Research at Bond
Research at Bond University is agile, fast paced and cutting edge. Our research spans all of our teaching disciplines, with a focus on eight Research Centres.
The Bond University Strategic Plan 2023 - 2027 is the overarching document which outlines the University’s direction. Our research portfolio has been structured to deliver our research priorities. We consistently measure and benchmark our performance to deliver world class research.
Our five key research objectives are:
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1. Developing a world class research workforce and culture:
Research is a core business of Bond University that helps define the University and build esteem. The University’s overall research capacity and productivity is largely determined by the capacity and productivity of the academic and research support workforce. As such, it is critical for Bond to continue to support our researchers and build our workforce to meet future needs.
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2. Enabling a research-training environment focused on job-ready graduates:
Our research training program will allow Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students to achieve job-ready skills through diverse and tailored approaches. Bond aims to have HDR graduates job ready and does this through providing support and opportunities throughout a student’s candidature. We have responded to changes in the employment market and focus on developing pathways for graduates into the public and private sectors, as well as academic.
Our employability focus beings early in the first semester of enrolment through the higher degree research support series, and opportunities and activities are available art other times during the candidature.
Bond University provides focused one-on-one support for HDR students through the Career Development Centre.
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3. Establish niche centres of research excellence; focused on building our research expertise:
Through our Research Strategy Bond identified niche centres of research excellence where we have recognised strength and leadership, where we can highly integrate teaching and research, where interdisciplinary contributions can lead to significant advances, and where we can have an impact on the local, national and international community. These centres will emphasise our strengths and benefit from focused investment.
Our centres of research excellence will have world-class researchers to provide administrative and intellectual leadership and foster a culture and space for collaboration and knowledge sharing. We will aim to be the partner-of-choice for other universities, industry, government and the community.
As the second iteration of this Strategy, we need to refine our research centres model, introducing a new tier where emerging research centres can be developed and nurtured.
Bond currently has two University Research Centres that demonstrate our research strengths. Each Centre is supported by outstanding academic leadership and research teams that contribute to world-class research outcomes and impact.
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4. Enhance and enable access to world-class research infrastructure:
A vital component for research to be world-class is the availability and quality of research infrastructure. To address complex problems, researchers need the right equipment, research tools, administrative systems and human capital. In a quality research environment infrastructure is the backbone to supporting cutting-edge research.
It is critical for Bond over the next five years to ensure we have the right to balance of professional staff and access to infrastructure to support our growing world-class research portfolio.
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5. Deliver impactful innovation through collaborative engagement in research projects with industry, business, government and the community:
Research collaboration across disciplines, between university and with the public and private sector is an integral part of effective research. Outstanding research innovation often occurs where disciplines or research groups meet or overlap.
Research collaboration can also provide flow-on benefits to teaching, and contribute positively to the profiles of a University and its staff.
Key people
Keitha Dunstan
Provost
Level 5, Building 1, Arch Building, Bond University
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View profileAndrew Calder
Director of Research Services
Level 4, Building 1c, Library Annex, Bond University
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View profileMark Bahr
Assistant Professor
Level 3, Building 1a, Faculty of Society & Design, Bond University
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View profilePeta Stapleton
Chair of Graduate Research
Level 3, Building 1a, Faculty of Society & Design, Bond University
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View profileJustin Keogh
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine
Level 5, Bond Institute of Health and Sport, 2 Promethean Way, Robina QLD 4226
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View profileDamian Cox
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Society and Design
Level 4, Building 1a, Faculty of Society & Design, Bond University
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View profileRobert Faff
Associate Dean (Research), Bond Business School
Building 3A Centre for Data Analytics
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View profileJonathan Crowe
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law
Level 2, Building 4, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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View profilePaul Glasziou
Director of Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare
Level 4, Building 5, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University
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View profileGulasekaran Rajaguru
Director of Centre for Data Analytics
Level 4, Building 2, Bond Business School, Bond University
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View profileRachael Field
Director of Centre for Professional Legal Education
Level 2, Building 4, Faculty of Law, Bond University