Research Bites is your research news digest which aims to capture the diverse research happening in our faculty, collated from various media outlets. In this edition….
Dr Leo Lin wrapped up his presentation at the 24-Hour Global Organized Crime Conference.
During Panel 15, “Follow the Fraud: Hubs, Borders and the Machinery of Laundering,” Leo had the opportunity to share his research on: “Weaponising Deepfakes in Transnational Organised Crime: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Media Framing and AI Governance.” An engaging discussion on how emerging technologies are transforming the global fraud landscape, and how international governance and policy frameworks must rapidly adapt to keep pace with these sophisticated laundering machineries to safeguard national and global security.
ESG performance comes under growing scrutiny from investors, customers, employees, and civil society. This raises two important questions:
1. Do climate protests actually influence corporate behaviour?
2. And if they do, are the effects the same in the Global North and the Global South contexts?
Co-authors, Assoc Prof Alfred Wang, Roman Meinhold, Assoc Prof Alain Neher, Prof. Justice Bawole and Dr Peter Adjei-Bamfo (i.e., members of the Responsible and Sustainable Business research group) explore these questions in their recent work: “Climate protest and firm ESG performance: Elucidating global north-south inequalities” published in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
The findings contribute to ongoing conversations about stakeholder pressure, corporate accountability, the role of civil society in driving business sustainability, and the dynamics from new media.
Congratulations to our PhD researcher Saifurahman Zaland and the entire research team on achieving this important milestone! Thanks to the supervisory panel from CSU Engineering Dr Tariq Aziz, Zhong Tao, Won Hee Kang.
For the past few years, our waste-derived concrete has largely remained within the laboratory, tested through countless cylinders, cubes, and experimental trials.
Last week, we took an important step beyond the lab, bringing our research into the real world through a successful pilot-scale concrete casting.
Under our Waste to Worth initiative, a concrete made with recycled tyre rubber and recycled glass, was produced and cast in a field trial with Bathurst Regional Council and GPR Technologies. This is the step where research meets reality: real mixing, real placing, real conditions.
Here’s why it matters:
1. Every cubic metre gives a second life to the equivalent of 8+ passenger car tyres and 600 beer stubbies
2. It took research, industry and local government working together.
A big thank you to Bathurst Regional Council and GPR Technologies for supporting this initiative and helping bridge the gap between university research and industry practice.
Last Wednesday, 28th October 2026 Prof Manoranjan Paul proudly represented Charles Sturt University as a keynote speaker on AI That Thinks Differently: Seeing and Understanding Visual Data. This was part of the IEEE Signal Processing Society NSW Webinar Series 2026–27.
Dr Nicola Thomas recently published an interesting research on the topic of gambling with co-authors with Buly Cardak, Heng (Jason) Jiang and Charles Livingstone. Read more about it on the Conversation.
Written by Dr Bede Harris, this article in the Open Forum explores how citizenship education is about more than teaching students how government works. It also helps young people think about values, belonging, participation, and their role in society. The article highlights ongoing debates about which values schools should promote and how these shape ideas of citizenship. Rather than offering simple answers, Dr Bede Harris encourages open discussion about the kind of society we want to create together. For a deeper exploration of these important issues, read the full article.
