Graduate researchers and supervisors at the University of Melbourne and the University of Manchester collaborate on exciting projects from a vast range of disciplines. Below are the research projects that are currently being undertaken by the Cookson Scholars.
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This project explores how creative economy entrepreneurs use and omit market research.
This project will investigate the potential of circulating tumour DNA to monitor melanoma management and its potential for personalised treatments.
This project will develop a combined approach, in conjunction with cognitive test scores, to better understand the cause of listening deficit in children.
This project will investigate the causes of listening difficulties in typically-developing school-aged children.
This project explores water flows and use in the water-scarce northern Chinese megacities Beijing and Tianjin.
This project will explore current and emerging patterns in practices of cleanliness, hygiene, sanitation in Beijing and Tianjin.
This project will investigate 3D printing to produce fluoropolymers with nanomaterials that impart different electrostatic interactions to produce increased piezoelectricity.
This project will develop novel graphene and silicon nanoparticle hybrid anode for Li-ion and Li-S batteries.
This project will explore elements and impacts of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s special economic zones.
This project is looking for new strategies to therapeutically reinvigorate CD4+ T cells during malaria.
This project explores how to develop efficient technologies to separate H2 from H2/CH4 pipeline mixtures at low temperatures.
This project will explore the molecular target of mycocyclosin to develop new targets for anti-TB drugs creation.
This project will explore which combination of decarbonisation strategies offers the best trade-off between operational emissions, embodied emissions and cost.
This project will develop a new biophysical approach to coral studies, integrating mathematical modelling, numerical simulations and lab-on-chip experiments.
This project will seek to understand the ‘global’ aspirations of urban actors and how these are materialised through transport infrastructure projects.
This project will investigate the diurnal features of ocular surface immune cells.
This project is considering the global spread of cultural and creative industry policy.
This project will focus on the preparation and characterisation of novel polymers and polymer nanocomposites
This project will characterise the properties of shallow convective clouds to examine how they vary under different conditions.
This project seeks to understand precipitation characteristics and processes over oceans, with a focus on open and closed MCC systems.
This project will conduct a study of a compact accelerator that offers rapid variation of p, He and C ions in a single accelerator.
This project will conduct a comparative study of specific infrastructure projects in two Kenyan port cities.
This project will research and measure the benefits of preserved acoustic hearing in children with cochlear implants
This project will assist in the development of new and improved automated configuration tools.
This project will improve the explainability of optimisation algorithms in the context of AI.
This project will develop robust selection criteria and management techniques for remediating groundwater pollution in Northern India.
This project will develop new data-driven methods to manage the input of water and nutrients in farming.
This project will analyse the ethical issues surrounding minors’ eligibility to access to gender affirming treatment.
This project will assess the impact of total knee replacement theory on mobility by leveraging the technology of fitness trackers.
This project will devise a new digital health intervention that will allow people with osteoarthritis to exercise more.
