Welcome to the Australasian Human Development Association

The Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) is a multidisciplinary, non-profit association formed in the early 1980s. The goals of the Association are to foster and promote research on human development at all stages of the lifespan, including prenatal development, infancy and childhood, adolescence and adulthood. The association promotes the application of research findings to inform professional practice in various disciplines, as well as to inform social policy concerned with individual development, families and communities.

Current News

I would like to thank all the postgraduate students and early career researchers who applied for travel scholarships to the 2008 ISSBD conference. The response was overwhelming and the standard of applications was high. I would like to express my appreciation to the selection committee for their hard work and their commitment to making fair and equitable judgments, and especially to Mary Ainley for her role as co-ordinator. I am  pleased to announce that five scholarships have been awarded.

The five winners of $3,000 scholarships to the 2008 ISSBD conference
are listed below in alphabetical order:

Corey Blomfield - School of Psychology, Murdoch University
Julian Dooley - Psychology Department and Murdoch Children's Research
Institute, University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Murray - School of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University
Monique Robinson - School of Psychology, University of Western Australia
Hunna Watson - School of Psychology, Curtin University

Each application was independently rated by two judges. The standard
of applications was extremely high and we regret that there were
insufficient funds to contribute to the travel costs of all those who
had very strong cases for attending the conference.

Julie Robinson
President, AHDA

I would like to thank all the postgraduate students and early career researchers who applied for travel scholarships to the 2007 AHDA conference. The response was overwhelming and the standard of applications was high. I would like to express my appreciation to the selection committee for their hard work and their commitment to making fair and equitable judgments, and especially to Mary Ainley for her role as co-ordinator. I am  pleased to announce that, as a result of the generosity of the 2006 ISSBD Conference Organizing Committee, 20 scholarships have been awarded. The winners are:

Butrus, Ninawa
ACU Melbourne
Clarke, Levina
Flinders University
Cooper, Anne-Marie
LaTrobe University
Enticott, Peter
Monash University
Eren, Senem
University of Melbourne
Farrall, Edwina
University of Adelaide
Ford, Sarah
Monash University
Grace, Diana
ANU
Henley, Johanna
Flinders University
Hood, Kellie
University of Canterbury, NZ
Hughes, Georgina
Monash University
Johnson, Caroline
University of Queensland
Martin, Neilson
Curtin University
McAlister, Anna
University of Queensland
Rushdi, Sanya
Deakin University
Salehuddin, Khazriyati
University of Western Sydney
Stewart, Helena
University of South Australia
Tarricone, Pina
Edith Cowan University
Tither, Jaqueline
University of Canterbury, NZ
Weir, Kirsty
University Of Wellington, NZ

Julie Robinson
President, AHDA