Clare Davidson

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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University

A late 15th-century French version of a scientific study written by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170, fol. 11r.

November 25, 2025

Clare Davidson, Australian Catholic University and Aylin Malcolm, University of Guelph

Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 years ago.

Mirror case, ivory, a Lady Crowning her Lover, Paris, France, ca. 1300. Victoria and Albert Museum

February 12, 2023

Clare Davidson, Australian Catholic University

Today you are probably more likely to gift chocolates than fish.

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February 14, 2022

Arlie Loughnan, University of Sydney; Clare Davidson, The University of Western Australia, and Sarah Murray, The University of Western Australia

As the royal commission investigates the risk factors around veterans’ mental health it needs to look at contact with the criminal justice system.