In 2021, Edith Cowan University (ECU) celebrates its 30th anniversary. ECU Library Research Services have compiled a selection of the interesting and diverse publications created by ECU researchers since 1991. One publication has been selected from Research Online, ECU's institutional repository, for each year that ECU has existed as a university. Viewed chronologically, this collection highlights how ECU's research began from a strong background in the field of education and quickly expanded to include sciences, engineering, nursing, medical and health sciences, visual and performing arts, business and law, while maintaining a strong emphasis on ECU's values of inclusion and diversity.

The University has recently highlighted some key research priorities with the launch of ECU Strategic Research Institutes and Centres ensuring world-class research will continue to benefit the wider community.

During the last 30 years ECU also expanded to three campuses within Western Australia. While 2021 is an opportunity to celebrate the past, we also look to the University of the Future, as ECU plans for it's new city campus.

More information about each publication can be accessed on Research Online by following the URL links.

Learn more about what ECU has achieved in the past 30 years:

Celebrate! WAAPA Salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary

The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) proudly celebrated the 30th anniversary of Edith Cowan University in a spectacular gala concert at the Perth Concert Hall on 30th July 2021. More information is available at WAAPA's website.

Creating an operational security management structure for inimical environments: Papua New Guinea as a case study

Creating an operational security management structure for inimical environments: Papua New Guinea as a case study

Only the envelope

Only the envelope

A marine heat wave drives massive losses from the world’s largest seagrass carbon stocks [dataset]

A marine heat wave drives massive losses from the world’s largest seagrass carbon stocks [dataset]

Ghanaian parents’ experiences of caring for their preterm infants after discharge from the neonatal unit - a narrative inquiry study

Ghanaian parents’ experiences of caring for their preterm infants after discharge from the neonatal unit - a narrative inquiry study

The not-so-sterile womb: Evidence that the human fetus is exposed to bacteria prior to birth

The not-so-sterile womb: Evidence that the human fetus is exposed to bacteria prior to birth

‘I’m my own boss…’: Active intermediation and ‘entrepreneurial’ worker agency in the Australian gig-economy

‘I’m my own boss…’: Active intermediation and ‘entrepreneurial’ worker agency in the Australian gig-economy

Hair and salivary cortisol and their relationship with lifestyle, mood and cognitive outcomes in premanifest Huntington’s disease

Hair and salivary cortisol and their relationship with lifestyle, mood and cognitive outcomes in premanifest Huntington’s disease