EMPA Research and Development Centre is supervised by a committee of practitioners from government agencies and researchers from La Trobe University, Bond University and the Universities of Canberra and Southern Queensland.
Click here to go to research abstracts and papers from the 2009 conference.
Click here to go to the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, which showcases the research papers presented at the 2008 conference.
One of our aims is to fund a number of research projects each year for presentation at the annual EMPA conference. Another aim is to encourage standards of rigour in research in this field that allow the use of this research across the world. Our research conference papers are double-blind peer-reviewed.
We welcome research ideas and encourage partnerships that might attract further funding through agencies and/or the Australian Research Council.
The 2009-10 Research and Development Committee is:
Co-chair Dr Peter Hughes, LaTrobe University, Melbourne
Co-chair Barbara Ryan, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
Steve Delaney, State Emergency Service NSW, Sydney
Anne Leadbeater, Murrindindi Shire Council, Victoria
Hamish McLean, Bond University, The Gold Coast
Dr Susan Nicholls, University of Canberra
Neil Stanbury, Western Australia Police
Alastair Wilson, Emergency Management Australia
Dr Amalia Matheson, University of the Sunshine Coast
