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Helga Simon serves as a Casual Academic in the School of Communication, Society and Culture within Macquarie University's Faculty of Arts, concurrently pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy. Her interdisciplinary work bridges emergency management, public health, and higher education research, with significant contributions to understanding community flood responses and PhD candidate development.
Simon is actively completing her PhD in the Faculty of Arts, focusing on collaborative academic practices. Her doctoral research directly informs her co-authored publication analyzing writing retreat experiences among PhD candidates, demonstrating applied scholarly methodology.
Her research portfolio centers on natural disaster impacts—particularly the 2022 NSW/QLD floods—with secondary emphases on perioperative care, coronavirus response, and resident experiences. She examines how emergency services interact with community resilience while innovating in PhD education through collaborative learning frameworks that enhance writing productivity and candidate wellbeing.
Simon's 2023-2024 publications reveal dual thematic trajectories: policy-oriented disaster research conducted with Natural Hazards Research Australia, and metacognitive studies of doctoral education. The flood-related works establish evidence-based emergency management protocols, while her writing retreat analysis pioneers collective approaches to academic development within graduate education.
Her research excellence has been formally recognized through:
- EMPA Australia Award for Excellence in Emergency Communication – Emergency Communications Research (2024)
- Faculty of Arts Research Engagement Award Highly Commended (2023)
As an emerging scholar, Simon collaborates with multidisciplinary teams including Mel Taylor and Fiona Miller on externally funded projects. Her work with Natural Hazards Research Australia demonstrates effective knowledge translation between academic research and emergency policy development, though specific grant mechanisms remain institutionally managed.
Simon operates within Macquarie University's emergency management research ecosystem, contributing to the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires initiatives. Her collaborative approach extends to peer networks of PhD candidates where she co-develops academic support frameworks, positioning her at the intersection of disaster resilience scholarship and higher education innovation.
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