Early career win for an aging narrative
Rebecca Carpenter-Mew is one of 10 recipients of the Oxford University Press inaugural Early Career Researcher First Book Prize for 2025. Her manuscript, Age on the Page: Narrative Strategies and the Cultural Perception of Women’s Aging is based on her PhD thesis which won the Flinders Vice Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence in 2024.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Flinders project to have such international reach. Rebecca thanks her supervisors, Associate Professor Tully Barnett and Professor Robert Phiddian for their guidance, for being wonderful mentors and champions of this project.
Learn more about the prize and endorsements of the ten recipients here.
Towards zero hunger
The Centre for Social Impact Flinders’ ARC Linkage Project has been selected as a finalist in the Engagement Australia 2025 Excellence Awards! They are the only Flinders finalist to be selected and the only SA-based finalist in the Research Impact category.
By shifting food relief from unsustainable handouts to a gateway for addressing the root causes of food insecurity, this university–policy–community collaboration offers a scalable model that’s gaining interest both interstate and globally.
The Centre thanks all their incredible partners for making this work possible! The winner will be announced on 12 November at the EA Excellence Awards event in Sydney. Read the full finalist announcement here.
A commitment to medical education
We are delighted to celebrate Associate Professor George Baretto, who has been awarded the 2025 AMSA National Teaching Award for outstanding dedication and commitment to teaching medical students.
This prestigious student-voted award, presented by the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA), recognises educators who demonstrate exceptional commitment to medical education. George’s recognition exemplifies his sustained dedication to excellence in teaching, and we warmly congratulate him on this well-deserved national award. Learn more about AMSA here.
South Australia gears up for critical technologies
Innovation Central Adelaide (ICA), an initiative of Flinders University led by Cisco, hosted the Transforming SA: Critical Technologies Symposium, a landmark event bringing together government leaders, industry innovators, and academic experts to accelerate South Australia’s adoption of critical technologies.
The half-day symposium shone a spotlight on the strategic importance of technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and advanced networks in shaping the state’s economic resilience and competitiveness.
The event was part of a broader initiative by Flinders University’s ICA to align South Australia’s capabilities with the South Australian and national Critical Technologies Frameworks, in partnership with Cisco, the National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN), and other key stakeholders.
Professor Tim Cavagnaro, Pro-Vice Chancellor, and Dean of Graduate Research, advocated for South Australia to secure a leadership position in critical technologies by investing in capability building, fostering deep collaboration between industry and research, and ensuring that innovation is inclusive, sovereign, and human centred.