OPSITARA Research


Welcome to another issue of Relevant Research with a selection of recent research from our staff and students.  If you are interested in working with students, you can find out more here on our website. So far we have featured there only a few of the study areas which have opportunities for working with our students, so do get in touch with us if you can't find what you're looking for. 

You should all have received an invitation to our event Sustainability in Business on 10 April. It's not too late to get tickets for this seminar to help you improve the sustainability of your business practice. You can register here. Planning is well under way for many more research events this year too.

Prof Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies


  1. How to engage with customers

    Heidi Renata at Innov8HQ appreciated the work of two Applied Management students. Read more…
  2. Smoke damage

    Stuart Allan's investigation of a fire discovered that new air tight buildings have given rise to a new fire risk. Read more…
  3. Toilet training

    Rita Robinson's research considers societal assumptions and messages about toilet training, and how those affect adult behaviours. Read more…
  4. How's your empathy tank?

    You can avoid running on empty due to compassion fatigue by implementing suitable strategies. Read more…
  5. Physical conditioning

    Referees should have suitable physical training to support accurate decision-making. Read more…
  6. Freedom camping more safely

    Our Nursing students examined the unsustainable impact of freedom camping on the health and wellbeing of Cromwell seasonal workers. Read more…
  7. Managing flooding

    Civil Engineering student Zaaid Shah has researched solutions for the flood-prone Taieri Plans. Read more…
  8. Video: Threatened species

    Art student Madison Kelly wants people to pay more attention to threatened species. Read more…
  9. Assessing pathophysiology

    Karole Hogarth and Liz Ditzel have introduced initiatives to help nursing students retain and demonstrate their knowledge of ... Read more…