DocFest is our annual tri-faculty virtual conference for graduate research.
26-30 May 2025
DocFest25 theme: Developing Next Generation Researchers
The inspiration for this year’s theme comes from the Charles Sturt University Research Strategy.
The researchers of today step into an everchanging world, in which opportunity abounds, and paths are forged into new and unknown territories. Undertaking your higher degree needs to deliver you into this world with a range of transferable skills that will ensure you are ready to face the challenges and take up the opportunities that present.
Who is DocFest for?
DocFest is for anyone interested in graduate research but especially if you are:
- A graduate research candidate
- An Early Career Researcher
- An HDR Supervisor
- Research support staff
- An Honours student
- Interested in doing a PhD in the future
Call Abstracts for Oral Presentations and e-Posters
As well as a rich program of keynote speakers, expert panels and workshops, HDR candidates, supervisors and research and professional staff are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations or e-posters in the following themes: Read more

Seeing Like a Researcher is a masterclass series highlighting the experience, skills, wisdom and advice of Charles Sturt’s research leaders on themes relating to research innovation and professional skills for research.
Seeing Like a Researcher is a masterclass series led by Professor Mark Evans. The Series highlights the experience, skills, wisdom and advice of Charles Sturt’s research leaders on themes relating to research innovation and professional skills for research.
Vitae is the global leader in supporting the professional development of researchers, experienced in working with institutions as they strive for research excellence, innovation and impact.
This year’s competition showcases the presentations and research of 56 outstanding competitors from universities from across Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, North-East Asia and South-East Asia including Charles Sturt’s Sarah Esmaeili.
Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. (ACSPRI)