It has been a huge month of achievements from our research and learning and teaching colleagues, who have been recognised once again through awards, grants and positions of significance.

GRANTS
Funding win for Law academic
Macquarie Law School Professor Niloufer Selvadurai has been awarded $73,884 in funding by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the industry partners of Qatar Fintech Hub and Hatch Quarter. The project, Expanding Investment in Fintech between Australia and the Gulf Region (2021-2023), will investigate developments in financial technology.

AWARDS
Faculty of Arts academics shine at the 2021 Academic Staff Awards
The University community came together on 30 November for the 2021 Academic Staff Awards online ceremony, recognising the excellence and innovation of Macquarie University staff in learning and teaching, and research. Congratulations to all Faculty of Arts academics who were nominated and to the following staff who were triumphant in their categories:
- Dr Holly Doel-Mackaway, Macquarie Law School
- Dr Amanda Head, Macquarie Law School
- Dr Corrinne Sullivan, Department of Indigenous Studies
- Associate Professor Daniel Ghezelbash, Macquarie Law School
- The team of: Professor Bronwyn Carlson, Professor Sandy O’Sullivan, Dr Tristan Kennedy, Madi Day, Tetei Bakic, Dr Jo Rey, Department of Indigenous Studies and School of Social Sciences
- Professor Liz Pellicano, School of Education
For the full summary of the awards, include the recording from the event, go to This Week.

Law academic wins Publication Prize
Dr Michelle Lim from Macquarie Law School has won the 2021 Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ) Publication Prize for her article ‘Extinction: hidden in plain sight – can stories of ‘the last’ unearth environmental law’s unspeakable truth’ (2021) Griffith Law Review. The assessors found the article to be “an outstanding piece of academic writing and truly original.”

RECOGNITION
Three Faculty of Arts academics elected as Fellows
In a fantastic result for the University, three of the 25 newly elected 2021 Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities are from Macquarie’s Faculty of Arts. Professor Wendy Rogers from the Department of Philosophy, Associate Professor Trevor Evans from the Department of History and Archaeology, and Professor Louise D'Arcens from MCCALL were elected at the Academy’s recent Annual General Meeting. The 2021 Fellows reflect Australia’s diverse learned humanities community, and cultural sector leaders who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the nation.

Faculty of Arts Executive Dean Professor Martina Möllering congratulated the three academics, saying “This well-deserved acknowledgement recognises their outstanding research.”

Professor Wendy Rogers was recognised for her research in practical bioethics and moral philosophy; ethics of vulnerability; feminist ethics and bioethics; and philosophy of medicine. “Being elected as a Fellow is a much-appreciated honour,” says Wendy. “The Academy of the Humanities is the peak body for the Humanities and plays a major role in research, policy and advice on a range of national cultural, creative and ethical topics. I'm looking forward to contributing to that national voice; specifically, I hope to become involved in policy issues, and to use the experience I gain to mentor junior colleagues.”

Professor Louise D’Arcens was acknowledged for her research into medieval women’s writing and medievalism; feminism, colonialism, globalisation, the history of emotions, humour studies, Asian studies and Australian literature; medieval political writing, postmedieval literature and culture.

Associate Professor Trevor Evans was recognised for his research in ancient languages; linguist and methodological innovator of ancient cultures.
“To receive the Academy’s recognition of my research contribution is naturally very rewarding. It is making me reflect—poignantly in the cases of some no longer here to share the moment—on the support of family, friends, and mentors that has made my work to date possible,” explains Trevor. “It also makes me determined not to rest on these fresh laurels, but to keep striving for the highest quality in research that capacity and opportunity allow.”

Law academic recognised for human rights work
Professor Carlos Bernal-Pulido from Macquarie Law School has been elected as a Commissioner of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States. It meets in regular and special sessions several times a year to examine allegations of human rights violations in the hemisphere and is potentially the most important Human Rights Institution across the Americas. This esteemed appointment follows Carlos’ previous term as Justice of the Columbian Constitutional Court and is testament to Carlos’ standing in the international legal and human rights community.

The Australian’s top 250 researchers for 2021
The Australian newspaper published its Research 2021 overview, detailing the top 250 researchers for the year. Research leadership in the Faculty of Arts was recognised as follows:

Epistemology & Scientific History
Field leader: Jelle Bruineberg, Macquarie
Lead institution: Macquarie

Philosophy
Field leader: Jelle Bruineberg, Macquarie
Lead institution: Macquarie

Bioethics
Field leader: Wendy Lipworth (recently joined Philosophy)

Special Education
Field leader: Rauno Parrila, Macquarie

Macquarie University was also recognised as the nationally leading institution in Foreign Language Learning.

SCOPUS releases most highly cited academics
Congratulations to our colleagues (including Honoraries) who have been named in SCOPUS’ 2020 Global Top 2% Highly Cited Scientists online. Following each name are their two listed sub-fields of expertise.

Education 
Mary Ryan, Education, Languages & Linguistics
Liz Pellicano, Developmental & Child Psychology, Experimental Psychology
Matt Bower, Education, Computation Theory & Mathematics
Garry Falloon, Education, Developmental & Child Psychology
Rebecca Bull, Experimental Psychology, Education
Hui Li (Philip), Education, Developmental & Child Psychology
Judyth Sachs, Education, Gender Studies

Philosophy 
Richard Menary, Experimental Psychology, Philosophy
Neil Levy, Philosophy, Applied Ethics
Wendy Rogers, Applied Ethics, Public Health
Mark Alfano, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Sutton, John, Experimental Psychology, Philosophy
Catriona Mackenzie, Philosophy, Applied Ethics

School of Social Sciences 
Richie Howitt, Geography, Urban & Regional Planning
Claudio Minca, Geography, Sport, Leisure & Tourism

Security Studies and Criminology
Daniel Druckman, Social Psychology, Strategic, Defence & Security Studies

MCCALL 
Theresa Senft, Literary Studies, Communication & Media Studies
Joanne Faulkner, Literary Studies, Philosophy

History and Archaeology 
David Christian, History, Demography