The 24th National Scholarly Communications Forum was held on 7 September 2015 at The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. This is a collection of presentations from the forum.

Overview The emergence of ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft offer a potentially useful addition to Canberra’s urban transport options. Canberra faces unique transport challenges. Car ownership rates are higher in the ACT than in most states, despite almost all of the population living in the Canberra urban area. But with population predicted to almost...

This research, funded by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), and undertaken by the University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre, has found that women receive and actively interpret contradictory information about the risks of drinking alcohol while pregnant from a number of sources.

Held in November 2014, the Inaugural CURF Annual Forum brought over 100 participants representing government, industry, academia and the community from the ACT and the Australian Capital Region to the University of Canberra. The Forum was officially opened by the ACT Deputy Chief Minister Simon Corbell MLA and the University of Canberra's Vice-Chancellor, Mr Stephen...

Climate change poses major challenges for all countries, regions and cities. Canberra is no exception, and the imperative to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to unavoidable climate changes is becoming stronger. Climate change adaptation is a relatively new area of policy, practice and research, which has experienced significant and rapid growth in the...