New research to be presented at a UNSW Gender Equity Forum reveals that female directors have a significant impact on the effectiveness of a board, despite arguments that tokenism drives their selection.
UNSW research has found that middle-aged Australians are more anxious and depressed than their elderly counterparts, turning on its head a prevailing myth about old age.
UNSW climatologists are leading a consortium of more than 200 leading climate scientists who have warned the United Nations Climate Conference of the need to act immediately to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The days of ringing a taxi company only to speak to a machine which fails to recognise what you are saying are numbered, according to a UNSW researcher.
A UNSW academic has warned that a poorly designed emissions scheme might fail to shrink Australia's carbon footprint while providing large polluters with windfall profits.