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Welcome to the 2011 edition of Research Review Research Review 2011 Transforming Lives: how research works for you… Read more »	Developing online stories from our ‘Museums of Madness’ Research Review 2011 A collaboration between the University of Melbourne and Museum Victoria will shed new light on the lives of the thousands of people who lived and worked in state psychiatric institutions between 1870 and 1980. By Gabrielle Murphy Read more »	Changing life trajectories: The Early Years Education Research Project Research Review 2011 The effectiveness of an innovative specialist early intervention care and education program for children who are at risk of developmental delays because of abuse and neglect is being examined by academics from the Faculties of Business and Economics, and Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. By Rees Quilford Read more »
The energy-saving benefits of urban trees Research Review 2011 In an Australia first, Melbourne University researchers have built a facility to measure the energy saved by trees, in an effort to quantify in dollar terms the benefits of better integrating them within the built environment. By Charlotte Crawford Read more »	Character, conflict and quiet avenues Research Review 2011 Think of Melbourne’s suburban city-scape as a classroom full of different personalities: loud and brash kids, understated and shy kids, rich kids, poor kids, bumpkins and budding socialites. Like any cross-section of human life, the same diversity of characters can be found within Melbourne’s metropolitan splay of suburbs. By Laura Soderlind Read more »	Child’s play Research Review 2010 A multidisciplinary research team is producing the first comprehensive national analysis of the continuity and variation of Australian children’s playlore from the 1950s to the present. By Silvia Dropulich Read more »
Thousands of children part of ambitious early childhood study Research Review 2010 More than 2,500 three-year-olds attending over 250 education and care services in Victoria and Queensland are now part of Australia’s largest-ever early childhood education study. The study is partly funded by a $2.2m Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the largest ARC grant ever awarded to an education study. Read more »	NHMRC awards the University of Melbourne more than $35 Million to improve human health Research Review 2010 The University of Melbourne has been awarded more than $35 million to improve the lives of people suffering Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, knee osteoarthritis and bacterial infections. Read more »	Indigenous identity in Melbourne Research Review 2010 Creating or making a sense of place is the central aspect of design for most architects, but it’s not always an easy task, according to a research team from the University’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. By David Scott Read more »