Dr Anne-Marie Hilsdon, Research Fellow

1. Work experience

Anthropology Mentor, National Vietnam University, Hanoi Sept 2023-June 2024
Responsibilities

• Assisting Academic staff and PhD student publishing in their research

• Supporting academic capacity strengthening in their teaching pedagogy; teaching in English
• Supporting Academic staff and PhD students to apply for external grants and scholarships for research in English
• Assisting VNU academic journal to achieve international status
• Implementation of Gender Equality Impact Grant for women academics.

• Facilitating online workshops in Academic English
• Mentoring staff in writing in English: comment edit and proofread English academic articles for publication in international refereed journals

• Completion of two 8 week academic English online workshops with National Vietnam University academic staff
• Reviewed six articles for publication in International refereed journals.

• Contribute to existing CHRE research programs including annual examination of student theses.
• Offer a regional (Southeast Asian) dimension to CHRE research on refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.
• Undertake collaborative work on projects with CHRE on refugee and migrant workers’ rights in Southeast Asia.

• Apply for collaborative CHRE grants.
• Contribute to the advocacy and activism of CHRE in working with a diverse range of community and civil society groups.
• Exchange extensive knowledge in all fields of human rights and social justice.
• Contribute to CHRE research networks
• HDR supervision and mentoring junior staff 

• Increase the teaching and research capacity of Faculty staff relating to gender and the law.
• Mentoring Faculty staff for English language Masters and PhD programmes applications abroad
• Mentoring Faculty staff for IELTS tests for English Language Masters, PhD and Medicial Residency programmes abroad.
• Workshops on English for Research

• Increase Faculty capacity in research and curriculum development in dissemination of the law and legal education
• Increase the teaching and English language research capacity of Faculty staff relating to gender and the law.

• Mentored four academic staff for International English Language Higher degree scholarships;
• Conducted a workshop for University academic staff on gender sensitivity and gender mainstreaming curricula.
• Coaching university academic staff in writing research funding proposals in English
• Gender consultant on gender training for staff of university associated NGO for women’s development and legal education

• Conduct a gender audit of all existing ISS research, training, policy advice and technical assistance activities
• Conduct a gender audit all ISS project and core donor agreements, with particular reference to UNSC Resolution 1325;
• Convene and chair regular internal ISS gender forum meetings
• Report on work done with regards to mainstreaming gender in the ISS via internal reporting structures

• Publish at least one written piece per quarter on relevant gender related topics;
• Review and advise the ISS in relation to internal policies and practices and gender mainstreaming within the organization;
• Advise and inform the ISS’s research, training, policy advice and technical assistance activities to ensure an appropriately “gendered” perspective; and
• Assist and support Divisions in the design, implementation and reporting on mainstreaming gender projects in the institutional key results areas.

• The Gender and Human Security in Africa monograph is completed and will be launched at a high-profile event by the Director for UN Women in March 2019 in Pretoria
• I have been gender consultant to a considerable number of research proposals, training curricula and other publications.
• There are staff members that understand gender-mainstreaming and appreciate the importance of continuing this work
• We have a functional gender forum which meets monthly to continue efforts at mainstreaming
• Excom have allocated Rand 250 000 to continue the work of the Gender forum and other gender activities in 2019 which could be supplemented by programme funding
• The ISS officially remains committed to Gender Mainstreaming, which if handled strategically, could yield further positive developments.
• Conducted a successful gender audit of all human resources policy
• Developed gender sensitivity training workshops for staff

• Develop faculty institutional research and high degree planning and implementation
• Strengthen research profiles of University staff publishing in English
• Improve the international publication and dissemination of research
• Advise on university research policy making

• Developed a strong productive relationship with the Head of Research
• Communicated successfully in conversational Bahasa Indonesia
• Nominated and mentored 10 academic staff for International Higher degree scholarships; five were successful
• Conducted three workshops for University academic staff publishing in English in high impact International journals.
• Follow up coaching of 10 university academic staff for publication in English  in high impact international refereed Journals; five have been successful so far.
• Mentored Faculty academic staff in preparation to apply for International PhD scholarships. Ten completed research proposals in English.
• Implementation of a Faculty wide weekly research only day  for academic staff

• Develop institutional research planning and evaluation
• Strengthen research methodologies of University staff
• Improve the dissemination of research informing policy

• Developed a strong, productive relationship with the Head of Research.
• Communicated successfully in conversational Bahasa Indonesia; used interpreters where necessary

• Completed a University Master Research Plan in collaboration with Head of Research, study program heads, faculty deans, vice rector academic and rector.
• Nominated and mentored five academic staff members for Australian Award PhD scholarships: one shortlisted to complete PhD at Australian National University (ANU)
• Conducted workshops in writing research proposals, and writing and publishing research articles: 20 research proposals submitted for funding and 12 research articles submitted for national and international publication.
• Developed university research policies e.g on plagiarism and research ethics ratified by university administration 

• To accept deployments to conflict and postconflict situations abroad to assist local governments redevelop infrastructure
• To undertake advanced training for deployment in sensitive areas

• Supervise students Honours, Masters and PhD theses

• Coordinate, write and teach units in human rights, development studies, gender studies, communications, anthropology and sociology, Asia and Africa and research methodology.
• Coordinate the sociology and anthropology teaching program
• Direct a research unit on the study of societies in change.
• conduct research in Southeast Asia

• innovative work in e-scholarship derived from teaching practice

• the development and delivery of a Faculty core unit for 1,000 students
• successful supervision of many Honours and HDR students
• successful planning major conferences,
• successful grant applications, undertaking field research, giving papers at invited international workshops, and writing and publishing articles in prestigious journals

• Developed, implemented and managed the Masters of Gender and Development Teaching and Research Program in English (85 students, 7 staff). This included:
  • Mentoring and coaching academic and general staff on university teaching and research programs and their administration.
  • Reformulating university teaching and research policies and, developing new policies  to meet the needs of the Centre. 
  • Writing research and consultancy grants, conducting research, presenting conference papers and publishing articles

• Lecturing and thesis supervision in the Masters Programme   
• Providing high level advice on gender and human rights at workshops, conferences and in training programs for government and non government officials and academics in East Africa

• Trained Rwandan government officials in qualitative research methodologies

• Negotiated with academic chancellery over several key issues of Centre  development
• Successfully coordinated a Masters Thesis Program in English for 45 students.
• Successfully coordinated a Masters Teaching Program in English of 6 units for 85 students
• Successfully applied an inquiry based student centred learning style developed in Australia to the cultural setting of Rwanda. 

• Provide leadership in restructuring the university teaching programs

• Restructure the teaching program 2009-2010 in line with the Teaching and Learning enabling plan 2009-2013. My Teaching & Learning work is especially shown through:

• Development of a new professional Masters (Masters in National Security).

• Development of four new majors in the Social Science Degree Program (Sustainable Development, History, Anthropology and Sociology, International Relations)
• Invigorated anthropology and sociology, and international relations programs as evidence by increases in enrolments.
• Restructuring the degree program for progressive skills development over three years; and increased articulation with honours, masters and PhD programs.
• Successfully recruited and managed staff during a period of uncertain job security as evidenced by the increase in staff collegiality and ownership of majors resulting in successful completion of the Social Science program restructure and website development for student recruitment.
• Development of flexible modes of delivery of majors, increased interdisciplinarity and co-teaching of units; use of flexible/blended learning (a combination of offline and online strategies)

• Build networks with NGOs

• Develop and write applications for research grants
• Organise and plan conference panels and international workshops
• Present research papers to an academic audience

• Won several research grants from AUSAID and ARC (Australia Research Council)

• Conducted a successful international workshop on Human Rights, Gender and Religion in Asia as evidenced by publishing a collection of articles as a journal special issue.  
• Successfully organised and convened panels at University conferences as evidenced by publishing a collection of articles as a journal special issue. 
• Successful completion of individual field research, writing and presenting papers at invited international workshops and conferences, and publishing articles in prestigious journals

• Supervise students Honours, Masters and PhD theses

• Coordinate, write and teach units in human rights, development studies, gender studies, anthropology and sociology, Asia and research methodology.
• Coordinate the sociology and anthropology teaching program
• Conduct research in Southeast Asia

• Successful supervision of several  Honours, Masters and PhD students

• Successful grant applications, undertaking field research, giving papers at invited international workshops, and writing and publishing articles in prestigious journals

• Manage and participate in research teams on several projects

• Write up interview data into articles for publication

• Successfully managed a large breast cancer research project (3,000 patients)at a busy city hospital

• From supplied data, wrote up and published articles on skin cancer.
• As part of an action research project, I planned anti-smoking programs, recruited participants and conducted ‘stop smoking’ discussion groups for heart attack and pregnant patients in a busy city hospital.  

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