adam Sarget (ICS), Dr. Jacinta Sassine (SoLaw), Professor Simon Simoff (School of Computer, Data, and Mathematical Sciences), Professor David Tait (SoHCA), and A/Professor Tamara Watso (MARCS)
$13,152
Rice at the cross-roads of cultural consumption, nutrition and diabetes in Western SydneyLead investigator: A/Prof. Malini Sur
Co-investigators: Prof. Anand Hardikar (SoM), Prof. Vijay Jayasena (SoS) and A/Prof. Frey Macmillan (SoHS)
$13,500
These projects reflect ICS’s commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, supporting research that’s innovative, inclusive, and grounded in community and academic partnerships.
