The ANU Undergraduate Research Journal presents outstanding essays taken from numerous ANU undergraduate essay submissions. The breadth and depth of the articles chosen for publication by the editorial team and reviewed by leading ANU academics demonstrates the quality and research potential of the undergraduate talent being nurtured at ANU across a diverse range of fields.
While ANU is widely appreciated for its scholarly production at the professional and post-graduate levels, less is known about the extent and the quality of research conducted by the almost 10 000 undergraduate students who represent more than half of the university's enrollments. As we believe that this substantial share of the ANU community deserves equal attention to their more senior colleagues, and that originality, commitment and entrepreneurship are qualities to be found across the whole academic body, we seek here to exhibit a snippet of this year's undergraduate production
Articles
Introduction to AURJ volume 10
Abstract 193 | PDF Downloads 183Page i-vi
Linguistic preservation and legal rights: An analysis of the status of Indigenous language rights under international law
Abstract 226 | PDF Downloads 195Page 1-17
Tight budget, big dreams: Using university course credit in the creation of an online Kriol language course for English speakers
Abstract 96 | PDF Downloads 86Page 18-27
Sexual violence and colonial anxieties in Australian literature: A comparison of John Hillcoat’s The Proposition and Kim Scott’s Benang: From the Heart
Abstract 200 | PDF Downloads 610Page 28-35
More than a children’s book: A surface reading of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty
Abstract 94 | PDF Downloads 95Page 36-44
The impact of Brexit: A neofunctionalist perspective
Abstract 238 | PDF Downloads 572Page 45-55
Beyond the ‘Shanghailander’: China through the eyes of foreigners in the 1920s and 1930s
Abstract 115 | PDF Downloads 117Page 56-67
Australian cultural populism in sport: The relationship between sport (notably cricket) and cultural populism in Australia
Abstract 169 | PDF Downloads 370Page 68-76
Let’s talk about species, baby! Taxonomy and species concepts in the context of Homo luzonensis
Abstract 600 | PDF Downloads 620Page 77-87
The dopamine, glutamate, and GABA hypotheses of schizophrenia: Glutamate may be the key
Abstract 352 | PDF Downloads 593Page 88-96
Urs Fischer’s Francesco (2017): On ephemeral art and material culture
Abstract 122 | PDF Downloads 205Page 97-108
Japan’s Cold War nuclear decisionmaking: Improving upon competing theoretical perspectives
Abstract 185 | PDF Downloads 104Page 109-117
Plurinationalism as sovereignty: Challenges of Indigenous recognition in Bolivia
Abstract 62 | PDF Downloads 113Page 118-125
The forgotten facility: Australia’s lax response to controlling antibiotic resistance in nursing homes
Abstract 95 | PDF Downloads 71Page 126-138
Insight into suffering: The roles of testimony in exposing child abuse in immigration detention
Abstract 118 | PDF Downloads 84Page 139-149
A challenge to the legitimating rhetoric of legalism through amicus curiae: A comparative case study
Abstract 123 | PDF Downloads 113Page 150-160