Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
This touching guest post comes from Bicycle Create Change’s Research Assistant Nao Kamakura. Nao has recently completed her residency with BBC and is currently traveling Australia, then home to Japan. Here, Nao reflects on her time as a new international student in Brisbane and how hard it was to meet locals. Nao found a commonality …
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It is my pleasure to announce that Bicycles Create Change is breaking new ground! I have many exciting plans for this blog and making these ideas into reality will take a concerted amount of effort, organisation, research, networking and resources. As many of you know, it is a principle of Bicycles Create Change to collaborate …
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There are many Ph.D. candidates who are near-submission or who have recently been conferred. For these brave souls, entering the workforce at such a tumultuous time is even more tricky with additional CORONAverse pressures. Where I can, I share news of any Research Assistant (RA), Internships, Postdocs or Fellowship opportunities I come across here on …
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Happy 3 year Blog Anniversary! I can’t believe this blog is 3 years old! Wow! A big thank you to all the regular and new readers of this blog. It has been such a learning and working adventure – and sharing it with other like minded-people has been an absolute pleasure. Thank you all!! Origins …
In July, Nao Kamakura joined Bicycles Create Change as Research Assistant. Nao is investigating rates of participation in mountain biking, with a particular focus on rates of female participation. Below is Nao’s first post for BCC where she shares a few preliminary findings and thoughts. How many Australians participate in mountain biking as a sport? …
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Life ever stops. Mixing bikes, research and work is my challenge AND my pleasure – as regular readers well know! As a change from our usual bike posts, this post is a little indulgent academic wankery. It has been a very busy week with my new 10-week course starting, a 4-day family trip and a 3-day conference to …
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As support to my continuing PhD bike research, this time last weekend I attended the Australian Association of Research in (AARE) Education Theory Workshop 2016. It was the first time I have participated in this event and I went because my supervisors recommended it Griffith HDR candidates who registered got free admission. I was not sure what …