Professional Staff

Elise Blight

Administrative Assistant - Business Development

• Administrative Support across ICS
• Event Support across ICS
• Travel arrangements for visitors

Email: e.blight@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9602

Sally Byrnes

Senior Business Development Officer

• Partnership development
• Marketing and Communications Planning
• Oversight of the ICS website

Simone Casey

Institute Administrative Assistant

• Reception
• Equipment bookings
• Asset management
• Capital Works maintenance requests
• Preparation of casual employment authorities

Email: s.casey@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9600

Cheryl D'Cruz

Institute Administrative Officer (Travel and Finance)

• Administrative Assistance to the Director
• Accounts payable and receivable
• Travel bookings
• Asset management
• TEMS acquittal

Tulika Dubey

Senior Institute Administrative Officer (HDR Support)

• Coordinator of the Research Training Program
• HDR student reporting requirements
• Staff, HDR students, and visitor induction
• Coordination of casual timesheets

Terence (Terry) Fairclough

Institute Manager

• Strategic management and planning
• High-level policy advice
• Finance and HR management
• Budget management and forecasting
• Professional Administrative Staff Supervisor

Dr Abhi Kashyap

Research Officer (part-time)

• Administrative support for Research Director
• Provision of project management and financial advice for individual research projects
• Post-award assistance with research projects under the direction of Principal Researchers
• Administration of Human Ethics applications

Email: a.kashyap@westernsydney.edu.au or icsro@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9493

Dr Michelle Kelly

Research Officer

• Administrative support for Research Director
• Provision of project management and financial advice for individual research projects
• Post-award assistance with research projects under the direction of Principal Researchers
• Administration of Human Ethics applications

Emily-Kate Ringle-Harris

Research Media and Communications Officer

• Media and communications, including media relations and reporting
• ICS social media management
• Research promotion

Email: e.ringle-harris@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9683 8168

Dr Hua (Flora) Zhong

Senior Research Officer

• Administrative support for the Research Director
• Research policy advice to the Institute Director, Research Director, Institute Manager and ICS members
• Pre-award coordination of project management, and research development activities
• Oversight of research program activities and reporting
• Provision of support for individual research projects

Deborah Blackmore

Programs and Partnerships Manager

• Centre operations management
• Strategic management and planning
• Research and partnership development
• Financial and HR management
• Policy advice
• Media and communications

Lilly Moody

Senior Research Officer

• Research support
• Human ethics application support and advice
• Strategic Research Development funding coordination
• Post-award assistance for research projects
• Project budget management and financial advice

Email: l.moody@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9553

Jasbeer Musthafa Mamalipurath

Research Officer - Impact

• Research impact measuring and communication
• Development of new impact strategies, frameworks and processes
• Knowledge exchange and public engagement
• Knowledge translation of research findings
• Media and communications, including media relations and reporting

Email: j.musthafa@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 8166

Dr Nukte Ogun

Research Administration Officer

• Research administration
• Project management
• Media relations and online communications

Email: N.Ogun@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9685

Georgina Theakstone

Research Officer

• Project administration and coordination
• Collection and preparation of data
• Report writing and other research output support

Email: G.Theakstone@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9685

Research Officer

• ARC Discovery Project UNESCO
• The Making of Global Cultural Policy: Culture, Economy, Development.

Email: c.cmielewski@westernsydney.edu.au

Jakki Mann

Manager

• Circles of Sustainability Strategic Initiative

Dr Phillip Mar

Adjunct Fellow and Senior Research Officer

• Diversity of Cultural Expressions
• Research partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts

Email: p.mar@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Kim Spurway

Research Officer

Email: k.spurway@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Timothy Erik Ström

Research Assistant

• Circles of Emotion (opens in a new window)
• Circles of Sustainability (opens in a new window)
• Circles of Climate (opens in a new window)

Email: T.Strom2@westernsydney.edu.au