Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Modernisation as Discourse, 1949 to the Great Leap Forward: Zhou Enlai, Chen Yun, and Mao Zedong
Published 2026This thesis examines the discursive and intellectual architecture of modernisation (xiandaihua) in the People’s Republic of China from 1949 to the end of the Great Leap Forward by juxtaposing the ideological and ...USyd AccessThesis -
Chromosome-level, haplotype-phased genome assembly of an Australian isolate of the oat crown rust fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae provides insights into population structure and genomics
Published 2026Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae (Pca), the causal agent of oat crown rust, is one of the most damaging pathogens of oat worldwide. Rapid evolution and extensive virulence variation continually erode host resistance, posing ...USyd AccessThesis -
Communal identities and legacies of hegemonic intervention: prospects for justpeace in Afghanistan
Published 2026This thesis seeks to address the following three research questions: 1. How have various communal identity groups and supra-communal understandings of belonging developed and been reproduced in Afghanistan? 2. How ...USyd AccessThesis -
Neural substrates underpinning co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder
Published 2026Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are highly prevalent and debilitating. Despite this, the neurobiology of comorbid PTSD & AUD remains poorly understood. To address this gap, this thesis ...USyd AccessThesis -
Enhancing Graph Representation Learning: Data-Aware Advances in Graph Neural Networks
Published 2026Graph-structured data is a fundamental data modality across diverse domains, in which the relations among entities can be as crucial as the entities themselves. However, the irregular nature of it renders traditional ...Open AccessThesis