Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne
Experience across private research consultancies, industry, health promotion, community development, and State Government Injury Compensation Schemes.
B.Sc (Hons), M.Psych (Clinical), Ph.D (Medicine)
Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopia
May 02, 2019 17:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Globally, road crashes kill 1.3 million people a year and injure nearly 50 million more. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been identified as a potential solution to this issue if they can learn to identify and avoid...
Students don't feel safe on public transport but many have no choice but to use it
Mar 06, 2019 13:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The worst-case scenario has happened twice for young women using public transport in Melbourne in the past nine months. In June 2018, Eurydice Dixon, 23, was walking from the tram to her home, through a well-used park just...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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