UWA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES VISITING FELLOWSHIPS AWARDS

ROUND 1, MARCH 2026

Professor Alistair Borthwick, Emeritus Professor of Applied Hydrodynamics, The University of Edinburgh
Dr Jana Orszaghova, Offshore Renewable Energy Systems, Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre
Prof Scott Draper, Professor and Head of School of Engineering

Professor Gabrielle Brand, Registered Nurse and Professor at Monash Nursing and Midwifery (MNM), Monash University
Bríd Phillips, Deputy Head of Nursing, Health and Clinical Sciences

Professor Tanya Dalziell, Chair of English and Cultural Studies, Humanities

Dr Daniel Heller and Dr Farid Zaid, Senior Lecturers and Co-Directors of the Brave Conversations Project, Monash University
Dr Jessica Murray, Humanities

Prof Ullrich Ecker, Psychology
Assoc Prof Nicolas Fay, Psychology

Associate Professor Heather Massey, Extreme Environments and Physiology, University of Portsmouth
Dr Grant Landers, Human Sciences
Professor Scott Draper Engineering

Associate Professor Katharina T Paul, Political Science, University of Vienna
Dr Joshua Lake, School of Social Sciences / VaxPol Lab
Dr Shevaun Drislane, School of Social Sciences / VaxPol Lab
Dr Uwana Evers, Business School, Centre for Human and Cultural Values

Dr Justin Raycraft, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Lethbridge
Associate Professor Natasha Pauli, School of Agriculture and Environment

Professor Graeme Cumming, School of Earth and Oceans

Dimitrova Dragoeva, Film and Media Arts, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
Associate Professor Caitlin Wyrwoll, School of Human Sciences

Guy Ben-Ary, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Mr Jeffrey Sizemore, Senior Human Rights Research Fellow and Visiting Professor, University of Queensland / Independent policy advisor
Professor Melanie O’Brien UWA Law School
Dr Ky Gentry, School of Social Sciences (Political Science and International Relations)

Rachel C. Allen, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
UWA Associate Hosts:
Dr Gretchen Stolte, School of Social Sciences
Dr Susanne Meurer, School of Design 

Professor Jutta Bakonyi, Professor in Development and Conflict School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
UWA Associate Hosts:
Dr Ari Jerrams, Social Sciences
Associate Professor Ethan Blue, Humanities

Peter Barta, Professor Emeritus of English Literature, University of Surrey
UWA Associate Hosts:
Associate Professor Nahal Mavaddat, UWA Medical School
Dr Brid Phillips, School of Allied Health

Mr Andy Butler, artist
UWA Associate Hosts:
Dr Jessyca Hutchens, Berndt Museum, Indigenous Studies
Sarah Douglas, UWA School of Design

Luis Campos, Baker College Associate Professor for History of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Faculty Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (self-funded visit)

Professor Paul Croarkin, Professor of Psychiatry, Chair, Division of Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic;
UWA Associate Hosts:
Professor Jennifer Rodger, Biological Sciences (Neuroscience)
Dr Michael Kyron, School of Psychological Science 
Dr Natasha Lebas, Biological Sciences

Professor Jaime Delgadillo, Professor of Clinical Psychology, King’s College London
UWA Associate Hosts:
Dr Michael Kyron, School of Psychological Science
Prof Michael Small, Physics, Mathematics and Computing

Associate Professor Alta de Vos, Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University
UWA Associate Hosts:
Prof Graeme Cumming School of Earth and Oceans 
A/Prof Abbie Rogers, UWA Centre for Environmental Economics & Policy

Dr Anamaría Font Villarroel, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela
UWA Associate Hosts:
Professor Sergei Kuzenko and Professor Vince Wallace, UWA School of Physics

Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley, Professor of Media, Macquarie University
UWA Associate Hosts:
Associate Professor Steven Maras Media and Communication Discipline, School of Social Sciences
Professor Jane Lydon, History Discipline, School of Humanities

Professor Nick Athanasou, University of Oxford, NDORMS, Department of Histopathology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Kharishar (Kuka) Kahfi, journalist at The Jakarta Post
Totally Lit Festival Fremantle Invited Guests (external partnership)

Professor Cristin Millett, Professor of Art, The Pennsylvania State University
UWA Associate Hosts:
Associate Professor Caitlin Wyrwoll, Human Sciences
Associate Professor Ionat Zurr, School of Design

Javaid Rehman, Professor of Islamic Law and Muslim Constitutionalism, Brunel University of London
UWA Associate Hosts:
Melanie O’Brien, UWA Law School
Samina Yasmeen, Centre for Muslim States and Societies

Professor Denise Saint-Arnault, School of Nursing, Director, Multicultural Study of Trauma Recovery (MiStory) University of Michigan
UWA Associate Hosts:
Dr Chantal Orgeas, School of Population and Global Health
Associate Professor Susan Young, School of Allied Health

Sarah Saleh, poet
UWA Associate Hosts:
Professor Tony Hughes D’Aeth, Chair of Australian Literature, UWA School of Humanities
Professor James Arvanitakis, Director, Forrest Research Foundation
Keynote at Perth Storyfest 2025

Associate Professor Shayne William Walker, Head of Programme, Ahua a Iwi (Social and Community Work), University of Otago, Otakou Whakaihu Waka
UWA Associate Hosts:
Associate Professor Susan Young, School of Allied Health
Professor Troy Visser, School of Psychological Science