
Prof Hurriyet Babacan ~ Professorial Research Fellow
Cairns Institute
- About
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- Interests
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- Research
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- Professor Babacan’s research is multidisciplinary and espouses the principles of ‘engaged scholarship’. Her research interests include: Social /community development and wellbeing Regional economic development Culture and diversity Governance and policy Gender
- Research Disciplines
Professor Hurriyet Babacan has a distinguished career over the last 25 years with a proven track record of achievement in senior leadership and strategic management roles. She has a distinguished record in scholarship in research, teaching and learning and community and professional service. She has held senior roles in higher education, public administration, and research and training such as Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic and Research), Dean, Head of School and Director of research Institutes. She was the Foundation Director of the Cairns Institute (2009-2012) and Director of the Institute for Community, Engagement and Policy Alternatives at Victoria University. In the public sector she has held roles such as Victorian Manager, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Executive Director Community Outcomes Branch in the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Commissioner with the inaugural Multicultural Commission and CEO of Tablelands Regional Council.
Professor Babacan brings extensive track record of leading multidisciplinary research in Australia and the Asia Pacific. Hurriyet has published widely in national and international publications relating to economic and social development including two publications for UNESCO. She has delivered keynote presentations at numerous national and international conferences. She has been Convenor or Steering Committee member of numerous high level conferences including the United Nations- Queensland Government Conference on Engaging Communities. Professor Babacan has been an expert member on numerous departmental and international working parties including the Council of Europe/OECD working party on wellbeing and Ministerial or Premier’s advisory committees relating to women, immigration and settlement, child protection, economic development, employment and education, multiculturalism, equal opportunity and regional development. Professor Babacan is a reviewer for the Australian Research Council. She is also editorial board member or reviewer for numerous international journals.
Professor Babacan has been recognised for her work through a number of awards including the Order of Australia 2014 (AM) for outstanding contribution, as academic and author, and for furthering multicultural community, education and social policy development; Bi-Centenary Medal awarded by the Prime Minister, 2002 and the Multicultural Services Award by the Premier of Queensland. Hurriyet was the Queensland State Finalist in the Telstra Business Women’s Award in the for Community and Public Service category in 2003. Professor Babacan name has been listed in the Australian Women’s Archives as recognition of women leaders who have contributed to Australia
- Publications
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- Journal Articles
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- Fairman B, Voak A and Babacan H (2022) Human Mobility and Dismantling Cultural Dominance: Creating Collaborative Conversations to Secure Talent in a Post-Covid world. Journal of Resilient Economies, 2 (1). pp. 96-101
- Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2021) COVID-19: engaging the most vulnerable. ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement, 5 (1).
- Babacan H and McHugh J (2020) RE-thinking agricultural supply chains in Northern Australia. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 26 (3). pp. 239-268
- Babacan A and Babacan H (2018) Repositioning lifelong learning in legal education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 20 (2). pp. 122-148
- Books
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- Collins J, Krivokapic-Skoko B, Jordan K, Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2020) Cosmopolitan place making in Australia: immigrant minorities and the built environment in cities, regional and rural areas. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore
- Book Chapters
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- Gopalkrishnan N and Babacan H (2022) Social Enterprise and Inclusive Economic Development. In: The Routledge handbook of Global Development. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 129-139
- Gopalkrishnan N and Babacan H (2022) Cultural Partnership Practice and Mental Health in Higher Education. In: Mental Health and Higher Education in Australia. Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 51-66
- Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2021) Investing in the future: human and social service development in Northern Australia. In: Leading From The North: rethinking Northern Australia development. Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 45-80
- Dale A, Vella K, Ruth P, Babacan H, Cottrell A, Costantini W, Hardacker M and Pert P (2020) Typical social adaptation measures in climate change planning: a tropical region case study. In: Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods, and tools. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 237-260
- McGinty S, Bursey S and Babacan H (2018) I just want an education! Young people's perspectives. In: Gauging the Value of Education for Disenfranchised Youth: flexible learning options. Innovations and Controversies: interrogating educational change. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 63-81
- Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2017) Prevailing paradigms: enforced settlement, control and fear in Australian national discourse. In: Disciplinary Spaces: spatial control, forced assimilation and narratives of progress since the 19th century. Sozial und Kulturgeographie, 14. Transcript Verlag, Blelefeld, Germany, pp. 189-219
- Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2016) Public policy, immigrant experiences, and health outcomes in Australia. In: Immigration, Public Policy, and Health: newcomer experiences in developed nations. Canadian Scholars' Press, Toronto, Canada, pp. 59-95
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 73+ research outputs authored by Prof Hurriyet Babacan from 2005 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Charters Towers Regional Council - Contract Research
Charters Towers Agricultural Sector Development and Resilience Project
- Indicative Funding
- $376,000 over 3 years
- Summary
- To develop economic and social resilience of the Charter Towers agricultural sector in the face of transition and climate change. The key project elements include: ? Developing an evidence base through research at granular level ? Developing capacity ? Workforce development An evaluation component will be used to inform the project as it evolves and also identify lessons for other regional councils.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan and Jennifer McHugh (Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Regional development; Regional economic development; Regional economic
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Regional Drought Resilience Planning
Regional Drought Resilience Plans (RDRP)
- Indicative Funding
- $194,456 over 1 year (administered by The University of Queensland)
- Summary
- This subcontract pertains to the delivery of the Regional Drought Resilience Planning (RDRP) Round 2 deliverables by The University of Queensland for the Rural Economies Centre of Excellence in Queensland (the RECoE). Background: The Future Drought Fund (FDF) is a fund initiated by the Australian Government to provide secure, continuous funding for drought resilience initiatives. Eight programs were initiated under the FDF on 1 July 2020 designed to build resilience to future droughts. One of these programs is Regional Drought Resilience Planning (RDRP). The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) is the lead agency responsible for administering Queensland's RDRP. JCU will support the UQ Project team to deliver the RDRP Project in three (3) regions: North West Queensland, Townsville and Palm Island, and South East Queensland (in partnership with USQ). The Specified Personnel will contribute to all RDRP Project deliverables, including quarterly reporting, DAF Dashboard Reporting, and monthly Project Control Group meetings. The Specified Personnel be responsible for the following elements of the Project: 1. Regional stakeholder engagement, including co-design activities and management of Regional Forums; 2. Preparation of the literature review/discussion paper; and 3. Evaluation interviews and quality assurance for evaluation interviews conducted as part of the Project. The Project will be undertaken in accordance with the Project Management Plan and Funding Contract, as amended in writing from time to time.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan and Brian Fairman (Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Drought; Economic resilience; Water security
QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - Tenders
Rural Economies Centre of Excellence (RECoE)
- Indicative Funding
- $1,650,594 over 6 years (administered by University of Southern Queensland)
- Summary
- The Rural Economies Centre of Excellence (RECoE) is a multi-site centre of expertise in rural economic development located in regions across Queensland. It will be based in Toowoomba, Rockhampton, Cairns, Townsville, Emerald, Malanda and Gatton. It is a partnership between universities with key rural economic development expertise across the state:(i) The University of Southern Queensland; (ii) Central Queensland University; (iii) James Cook University; and (iv) The University of Queensland.
- Investigators
- Jim Cavaye, John Rolfe, Allan Dale, John Mangan and Hurriyet Babacan in collaboration with Stewart Lockie, Diane Jarvis, Riccardo Welters, Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar and Jennifer McHugh (University of Southern Queensland, Central Queensland University, Cairns Institute, The University of Queensland, College of Business, Law & Governance and College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Rural Economies
Cooperative Research Centres - Fight Food Waste
Horticultural Sector Action Plan (SAP)
- Indicative Funding
- $30,000 (administered by Central Queensland University), in partnership with the Central Queensland University ($40,000)
- Summary
- This project will develop an action plan to reduce food waste across the horticulture sector of Australia and to support the development of strategies towards national target to halve food waste across the horticultural supply chain. The project involves the development of three Sector Action Plans. This will consist of an overall national strategic framework and specific plans for two commodities (i.e. banana and melon). The project is led by CQU and is a collaboration across a number of universities including RMIT, CDU and JCU. Key industry peak groups and businesses form project references group. The Specified Personnel from JCU are responsible for the following elements of the Project: 1. Oversight of methodology 2. Development of toolkits for consultation 3. Contribute to the development of 3 SAPs
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan (Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Drought; Economic Resilience; Water Security
Cairns Regional Council - Contract Research
COVID-19 Rapid Social Needs Assessment
- Indicative Funding
- $54,418 over 2 years
- Summary
- Preliminary evidence suggests that the suppression management of the COVID-19 crises in the Cairns region has had significant impact on the social and emotional health of the local population. Conduct a time-critical rapid social needs assessment to provide an understanding of the short-term needs of the broader community and social service sector. This may include deeper dives into the needs of more vulnerable cohorts and issues ? seniors, people with a disability, homeless sector, domestic violence and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan and Allan Dale in collaboration with Jancy McHugh (Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Pandemic; Social and Community Wellbeing
Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective Ltd - Contract Research
NRM Structural Change Review
- Indicative Funding
- $44,967 over 1 year
- Summary
- The project aims to review recent structural changes undertaken by the Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective LTD. The project will involve 6 stages and include a review of the literature, engagement activities and secondary data collection. The project will create a final report of the findings.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan in collaboration with Jancy McHugh (Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Nrm; Structural adjustments
Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance Inc - Contract Research
TCICA Region Telecommunications and Digital Connectivity Strategy for the TCICA region.
- Indicative Funding
- $70,000 over 1 year
- Summary
- The strategy should identify options for the deployment of fibre, wifi, satellite and mobile technologies across the region to help boost economic growth, digital inclusion and deliver a range of social benefits including the more effective provision of local public services like health and education. It is also expected to support councils to develop their own digital strategies to achieve cost efficiencies and increase community access to council.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan and Narayan Gopalkrishnan in collaboration with Jancy McHugh, Allan Dale and Amber Marshall (Cairns Institute, College of Arts, Society & Education and Queensland University of Technology)
- Keywords
- Digital connectivity; Northern Australia
Cape York Natural Resource Management Ltd - Contract Research
Governance and Leadership Capacity Building
- Indicative Funding
- $10,000 over 1 year
- Summary
- This project builds the capacity and governance of Cape York Natural Resource Management through a range of activities including training, research and development and mentoring.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan in collaboration with Jennifer McHugh (Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Cape York; Natural Resource Management; Capacity building
Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association (PCYC) - PCYC (funded via Safer Communities Fund)
Peer Support Research Mentoring Project (Safer Communities)
- Indicative Funding
- $30,000 over 1 year
- Summary
- Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association (PCYC) is a registered charity which has been granted funds under the Commonwealth Government?s Safer Communities fund. The aim of the funding is early intervention crime prevention programs and activities for marginalised young people aged between 12 and 21 years old, and reduction in anti-social incidents for the same cohort. The program is being delivered at thirteen sites across Queensland, plus a management and coordination role based in Cairns. Twelve of the thirteen sites have a full time Safer Communities Coordinator (SCC). The Rockhampton SCC has commenced a pilot peer support mentoring (PSM) project with young people in School Term 3. A survey of young people?s knowledge of available services, and identifying effective ways to market these existing local services and activities to young people has commenced via peer action research methodology. A literature review has also been conducted. A separate agency-level social network analysis is also scheduled to be conducted in Rockhampton by March 2020. The research will be rolled out onto other sites in the following years. This project forms a partnership with Prof Babacan and Dr Gopalkrishnan to: 1. Provide expertise in the research as a `critical friend? to guide all aspects of the research 2. Support the development of the methodological frameworks for the evaluation research: review existing research data, prepare indicators and questions for research 3. Support data analysis and overview of final research reports 4. Build capacity of staff and peer researchers 5. Develop a framework for future collaboration with PCYC/JCU.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan and Narayan Gopalkrishnan in collaboration with Shane Pointing (Cairns Institute and Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association (PCYC))
- Keywords
- Safer Communities; Crime Prevention; Youth Development
CRC for Developing Northern Australia - Grant
Reframing Smart Supply Chains in Northern Australia
- Indicative Funding
- $90,000 over 1 year
- Summary
- The project involves a renewed examination of supply chains (SC) in Northern Australia (NA), with a view to develop alternative models of SC management which are effective, smart and agile. The processes of globalisation, new types of consumer demand, and next-generation digital technologies are bringing disruption with associated risks. Facilitative and smart SC will be a catalyst for greenfield and ongoing development in NA. While this project will focus on agriculture, the benefits of effective SC to areas such as aquaculture, tourism, energy, defence services, and health and human services will also be considered.
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan, Pascal Tremblay and Jancy McHugh (Cairns Institute and Charles Darwin University)
- Keywords
- Economic Development; Supply Chains; Northern Australia development
Ethos of Engagement LLC - Contract Research
Gender Responsive Alternatives to Climate Change
- Indicative Funding
- $23,461 over 1 year
- Summary
- The project involves supporting Ethos of Engagement with developing the frameworks, data analysis and reporting for evaluation research on the Gender Responsive Alternatives to Climate Change. 1. Development of the methodological frameworks for the evaluation research: review existing research data, prepare indicators and questions for research, develop inception report 2. Data analysis from the already collected research data to inform the evaluation research: analyse existing research data for the inception report and assist with the data analysis of the research data to be collected by Ethos of Engagement for the two countries (Cambodia and Vanuatu) 3. Tailoring of the methodology in two countries, i.e. Cambodia and Vanuatu: site visits to each country, understanding context, adapting methodological frameworks for implementation by Ethos of Engagement 4. Support the development and overview of the draft/final research reports: review data collected by Ethos of Engagement, support data analysis and complete draft/final reports for two countries (Cambodia and Vanuatu).
- Investigators
- Hurriyet Babacan (Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Gender; Climate Change; Development
CRC for Developing Northern Australia - Grant
Analysis of impacts of digital inclusion for northern Australia
- Indicative Funding
- $2,500 over 1 year (administered by Queensland University of Technology)
- Summary
- The purpose of this project is to mobilise an emerging consortium of research, business and industry partners (including QUT, Premise, JCU, CDU, Cfat and RDANT) to investigate the impacts and relevance of digital inclusion for developing Northern Australia (NA), including identifying impediments and solutions to enterprise and social development.
- Investigators
- Michael Dezuanni, Kimberley Wockner, Hurriyet Babacan and Ruth Wallace in collaboration with Steven Rogers and Kate Peake (Queensland University of Technology, Premise, Cairns Institute, Charles Darwin University, The Centre for Appropriate Technology Ltd and Regional Development Australia Northern Territory)
- Keywords
- Inclusion; digital connectivity; Northern Australia development
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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- ReStorying: Place (in)Vested Governance (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- A Student Agency Approach to Classroom Engagement (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Completed
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- Prescient custodians: biocultural ecological economics and restorative governance of the Wet Tropics (2022, Masters , Secondary Advisor)
- Cause for hope or despair? Evaluating race discrimination law as an access to justice mechanism for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Indigenous economic development and sustainable livelihoods for northern Australia (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
Note: Map points are indicative of the countries or states that institutions are associated with.- 5+ collaborations
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- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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