A journey to lead

  One of eight daughters, Professor Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf (PhD(EHLT) ’98) was inspired by her strong and determined mother to follow her dreams to become […]

A conservationist with animal instincts

  For animal conservationist Lauren Pfeiffer (BSc(Hons) ’16), rescuing orphan cheetah cubs and raising endangered African painted dogs is all part of day’s work at Namibia’s […]

A passion for social justice

Ashley Sutherland’s passion for listening to people and telling their stories has led her to represent their issues to the wider community. In 2017, Ashley (BA […]

Bridge building between neighbours

For decades, Dr Pratikno (PhD SS ’97) had earned an international reputation as one of the world’s leading experts on Indonesian politics – now he is […]

Simulation and defence expert

Dr Mike Brennan (BSc(Hons) ’82, PhD(PhysSc) ’86) is the principal of Brennan Advisory which was established as an independent professional service provider to organisations in the Defence […]

Flinders No.1 graduate

Professor Alan Easton has achieved significant academic firsts in his life, the first in his family to attend university and one of the first students to […]

Guardian of the big blue planet

In 1961, high above a small house in Hokkaido, Japan, Yuri Gagarin looked down from space and admired how beautiful Earth appeared. A few days later, […]