Following on from last year’s success, Associate Dean Research Professor Zahid Islam will be facilitating a number of FOBJBS Seminars on various research related topics. Two seminar initiatives are offered in 2025:
| 2025 FOBJBS Executive Dean’s Research PD (which began in February 2025)
| 2025 FOBJBS Executive Dean’s Research Seminar Series (will commence in May 2025)
Recordings of both Executive Dean’s Research PD and Executive Dean’s Research Seminars Series will be available for CSU staff to access via the below link.
You can find information and details of the 2024 seminars here.
The list of seminars organised so far are as follows:
2025 FOBJBS Executive Dean’s Research PD
| Date | Seminar Topic | Presenter |
| 19/02/2025 | Opening Speech in the 2025 FOBJBS Writing Workshop 1 | Professor Lewis Bizo |
| 20/02/2025 | Meet the FOBJBS ADR | Session 1 | Professor Zahid Islam |
| 20/03/2025 | Introduction to the online ShaipUp tool for Code Sharing and Accessing. | Professor Dave Swain Founder, Technical Director, and Head of Research at TerraCipher. |
| 26/03/2025 | Interview with the Sub Dean (Graduate Studies) | Dr Arif Khan, FOBJBS SDGS Professor Zahid Islam, FOBJBS ADR |
| 2/04/2025 | Interview with the Sub Dean (Graduate Studies) | Session 2 | Dr Arif Khan, FOBJBS SDGS Professor Zahid Islam, FOBJBS ADR |
2025 FOBJBS Executive Dean’s Research Seminar Series
| Date | Seminar Topic | Presenter |
| 1/05/2025 | The Rise of Deepfakes and Cryptocrime: Challenges and Opportunities for Policing and Cybercrime Prevention Education | Dr Leo Lin and Dr Geberew Mekonnen |
| 29/05/2025 | Mandatory Minimum Terms and Sentences for Crimes of Anti-Semitism? Out of Step with Australian Sentencing Principles . . . for Terrorism? | Professor Mark Nolan |
| 12/06/2025 | Researching on the Margins of Psychology | Dr Rachel Hogg |
| 26/06/2025 | Longitudinal assessment of integrated horticultural therapy and nutritional intervention on holistic wellness in Veterans and first-responders. | Associate Professor Amber McKinley |
| 7/08/2025 | Sowing Solutions: Leveraging Green Finance for Irrigation and Soil Stewardship | Associate Professor Nicholas Pawsey |
| 18/09/2025 | To be advised | Professor Jac Birt |
| 2/10/2025 | Super-Resolution Models for Image Enhancement | Professor Lihong Zheng |
| 16/10/2025 | Innovative Approaches to Reservoir Water Quality Monitoring and Modelling: Insights from Oberon Reservoir and Beyond | Dr Lalantha Senevirathna |
| 30/10/2025 | From Waste to Worth: Transforming Industrial By-Products into Construction Materials | Dr Nariman Saeed |
| 13/11/2025 | The use of virtual avatars and artificial intelligence to improve workforce training outcomes | Dr Joshua Kelson |
| 27/11/2025 | Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Smartphone Apps in Health and Agriculture: Recent Advancements and Opportunities | Professor Ashad Kabir |
| 11/12/2025 | Compressed air energy storage system – Engineering stability of the caverns subject to cyclic thermal and mechanical loading | Dr Miao Li |