Research

Meeting employees' needs in today's world

Published on: 21 April 2017

Professor Barrett is Head of the School of Music. Her research has investigated issues in the pedagogy of creativity, early musical development, the development of musical expertise, the meaning and value of engagement in music and arts activity, and music program evaluation.

Professor Alastair Blanshard

Professor Alastair Blanshard is the Deputy Head of the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, and the inaugural Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History.

Many myths about Down syndrome have been debunked

International award for UQ research program

Published on: 22 March 2017

The four decades of scientific contribution of a University of Queensland program towards Down syndrome have been internationally recognised.

Research probes role of media and religion in anti-vax views

Published on: 16 February 2017

The influence of media and religion on anti-vaccine attitudes in Australia will be the focus of University of Queensland research enabled by a Westpac Bicentennial Foundation fellowship.

The Conversation articles 2016

Steroid laws are sexist, say bodybuilders

Published on: 16 November 2016

Prohibition of steroids is not only failing to stop recreational bodybuilders using them, but it is sexist and causes harm, according to participants in a first-of-its-kind University of Queensland study.

Language and lights - $37 million for UQ research

Published on: 1 November 2016

Research projects designed to capture endangered languages and develop better organic lights are among 87 University of Queensland projects funded in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) latest grants round.

Cultural innovation and megafauna interaction in the early settlement of arid Australia

Published on: 4 November 2016

Key findings associated with stone tool residue work from UQ Adjunct Research Fellow Birgitta Stephenson show humans settled in Australia’s arid interior 10,000 years earlier than originally thought.

ARC Funding Announcement