Ideas with impact

The future is in the hands of those brave enough to challenge the status quo. From change makers to trailblazers, explore the ideas making a lasting impact on our world.

If there’s a will, there’ll be an easier way

Recent discussions about the increasing trend of young adults dying without wills has highlighted the critical importance of everyone over the age of 18 having a will in place.

Law

Shark bites are on the rise. Are we to blame?

Shark expert Dr Daryl McPhee explains what’s behind the increasing incidence of shark bites, how humans have impacted the trend, and personal accountability when entering the ocean.

Environment

Writing her story: Diverse voices on screen

Writing her story: Diverse voices on screen
Breaking barriers, making history with Usman Khawaja

Breaking barriers, making history with Usman Khawaja
Reshaping occupational therapy for an ageing society

Reshaping occupational therapy for an ageing society
How diversion makes a difference

How diversion makes a difference
Tomorrow's rules: AI's influence on employment law

Tomorrow's rules: AI's influence on employment law
The rise of estate law

The rise of estate law

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Towards change

Across continents, generations and industries, Bondies are creating positive change one step at a time. From breaking barriers to challenging convention, be inspired by those working towards change.

Sport

Usman Khawaja on driving inclusion in Australian sport

Usman Khawaja is an Australian cricketer and a Bond Master of Business Administration student. He opened up about his identity, finding his voice, and inspiring the next generation.

Usman Khawaja standing in front of the Bond Arch building

First Nations

Speaking up on reconciliation

Bond University Women's Network brought its community together during National Reconciliation Week in May 2024 to strengthen relationships between members and with their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander friends and colleagues. Bond University Provost Professor Keitha Dunstan led a discussion with three Indigenous speakers who shared stories of family and heritage and what reconciliation means to them. This is a glimpse of their Speak Up forum.

Three women are standing in front of a Sandstone building and smiling.

Podcast

The Floorplan: A podcast about the future of work

The Floorplan is a thorough and sometimes funny exploration of our attempts to navigate the modern workplace and the future of work. Steven Spielberg says he wakes up so excited that he can’t eat breakfast. But for most of us, work is far less fulfilling. The way we design jobs and where we expect people to perform  can be dull at best and dehumanizing at worst.

Tapping out of stress

In recent years, the field of psychology has witnessed the emergence of a fourth wave in therapy. These innovative approaches include therapies that integrate the mind and body in counselling settings and include a somatic (body-based) element.

Psychology

What past generations can teach us about investing for the future

Professor of Finance David Gallagher and PhD candidate Isaac Tonkin examined investment returns in 16 countries stretching back to 1870. This is what they found.

Research

Bond researchers' quest to cure blindness

In a world of light and colour, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) casts shadows on millions of lives. Research by Bond University offers a beacon of hope.

RESEARCH

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Research

Forest devastation fuels researcher's pursuit to promote energy justice

The local devastation caused by deforestation is close to home for Bond University Assistant Professor of Economics Alex Acheampong. Remnants of the lush forests his grandma described as once surrounding their village (now a town) in Ghana dwindled as Dr Acheampong grew up.