Category: SHAPS Engagement Team

Carmelina Contarino
Carmelina Contarino is an Honours student in the History & Philosophy of Science program. Her thesis explores scientific methodology through understanding researcher’s perceptions of exploratory research. Carmelina is interested in how perception of exploratory modes forms part of the research cycle, its impact on epistemic iteration and the self-correcting nature of science. Carmelina is also […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/18/carmelina-contarino
Madeline Davies
Madeline (she/her) is communications professional and emerging conservator currently completing the Master of Cultural Materials Conservation at the Grimwade Centre. In 2019 she completed a BA at Monash University with a double major in Media and Communications, and Film and Screen Studies, and in 2021 completed the Executive Master of Arts at the University of […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/17/madeline-davies
Rachelle Madden
Rachelle Madden is an undergraduate student studying History and Philosophy of Science. With 30 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Rachelle recently returned to university to pursue her love of all things science through the HPS Program.
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/04/rachelle-madden
Leo Palmer
Leo Palmer is graduate researcher in the field of Classics. His current thesis examines fifth-century Athenian democracy in its social, political and religious context, and makes the case for a complex, gradual evolution of Greek democracy, rather than viewing it as a product of revolution. Leo’s Honours thesis investigated the social functions and origins of […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/02/leo-palmer
Jesse Seeberg-Gordon
Jesse Seeberg-Gordon is a PhD candidate in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. His PhD project, which is linked to the Faculty of Arts Research Initiative on Post-Soviet Space, examines the history of Australian-Soviet relations during the Cold War. Previously based at the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory in Tallinn, Jesse has a special interest in […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/02/jesse-seeberg-gordon
Seka Seneviratne
Seka Binaramali Seneviratne is a PhD candidate at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne, where she is building her PhD research project based on ‘Biodeterioration Methodologies and Their Effect on Painting Surfaces in the Asia Pacific Region’. Her research focuses on understanding the positive and challenging effects of microbial […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/01/seka-seneviratne
Thomas Spiteri
Thomas Spiteri is a PhD candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science program. His research interests are in the history and philosophy of the human sciences. His thesis explores the ways in which knowledge about the mind is generated from case studies in the “psy” disciplines – i.e., psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis. Thomas’ research aims to enrich our […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/01/thomas-spiteri
Noah Wellington
Noah Wellington is a PhD candidate in Classics & Archaeology. His current research focuses on a tradition of women’s subversive discourse in ancient Greek literature from the Archaic through Hellenistic periods. Noah’s Honours thesis explored liminal gender identities in Athenian male youth and their repercussion on Athenian literature and politics and was a winner of […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/02/28/noah-wellington