The Australian: Australia’s Top 250 Researchers & Research Insitutions 2026

Congratulations to the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death & Dying, with Flinders named as Australia’s leading research institution for Hospice and Palliative Care research in The Australian’s list of Top 250 researchers in Australia.

Congratulations also to five Flinders’ researchers named individually. The rankings were decided using publicly available information to determine an impact score based on research output across 250 fields of research, with the score designed to reward research quality, impact and volume. Our successful researchers are:

• Professor Daniel King, College of Human Sciences & Culture – Addiction
• Associate Professor Werner Botha, College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences – English Language & Literature
• Professor Okke Batelaan, College of Science & Engineering – Hydrology & Water Resources
• Professor Jian Qin, College of Science & Engineering – Marine Sciences & Fisheries
• Dr Duncan Taylor, College of Science & Engineering – Forensic Science

 

Prize awarded to global study tracking marine megafauna

Congratulations to the international team behind research article ‘Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets’ on being awarded a Frontiers Planet Prize. The award recognises impactful research tackling global ecological challenges. The project dubbed ‘MegaMove’ brought together 400 researchers from around the world, including Flinders’ Professor Charlie Huveneers from the Southern Shark Ecology Group, to combine satellite tracking data of more than 100 species to map key areas of the ocean used for feeding, breeding and migration. This research, published in Science, is one of the most comprehensive global efforts to date to understand how marine megafauna use the ocean. Read the full research article here.

 

Appointment to the Executive Committee of the Australian Business Deans Council

Congratulations Professor Angie Shafei, College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences, on being appointed to the Executive Committee of the Australian Business Deans Council. The Council is the collective voice of Australian university business schools, representing 38 institutions that educate 16% of Australia’s domestic students and 39% of international students. It plays an important role in shaping how business education supports Australia’s future.

Professor Shafei says she will work with the Executive Committee and member schools to champion quality and impact in business education and research, and to bringing a strong South Australian perspective to the national conversation.