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    Welcome to the blog/website of Dr Gareth Furber

    August 10, 2019 by

    Welcome to my blog/website! In truth I’ve written that a few times over my life. I’ve started and abandoned a number of blogs in my time. I’m probably not alone in that fact. Will this time be different? I don’t know. All I know is that this time I have a clearer sense of the… Read more

  • A positive story about AI, starting with a caution

    July 25, 2026 by

    Key Points I’ve been using AI in my work for a little over two years now. My main platform is ChatGPT, though I’ve also experimented a bit with Gemini and I keep eyeing off Claude in a suggestive way. Overall, it has been a net positive for me. But not an uncomplicated one. One of… Read more

  • Disappearing into worlds

    January 2, 2026 by

    On any given day, we inhabit many worlds. Who we are, how we express ourselves, and the decisions we make are shaped by the world we find ourselves in at that moment. When I’m in work world, I’m generally kinder and more collaborative (although you might need to check with my colleagues on that one)… Read more

  • Thinking About Curriculum While Not Thinking About Work

    November 15, 2025 by

    I’ve been on leave for a couple of weeks. I go back to work next Monday. I’ve made a fairly concerted effort during the break not to think about work. Some days: gloriously triumphant (what is work??). Other days: abject failure (angrily reading emails). But honestly, I generally don’t get annoyed at myself for thinking… Read more

  • I attended a Shut Up and Write conference

    October 26, 2025 by

    I recently road-tripped to Melbourne for the Shut Up and Write (SUAW) Conference 2025, which surprised me. Anyone that knows me knows I am not a fan of travel, crowds, or the sensory overload of conferences. But I got a personal invite to attend (I think because I’ve experimented with SUAW before) and being honest… Read more

  • How I Use AI-Powered Research Digests to Get a Grip on a Paper

    May 15, 2025 by

    – and why it’s changing how I engage with research again I graduated from my clinical psychology program in 2006 and, after a few short bursts working as a clinician, spent most of the years between 2007 and 2016 doing project and research work. I was okay at it. I worked on some cool projects,… Read more

  • Thinking 1, 5 and 10 years into the future

    October 21, 2024 by

    I’ve been very fortunate in my career over the last eight years. After rejoining Flinders University, where I originally studied, I transitioned from 10 years of working in child and adolescent mental health into a role that allows me to align my strengths with meaningful work. I’ve crafted a role that plays to my interests,… Read more

  • What is happening in my world of mental health promotion

    June 29, 2024 by

    I tend to fall into the trap with blogging of only ever writing a blog post when I have a very specific thing I want to talk about. But blogging can also be a public thinking space, somewhere to organise one’s thoughts. With that in mind, I thought I’d take a moment to do a… Read more

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