2025: Graduate Research Conference Day 1 Panel Session: Working across boundaries: interdisciplinary research in action (online)

Working across boundaries: interdisciplinary research in action 

This panel session explores why interdisciplinary research is essential for tackling today’s complex challenges and how researchers can successfully navigate its unique demands. Panelists will share insights from their own projects, revealing how different disciplines come together in unexpected and powerful ways.

Panel 

Prof. Ronika Power - Professor of Bioarchaeology, Discipline of History & Archaeology, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts

Dr Leanne Hall - Lecturer in Psychological Sciences, Course Director, Master of Clinical Psychology; School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences 

Hannah Vogel - PhD student and sessional academic, Discipline of History and Archaeology, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts

Haoyue Zhao - PhD student and sessional academic, Discipline of History and Archaeology, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts

This workshop is part of the 2025 Graduate Research Conference: Expanding the reach of your research

MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER - THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2025

This four-day conference will explore how graduate researchers can:

• Collaborate across disciplinary boundaries
• Build global research partnerships
• Engage audiences beyond academia

The final day (Thursday 20 November, on campus) will feature a Showcase Extravaganza, including a keynote address, lightning presentations, poster displays, a photo competition, and networking.

Conference Schedule:

Please register for each event separately. You are welcome to register for all sessions or just those that are of interest.

Graduate Research Supervisors

Graduate Research Students

Mid Career/Senior Researchers

Early Career Researchers

• Zoom: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/82059629281
• Viewing on campus: 18WW, Level 1 Room 185