Gavin Smith
@gavin_jd_smith
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Interdisciplinary thinker & doer | Research urban governance & snakes | Learning from & making a better future for snakes/wildlife | Views mine
Canberra, Ngunnawal Country
Joined January 2016
RT @DrDemography: Gender studies cut in ANU slash and burn
canberratimes.com.au
ANU leadership likened to Donald Trump's chainsaw cutting of public service.
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RT @fbongiornoanu: Julie Bishop celebrates her 69th birthday in Dubai via @DailyMailCeleb.
dailymail.co.uk
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop rang in her 69th birthday in style on Thursday, soaking up the sun and glamour of Dubai.
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Two ABC interviews and a public talk in collaboration with Ngunnawal knowledge holder, Tyronne Bell: pretty happy with how the day of the serpent unfolded this year. 🐍🥳 #WorldSnakeDay #Yearofthesnake
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RT @ConversationEDU: Our universities require a major overhaul. Reform is possible, but only if a government is prepared to take up the cha….
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Our universities require a major overhaul. Reform is possible, but only if a government is prepared to take up the challenge.
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RT @DrDemography: University policy has been broken for 40 years. ‘Our policymakers must be brave enough to argue that education is unequiv….
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Policymakers must set aside the fiction that universities are just another industry that can generate its own funding and that academics can be turned into entrepreneurs.
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RT @ANU_SOCY: Tyronne Bell and our favourite #snakecatcher, @gavin_jd_smith, will present a special lecture on #WorldSnakeDay: "Demystifyi….
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Absolutely shameful. This is such a devastating attack on our future.
Macquarie University is preparing to dismantle two foundational disciplines: Sociology and Politics. Under the current proposal, Sociology will no longer be offered as a major in the Bachelor of Arts, and 11 of the department’s 14 academics — including long-time colleagues I’ve.
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RT @ANU_SOCY: Did you catch the newest publication from @ANU_SOCY Honorary Professor Nikolas Rose?. "5E Mental Health? Notes on an emerging….
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A new style of thought is emerging in debates around psychiatry and mental health, which I term ‘5E Mental Health.’ This goes beyond the well-known and much-cri...
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RT @DrDemography: FREE EVENT on university governance, higher education, environment and other important issues with @DavidPocock - ANU 17/….
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TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
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RT @Nikolas_S_Rose: FINALLY! My article “5E Mental Health? Notes on an emerging style of thought” is now published and is available at htt….
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Sociology at its best. Revealing the uneven power structures and socio-material inequalities that impact on us so differentially. And refusing to accept these as inevitable. 🌄.
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How Stuff Matters
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RT @ANU_SOCY: Our staff out and about talking to Canberra year 10 students about futures in sociology! Thank you to the staff and students….
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RT @Nikolas_S_Rose: Diana Rose has given a compelling interview on her experiences with the pioneering EURIKHA research with mental health….
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CHAPTER XX: The EURIKHA Project Interview conducted with Diana Rose on Sunday 3rd and Mon 4th April 2025 [20250403-151217, 20250403-163112] Nikolas Rose Okay, so you said a moment ago that…
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Great to acknowledge & celebrate the excellent work performed by university vets that supports wildlife ecology research and welfare principles/outcomes. We are lucky @ourANU to have Senior Vet, Dr Justin Clarke making a contribution to our study & snakes!.
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RT @ANU_SOCY: Check out the full seminar series on our website! Seminars are hosted in person in the RSSS building and fully hybrid. https:….
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RT @ANU_SOCY: Kicking off the ANU Sociology Seminar Series for the year is A/Prof Julia Coffey @juliacoffey & A/Prof Steven Threadgold @ste….
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So proud & grateful to have been able to do this remarkable project over the last few years, which has produced illuminative insights into the secretive lives of urban brown snakes & some confronting results about their current plight. via @ABCaustralia.
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RT @Japh: As a snake catcher, I'll be very interested to see this whole study once it's published! cc/ @herphighlights @gavin_jd_smith. "Ye….
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Hundreds of snakes are moved from backyards, inside homes and other urban areas into reserves and bushland around Canberra each year — but until now, little has been known about what happens to...
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RT @ANU_SOCY: Happy Lunar New Year to all! Especially to our favourite #Snakecatcher @gavin_jd_smith 🐍 Make your projects shine in this Yea….
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RT @ANU_SOCY: Did you catch Dr Thao Phan @thao_pow on ABC Radio Canberra Sunday Brunch show? Listen back to her conversation with Dr Kim Hu….
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Tuck into a tasty and nourishing feast of locally grown stories on Sunday.
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