{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260100686"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260100686","attributes":{"code":"DE260100686","administering-organisation":"Monash University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Monash University","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-07-01","anticipated-end-date":"2029-06-30","grant-summary":"Hurried childhoods, slow narratives and the ecology of attention. In a time of rapid change and accelerated childhoods, this project aims to establish slow narrative practices that promote deep engagement. Exploring how children co-create stories across diverse learning environments, the project is expected to reveal the role of children’s literature and creative writing in shaping their relationship with the world around them and their ability to imagine and build hopeful futures. The expected outcome includes new insights into the narrative practices that cultivate resilience and adaptive thinking: essential skills for navigating uncertainty. This would provide significant benefits enriching Australia’s educational, literary and cultural spheres.","funding-current":515527.00,"funding-at-announcement":511618,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Penelope","familyName":"Russon","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-7899-7451 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Penelope","familyName":"Russon","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-7899-7451 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"3602","name":"Creative and Professional Writing","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"360201","name":"Creative Writing (Incl. Scriptwriting)","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"470506","name":"Children'S Literature","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"280122","name":"Expanding Knowledge In Creative Arts and Writing Studies","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Canada","Indonesia","Italy"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"This research advances the understanding of how deliberately slowed-down children's narratives foster deep, sustained engagement with stories. In an era of rapid change and increasing pressures to accelerate childhood, this project investigates how slow narrative practices can support sustained attention, intrinsic motivation, and a sense of belonging in educational settings. By investigating how learners engage with slow reading and writing practices across diverse educational environments, it will establish how creative pedagogies can cultivate resilience, curiosity, and adaptive thinking. Through collaboration with educators and young people, this project will generate new insights into the role of narrative in cross-curriculum learning. It will benefit Australia’s literary and cultural landscape by deepening knowledge of how creative writing supports flexible thinking, creative resourcefulness and future imaginaries. This research will be promoted through scholarly and public engagement, generating new understandings of how slow narrative, slow learning, and unhurried childhoods intersect across literature, education, and creative practice. This work will demonstrate that storytelling is not just a tool for literacy but a vital practice for shaping how we learn, connect, and imagine the future. In doing so, it will position Australia as a leader in innovative, research-led approaches to education, creative writing, and the role of narrative in a changing world."}}}