Bhuva Narayan | Funded research | University of Technology Sydney

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Associate Professor And FASS Academic HDR Coordinator

Discipline of Digital and Social Media

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Associate Professor And FASS Academic HDR Coordinator
Discipline of Digital and Social Media

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University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Communication, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia

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RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Available to supervise Master of Arts (Research) and Doctor of Philosopy in the research interests below, mainly resaerch that uses sociological and social science research methods.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bhuva Narayan's research interests include Digital and Social Media, Library and Information Sciences, Social Informatics, Social Justice, HCI, Information Systems, and Human Learning; specifically:

Design Thinking
Library and Information Studies
Digital Social Media Studies
Socio-technical Studies
Document Studies
Creative Practice (Exegesis)
Internet studies, including online privacy, cyberbullying, and ethical frameworks for digital media and AI.
Social Justice (information and access to education for vulnerable communities)
Open Access Publishing and Open Educational Resources

Bhuva's PhD Thesis titled Towards Developing an Integrated Model of Information Behaviour can be found at QUT.

Open Access versions of Bhuva Narayan's research outputs can be found at QUT ePrints and UTS OPUS.

RECENT FUNDED RESEARCH

2026-2028

Olympic Legacies & Urban Futures: Australia-India Sports-led Urban Planning Alliance

Centre for Australia-India Relations Maitri Grant Program

(with CIs Nimish Biloria, Jua Cilliers, Mukesh Ray, and Arindam Biswas)

2026

Service Systems and Occupational Therapists Role with Smart Home Technology

UTS Cross-faculty Collaboration Grant

(with CIs Moira Scerri, Gnana Bharatahy, Sumati Ahuja, Sancheeta Pugalie, and Sonika Singh)

2024- 2026

Building Tech Trust in older adults: Refashioning wearables and smart devices for supported home living through co-design, funded by Trustworthy Digital Society, in partnership with Uniting Health and Vlepis Technologies.

2024-2026

Youth Trust and Technology: Enhancing Trust in Digital technologies with Secure Text-to-Image AI, funded by Trustworthy Digital Society (with CIs Catarina Alexandra Pinto Moreira and Keith Heggart). In partnership with Leonardi.ai, Suzana Sukovic, All Together Now, and Museum of Australian Democracy

2024-2025

AI in the Library funded by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (with Heather Ford, Andrew Burrell, Monica Monin, and Suneel Jethani). In partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association, this project aims to develop an innovative AI literacy program for librarians and library clients.

2023-2025

Digital Health Literacy for Refugees, in partnership with the South Western Sydney Local Health District

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Olympic Legacies & Urban Futures: Australia-India Sports-led Urban Planning Alliance
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS & TRADE3 Aug 2026 - 3 Aug 2028
People funded by this grant:
- Biloria NM,
- Cilliers EJ,
- Ray M,
- Arindam,
- Narayan B
Centre for Australia-India Relations Maitri Grant Program
GRANT
Service Systems and Occupational Therapists Role with Smart Home Technology
University of Technology Sydney3 Mar 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Bharathy G,
- Singh S,
- Pugalia S,
- Scerri M,
- Narayan B
UTS Collaboration
GRANT
Inclusive Teaching Video Series
University of Technology Sydney1 Jan 2026 - 4 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Greg Joachim,
- Hassanli N,
- Narayan B,
- Whales L
UTS Social Impact Grant (Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion)
GRANT
AI in the Library
University of Technology Sydney1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Narayan B,
- Monin M,
- Jethani S,
- Ford H,
- Burrell A
UTS Central Research Budget (CRB) Cash Contribution
GRANT
Building Tech Trust in older adults: Refashioning wearables and smart devices for supported home living through co-design
University of New South Wales1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Narayan B,
- Kocaballi A,
- Jethani S,
- Radhakrishnan M,
- Prasad M
The UNSW-UTS Trustworthy Digital Society
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Digital Health Literacy and Refugees
South Western Sydney Local Health District15 May 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Narayan B
South Western Sydney Local Health District
GRANT
ATN Frontiers: Future of Communication: Creative Strategies for Research Impact
Australian Technology Network of Universities5 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Narayan B,
- Laurie T,
- Vanni Accarigi I
ATN Frontiers HDR training program
GRANT
In Their Shoes: Leveraging VR for Experiential Civics and Citizenship Education
University of Technology Sydney4 Oct 2021 - 3 Oct 2022
People funded by this grant:
- Heggart K,
- Narayan B
UTS ECR Research Capabilities Development Initiative
GRANT
Research Assistance & Development for Australian Researchers (RADAR) Grant: The Role of Academic Libraries in Promoting Scholarly Communication Literacy Amongst Australian Researchers: Open Access, Researcher Identity and Social Impact
Australian Research Council1 Jan 2017 - 31 Jan 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Narayan B,
- Luca E
Library and Information Science and Research Australia (LISRA)
GRANT
Developing an online cloud-based cyberbullying detection system
auDA Foundation1 Feb 2014 - 30 Nov 2015
People funded by this grant:
- Narayan B
auDA Foundation Grant Cyberbullying, Machine learning, natural language processing

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FUNDED RESEARCH

FUNDED RESEARCH