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Summary of Linkage International Social Science Collaboration Proposals

New South Wales

Charles Sturt University
LX0775703 Dr J Arciuli; Dr P Monaghan
Approved Project Title A cross-linguistic investigation of lexical stress using corpus analyses, behavioural testing and computational modelling
2007: $ 82,000
2008: $ 30,000
Primary RFCD 3803 COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Collaborating Countries
UK
Administering Organisation Charles Sturt University
Project Summary
Some languages exhibit variable patterns of emphasis or 'lexical stress' across words ('ZEbra' v 'girAFFE'). This research will provide a more precise understanding of the role of lexical stress in language processing. This will assist educators/clinicians working with normally developing children and those with developmental delays as well as educators/students in second-language learning. It will also lead to improved automatic speech recognition/synthesis - used in commercial applications such as phone banking, edutainment/epistemic computer games and communication devices (speech-to-text dictation systems for those with limited mobility and text-to-speech systems for those unable to speak). Undertaken in collaboration with a high-profile research lab in the UK this project will maintain Australia's competitive edge in cognitive science.

University of Wollongong
LX0775772 Prof JE Wright; Dr V Harwood; Dr LC Burrows; Dr E Rich; Prof J Evans
Approved Project Title The impact of attitudes and policies relating to obesity and related health issues on school policy and practices
2007: $ 80,700
2008: $ 78,300
Primary RFCD 3301 EDUCATION STUDIES
Collaborating Countries
NZ
UK
Administering Organisation University of Wollongong
Project Summary
Governments have made and are continuing to make substantial investments in policies, strategies and research to address the perceived risk of obesity and related health issues. Schools in particular have been targeted to address the issue. This research seeks to inform public policy and school practices by examining how the new health imperatives are being taken up by schools. It will examine how these imperatives are shaping schools' priorities and teaching about health, and how this, in turn, influences young people's attitudes and understandings of their own and others' health, in particular in relation to physical activity and food.

Victoria

RMIT University
LX0775767 Prof GA Wood; Prof JC Bessant; Prof SJ Smith; Dr BA Searle; Prof SE Curtis
Approved Project Title A comparison of housing wealth and the welfare behaviour of Australians and Britons
2007: $ 83,300
2008: $ 87,300
Primary RFCD 3702 SOCIAL WORK
Collaborating Countries
UK
Administering Organisation RMIT University
Project Summary
This comparison of housing wealth as a cushion against adverse life course events in Australia and the UK will improve understanding of how government interventions impede or promote homeowner ability to unlock housing equity to meet welfare needs and uncover types of events precipitating housing equity withdrawal, and the ways this helps or hinders wellbeing in subsequent years of a household's life course. Given the paucity of knowledge about consequences of housing equity withdrawal, anticipated national benefits of this research include greater appreciation of sensible and sustainable use of housing equity withdrawal and sound management of the accompanying debt. Outcomes will impact positively on the priority area, Ageing Well, Ageing Productively.

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian National University
LX0775777 Dr AK Leigh; Dr F Cornaglia; Prof C Dustmann
Approved Project Title The impact of crime on the mental wellbeing of communities
2007: $ 94,300
2008: $ 77,700
Primary RFCD 3402 APPLIED ECONOMICS
Collaborating Countries
UK
Administering Organisation The Australian National University
Project Summary
Considering not only the direct impact of crime on the victims but also the indirect consequences of living in a community with a higher crime rate may in fact lead to a more accurate analysis of the size of the consequences of criminal activities on the society. Further, it may also be the case that the negative externality of crime on non-victims is much larger for some crimes than for others. If this were the case, it could have implications for the way in which police resources are presently distributed across different crimes. Better understanding the total societal cost of crime to both victims - and non-victims - could therefore help improve public policy.

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