Professor Amanda Third
Professorial Fellow,
Young and Resilient Research Centre
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD Comm Cult Stud Curtin University of Technology
- MA Curtin University of Technology
- BA University of Western Australia
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Young and Resilient Research Centre
Contact
| Email: | A.Third@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9685 9782 (02) 9685 9782 |
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| Location: | EQ.1.04 ParramattaEQ.1.04 Parramatta |
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Publications
Books
- Third, A., Collin, P., Walsh, L. and Black, R. (2019), 'Young People in Digital Society: Control Shift', : Palgrave Macmillan 9781137573681.
- Third, A. (2014), 'Gender and the Political: Deconstructing the Female Terrorist', : Palgrave 9781137402752.
Chapters in Books
- Livingstone, S., Third, A. and Lansdown, G. (2021), 'Children's rights in the digital environment : a challenging terrain for evidence-based policy', Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children, Routledge 9781138544345.
- Third, A., Livingstone, S. and Lansdown, G. (2019), 'Recognizing children's rights in relation to digital technologies : challenges of voice and evidence, principle and practice', Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology: Global Politics, Law and International Relations, Edward Elgar Publishing 9781785367717.
- Magee, L., Third, A. and Sweeting, D. (2019), 'Rapid development and the child's future right to the city', Children's Rights and Sustainable Development: Interpreting the UNCRC for Future Generations, Cambridge University Press 9781107193024.
- Collin, P., Notley, T. and Third, A. (2018), 'Cultivating (digital) capacities : a role for social living labs?', Digital Participation Through Social Living Labs: Valuing Local Knowledge, Enhancing Engagement, Chandos 9780081020593.
- Third, A. (2016), 'The tactical researcher : cultural studies research as pedagogy', The Pedagogies of Cultural Studies, Taylor & Francis 9781138916319.
- Third, A. and Collin, P. (2016), 'Rethinking (children's and young people's) citizenship through dialogues on digital practice', Negotiating Digital Citizenship: Control, Contest and Culture, Rowman & Littlefield 9781783488889.
- Fitch, K. and Third, A. (2014), 'Ex-journos and promo girls : feminization and professionalization in the Australian public relations industry ', Gender and Public Relations: Critical Perspectives on Voice, Image and Identity, Routledge 9780415505550.
- Richardson, I. and Third, A. (2009), 'Cultural Phenomenology and The Material Culture of Mobile Media', Material Culture and Technology in Everyday Life: Ethnographic Approaches, Peter Lang 9781433103025.
- Third, A. (2009), 'Reframing the 'Whiteness' of U.S. Feminism: The Protest Movement, Radical Feminism, and the Abjection of Whiteness', New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness, Between the Lines 9781897071519.
- Third, A. and Kao, K. (2007), 'ICT leapfrogging policy and development in the Third World', Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security, IGI Global 9781591409878.
- Third, A. (2006), 'Feminist Terrorists/Terrorist Feminists: Tracking the Rise of the Violent Feminist Threat', Violent Depictions: Representing Violence Across Cultures, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 9781847180995.
- Third, A. (2006), 'Does the Rug Match the Carpet? Gender, Race, Authenticity and the Redheaded Woman', The Irish in Us: Irishness, Performativity and Popular Culture, Duke University Press 9780822337409.
Journal Articles
- Fleming, C., Sharma, D., Brunacci, K., Chandra, S., Lala, G., Munn, L. and Third, A. (2023), 'Fix my food : an urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems', Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, vol 36, no 6 , pp 2295 - 2309.
- Black, R., Walsh, L., Waite, C., Collin, P., Third, A., Idriss, S. and Idriss, S. (2022), 'In their own words : 41 stories of young people's digital citizenship', Learning, Media and Technology, vol 47, no 4 , pp 524 - 536.
- Swist, T., Collin, P., Nguyen, B., Davies, C., Cullen, P., Medlow, S., Skinner, S., Third, A. and Steinbeck, K. (2022), 'Guiding, sustaining and growing the public involvement of young people in an adolescent health research community of practice', Health Expectations, vol 25, no 6 , pp 3085 - 3095.
- Fleming , C., Diniz De Oliveira, J., Schmied, V., Lala, G., Sharma, D., Koniz-Booher, P., Perez-Escamilla, R. and Third, A. (2021), 'Adolescent voices and perspectives on food and nutrition : feasibility of an innovative participatory methodology', Current Developments in Nutrition, vol 5, no Suppl. 2 , pp 744 - 744.
- Fleming, C., Diniz De Oliveira, J., Sharma, D., Schmied, V., Lala, G., Koniz-Booher, P., Perez-Escamilla, R. and Third, A. (2021), 'Drivers of food choice, barriers to healthy eating and a call to action from adolescents to improve nutritional intake across 18 countries', Current Developments in Nutrition, vol 5, no Suppl. 2 , pp 643 - 643.
- Magee, L., Kearney, E., Bellerose, D., Collin, P., Crabtree, L., Humphry, J., James, P., Notley, T., Sharma, A., Third, A. and Yorke, S. (2020), 'Addressing a volatile subject : adaptive measurement of Australian digital capacities', Information, Communication and Society, vol 23, no 7 , pp 998 - 1019.
- Swist, T., Collin, P. and Third, A. (2019), 'Children's data journeys beyond the 'supply chain' : co-curating flows and frictions', Media International Australia, vol 170, no 1 , pp 68 - 77.
- Deitz, M., Notley, T., Cantanzaro, M., Third, A. and Sandbach, K. (2018), 'Emotion mapping : using participatory media to support young people's participation in urban design', Emotion, Space and Society, vol 28 , pp 9 - 17.
- Livingstone, S. and Third, A. (2017), 'Children and young people's rights in the digital age : an emerging agenda', New Media and Society, vol 19, no 5 , pp 657 - 670.
- Third, A. (2014), 'Mediating the female terrorist : Patricia Hearst and the Containment of the Feminist Terrorist Threat in the United States in the 1970s', Historical Social Research, vol 39, no 3 , pp 150 - 175.
- Third, A. (2010), 'Imprisonment and excessive femininity : reading Ulrike Meinhof's brain', Parallax, vol 16, no 4 , pp 83 - 100.
- Fitch, K. and Third, A. (2010), 'Working girls : revisiting the gendering of public relations', PRism, vol 7, no 4 , pp 1 - 13.
- Third, A. and De Bruyn, D. (2009), 'An animated dialogue : moving into the local', Animation Studies, vol Special Issue , pp 1 - 6.
- Spoors, G., Blaber, R. and Third, A. (2009), 'Editorial: 'Futures' in retrospect', Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, vol 23, no 6 , pp 757 - 764.
- Third, A. (2006), 'Shooting from the hip': Valerie Solanas, SCUM and the apocalyptic politics of radical feminism', Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation, vol 32, no 2 , pp 104 - 132.
- Wilson, D., Third, A. and Pickering, S. (2004), 'Media, Secrecy and Guantanamo Bay', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol 16, no 1 , pp 79 - 84.
- Pickering, S. and Third, A. (2003), 'Castrating Conflict: Gender(ed) Terrorists and Terrorism Domesticated', Social Alternatives, vol 22, no 2 , pp 8 - 15.
- Third, A. (2002), 'Nuclear Terrorists: Patty Hearst and the Terrorist Family', Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation, vol 28, no 2 , pp 82 - 99.
Conference Papers
- Richardson, I., Third, A. and Maccoll, I. (2007), 'Moblogging and belonging : new mobile phone practices and young people's sense of social inclusion', DIMEA 2007: Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts, Perth.
Other Publications
- 2023, 'The Future of Work and Childcare: Towards Equity and Justice for Western Sydney Communities', Report
- 2022, 'Reimagining Online Safety Education through the Eyes of Young People: Co-Design Workshops with Young People to Inform Digital Learning Experiences', Report
- 2022, 'Online Safety Perceptions, Needs, and Expectations of Young People in Southeast Asia: Consultations with Young People in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam', Report
- 2021, 'Governance, Children's Rights and Digital Health', Report
- 2021, 'Fix My Food: Children's Views on Transforming Food Systems', Report
- 2020, 'Online Safety in the Pacific: A Report on a Living Lab in Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands', Report
- 2020, 'Child-centred Indicators for Violence Prevention: Summary Report on a Living Lab in the City of Valenzuela, Philippines', Report
- 2020, 'Feeding My Child: How Mothers Experience Nutrition Across the World. A Companion Report to The State of the World's Children 2019', Report
- 2020, 'Food and Me. How Adolescents Experience Nutrition Across the World. A Companion Report to The State of the World's Children 2019', Report
- 2018, 'invisiblecity: Emotion Mapping App', Published Work
- 2018, 'Tackling Maternal Anxiety in the Perinatal Period: Reconceptualising Mothering Narratives', Report
- 2017, 'eSmart Libraries Evaluation Final Report', Report
- 2017, 'eSmart Libraries Evaluation Report: Wave Two Findings', Report
- 2017, 'Young and Online: Children's Perspectives on Life in the Digital Age (The State of the World's Children 2017 Companion Report)', Report
- 2017, 'Keeping Strong: Digital Technology, Participatory Research, and Young People's Wellbeing Amongst Alice Springs Town Camp Communities', Report
- 2017, 'Gen nbn: 2020 and Beyond: The Future of a Connected Australia', Report
- 2017, 'The Case for a UNCRC General Comment on Children's Rights and Digital Media', Report
- 2017, 'Workshop Manual: UNICEF State of the World's Children', Report
- 2016, 'InWesternSydney', Published Work
- 2016, 'Researching the Benefits and Opportunities for Children Online', Report
- 2016, 'Project Rockit Online: Evaluation Report', Report
- 2015, 'Social Media and the Wellbeing of Children and Young People: A Literature Review', Report
- 2015, 'Invisible City Project Website', Published Work
- 2015, 'eSmart Schools Evaluation Report 2015', Report
- 2014, 'Children's Rights in the Digital Age: A Download from Children Around the World', Report
- 2014, 'Addressing the Cyber Safety Challenge: From Risk to Resilience', Report
- 2013, 'Enhancing Parents' Knowledge and Practice of Online Safety: A Research Report on an Intergenerational 'Living Lab' Experiment', Report
- 2013, 'Real Livewires: A Research Report on the Role of Chat Hosts in the Livewire Online Community for Young People Living with a Chronic Illness or Disability', Report
- 2012, 'Parental Approaches to Enhancing Young People's Online Safety: Literature Review', Report
- 2012, 'Intergenerational Approaches Towards Enhancing Parents' Knowledge and Practice of Online Safety: "Living Lab" Research Report', Report
- 2011, 'Intergenerational Attitudes Towards Social Networking and Cybersafety: A Living Lab', Report
- 2011, 'The Benefits of Social Networking Service: Literature Review', Report
- 2009, 'Connecting, Supporting and Empowering Young People Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: The Livewire Online Community', Report
- 2009, 'Analysing the Impacts of Social Networking for Young People Living With Chronic Illness, a Serious Condition or a Disability: An Evaluation of the Livewire Online Community', Report
Current Projects
| Title: | Culture-Centred Framework for Ethical Design for Young People: Foregrounding Young people?s Perspectives (Pilot study) - No funds to WSU |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2023-12-18 - 2024-12-31 |
| ID: | P00029076 |
| Title: | Young and Resilient Google partnership contribution |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Philippa Collin |
| Years: | 2019-07-01 - 2024-12-31 |
| ID: | P00026019 |
| Title: | Imagining the Future and Young People's Wellbeing and Resilience [Via Deakin University] |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2024-03-05 - 2025-06-30 |
| ID: | P00029088 |
| Title: | A Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health: Making health services work for adolescents in a digital age [via USYD] |
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| Western Researchers: | Philippa Collin and Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2017-11-01 - 2024-08-31 |
| ID: | P00023794 |
| Title: | Swipe Safe Pilot Testing |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2023-12-11 - 2024-04-30 |
| ID: | P00029032 |
Previous Projects
| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Engaging Creativity Through Technologies P2:P2 |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Kerry Robinson, Nida Denson, Peter Bansel, Tanya Notley, Katrina Sandbach, Michelle Catanzaro and Milissa Deitz |
| Years: | 2013-06-25 - 2016-12-25 |
| ID: | P00021345 |
| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Transforming communities and institutions: Young people sharing experiences to promote understanding and inclusion |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Ann Dadich, Neil Hall, Louise Crabtree-Hayes and Justine Humphry |
| Years: | 2012-09-01 - 2016-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021662 |
| Title: | Telstra Online Safety Review - White Paper titled Addressing the cyber safety challenge: from risk to resilience |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2014-06-06 - 2014-06-24 |
| ID: | P00022294 |
| Title: | Promoting Parents' Web Literacy to Enhance Young People's Online Safety (YAWCRC) [via Google Australia] |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and X |
| Years: | 2012-06-27 - 2012-11-30 |
| ID: | P00021039 |
| Title: | Strengthening Online Safety for Children in the Pacific |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Girish Lala and Lilly Moody |
| Years: | 2021-04-05 - 2023-08-31 |
| ID: | P00027397 |
| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Mapping digital inclusion and exclusion: Understanding technologies to improve digital inclusion for vulnerable young people [via Murdoch Uni] |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Ann Dadich |
| Years: | 2013-01-01 - 2016-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021358 |
| Title: | Online Safety: Pacific Research |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Girish Lala and Lilly Moody |
| Years: | 2019-10-10 - 2020-06-26 |
| ID: | P00026127 |
| Title: | Marina de Valencia Living Lab - An Activation Project |
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| Western Researchers: | Philippa Collin, Amanda Third and Michelle Catanzaro |
| Years: | 2018-01-15 - 2018-12-14 |
| ID: | P00024743 |
| Title: | Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS) [via Deakin] |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Philippa Collin, Liam Magee, Ana-Maria Bliuc, Nida Denson and Kevin Dunn |
| Years: | 2019-02-01 - 2023-12-31 |
| ID: | P00025221 |
| Title: | Digital Capacity Index: Measuring the Digital Capacity of Australian Families |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Paul James, Philippa Collin, Liam Magee, Tanya Notley, Justine Humphry and Louise Crabtree-Hayes |
| Years: | 2015-10-15 - 2016-10-14 |
| ID: | P00022941 |
| Title: | Young and Resilient Living Lab Foundation Project |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Philippa Collin, Liam Magee, Tanya Notley, Louise Crabtree-Hayes, Katrina Sandbach, Michelle Catanzaro, Peter Bansel, Nida Denson and Milissa Deitz |
| Years: | 2016-12-05 - 2018-05-31 |
| ID: | P00023561 |
| Title: | State of the World's Children Report UNICEF |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Girish Lala and Delphine Bellerose |
| Years: | 2017-06-28 - 2017-11-30 |
| ID: | P00024280 |
| Title: | eSmart Libraries Evaluation |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2014-06-03 - 2017-05-31 |
| ID: | P00022977 |
| Title: | Code for Online Decisions and Ethics |
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| Western Researchers: | Philippa Collin, Amanda Third and Teresa Swist |
| Years: | 2017-07-31 - 2017-11-30 |
| ID: | P00024174 |
| Title: | Project Rockit Online - Program Evaluation |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2016-09-09 - 2017-03-09 |
| ID: | P00024341 |
| Title: | Raising Children Network_media content strategic review |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Philippa Collin |
| Years: | 2015-10-13 - 2016-02-19 |
| ID: | P00024307 |
| Title: | Intergenerational Attitudes to Cyber-safety and Social Networking: A Living Lab [via Inspire Foundation] |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Natalie Bolzan |
| Years: | 2011-02-16 - 2011-08-31 |
| ID: | P00019447 |
| Title: | eSmart Schools Evaluation and Monitoring Project [via Foundation for Young Australians] |
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| Western Researchers: | Philippa Collin and Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2013-01-22 - 2016-03-22 |
| ID: | P00021327 |
| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Administration File |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2011-07-01 - 2016-06-30 |
| ID: | P00019362 |
| Title: | Independent review into mobile digital device use in NSW public schools (NSW Government review of smartphones in schools) |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2018-09-24 - 2019-02-18 |
| ID: | P00025341 |
| Title: | Masterclass for Government and the NGO Sector in Kuala Lumpur (via Uni of Edinburgh) |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2019-07-22 - 2019-12-31 |
| ID: | P00026017 |
| Title: | Young People, Technology, and Wellbeing Research Facility |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Philippa Collin |
| Years: | 2010-01-01 - 2016-12-31 |
| ID: | P00018053 |
| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Livewire Chat and Chat Host Evaluation |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and X |
| Years: | 2011-09-01 - 2012-02-29 |
| ID: | P00020674 |
| Title: | Enhancing Digital Participation amongst Refugee & Migrant Background Youth [via Deakin University] |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Philippa Collin |
| Years: | 2021-12-14 - 2023-08-28 |
| ID: | P00027672 |
| Title: | CRC Young People, Technology and Well Being (YAW) HDR Scholarships |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2011-07-18 - 2019-03-15 |
| ID: | P00020402 |
| Title: | CRC - YAW Admin Support |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2012-02-20 - 2016-10-31 |
| ID: | P00020744 |
| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Technologies for supportive communities: Creating and evaluating meaningful online and technology-facilitated connections for vulnerable young people [via RMIT Uni] |
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| Western Researchers: | Natalie Bolzan and Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2012-09-01 - 2016-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021653 |
| Title: | Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS) [via Deakin] |
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| Western Researchers: | Kevin Dunn, Philippa Collin, Liam Magee, Ana-Maria Bliuc, Nida Denson, Amanda Third, Alanna Kamp, Rachel Sharples and Awais Piracha |
| Years: | 2019-02-01 - 2023-12-31 |
| ID: | P00025222 |
| Title: | Digital Inclusion for Online Learning |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Liam Magee, Girish Lala and Lilly Moody |
| Years: | 2021-05-31 - 2022-12-14 |
| ID: | P00027346 |
| Title: | Children's Online Safety Risks - Rapid Review |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third |
| Years: | 2021-04-12 - 2021-04-30 |
| ID: | P00027063 |
| Title: | Technology Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence (TFIPV) Research |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Liam Magee |
| Years: | 2021-06-07 - 2021-10-29 |
| ID: | P00027388 |
| Title: | eSafety Youth Consultation |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third, Girish Lala and Lilly Moody |
| Years: | 2021-03-10 - 2021-12-31 |
| ID: | P00027435 |
| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Research Program Leaders' Support |
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| Western Researchers: | Amanda Third and Philippa Collin |
| Years: | 2012-04-01 - 2016-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021025 |