Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Threats and opportunities in remote learning of mathematics: implication for the return to the classroom
Published 2020Australian schools, like schools elsewhere, have been through a period of closure. The closure creates both threats and opportunities for teachers and students. In the context of a project exploring approaches to teaching ...Article -
Natural Shocks and Marriage Markets: Fluctuations in Mehr and Dowry in Muslim Marriages
Published 2020We examine how mehr, a conditional payment from husbands to wives in the event of divorce, and dowry, a transfer from the bride's family to the groom at the time of marriage, have fluctuated in Bangladesh due to natural ...Article -
The Quiet Crisis of PhDs and COVID-19: Reaching the financial tipping point.
Published 2020Before the COVID-19 crisis, existing high levels of financial concerns amongst PhD students increased their vulnerability to disruptive events. Impacts from the pandemic have increased their financial stress to the point ...Preprint -
Doing history in urgent times: forum introduction
Published 2020As we enter the 2020s, our times are daily getting more urgent. The climate and ecological emergency, catastrophic Australian bushfires, and now the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic meltdown have launched us into ...Article -
It's in the Bag? The Effect of Plastic Carryout Bag Bans on Where and What People Purchase to Eat
Published 2020The linkages between food convenience, health, and the environment are complex and policies that aim to address one arm of the linkage may have unintended consequences on the others. In this paper, I examine how a policy ...Preprint