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New power and a world of panes

Technologies being developed using one of the planet's most abundant materials will be a game-changer in solar energy.

Jacek Jasieniak Director of Monash Energy and Materials Systems Institute

Technologies being developed using one of the planet's most abundant materials will be a game-changer in solar energy.

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Pacific Islands thinking SMART

ClimateWorks Australia has developed a tool to help Pacific Island countries design pathways for the future through sustainable, climate-resilient, net-zero-emissions development.

Aisha Reynolds Project Officer – International Program, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

ClimateWorks Australia has developed a tool to help Pacific Island countries design pathways for the future through sustainable, climate-resilient, net-zero-emissions development.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Falling through the gap

A genuine partnership needs to be established between the government and Aboriginal people to get Closing the Gap targets back on track.

Stephen Gray Senior Lecturer, Law Resources

A genuine partnership needs to be established between the government and Aboriginal people to get Closing the Gap targets back on track.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Gender equality: it's everyone's business

We need to think about the problems that men and women face not as competing priorities but as part of the same toxic social problem.

Becky Batagol Associate Professor at Monash Sustainable Development Institute and the Faculty of Law

We need to think about the problems that men and women face not as competing priorities but as part of the same toxic social problem.

Medicine and health

Medicine and health

Talking 'bout regeneration

For the stem cell researchers at ARMI, one small 'superfish' holds the key to repairing the brain and spinal cord in humans.

Jan Kaslin Research Fellow, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

For the stem cell researchers at ARMI, one small 'superfish' holds the key to repairing the brain and spinal cord in humans.

Politics and society

Politics and society

After the Kerch Strait – what?

Russia's aggression against Ukraine, in full view of the international community, signals a new level of readiness to challenge the world to respond.

Marko Pavlyshyn Professor, Ukrainian Studies

Russia's aggression against Ukraine, in full view of the international community, signals a new level of readiness to challenge the world to respond.

Design and architecture

Design and architecture

Small homes, big impact

A post-World War II service that delivered modernist house design to Melburnians could hold some answers to our current housing crisis.

Naomi Stead Professor, Architecture, MADA

A post-World War II service that delivered modernist house design to Melburnians could hold some answers to our current housing crisis.

Politics and society

The latest insights, research and commentary on politics and society across the globe by Monash University academics and industry experts.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Australia’s Modern Slavery Act: an explainer

The new law means large organisations will need to report annually on their efforts to address the risk of exploitation in their supply chains.

Marie Segrave Associate Professor of Criminology

The new law means large organisations will need to report annually on their efforts to address the risk of exploitation in their supply chains.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Falling through the gap

A genuine partnership needs to be established between the government and Aboriginal people to get Closing the Gap targets back on track.

Stephen Gray Senior Lecturer, Law Resources

A genuine partnership needs to be established between the government and Aboriginal people to get Closing the Gap targets back on track.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Return to White Australia? Surveys say no

The calls for bans on Muslim and, more recently, African immigration aren't supported by the majority of Australians.

Andrew Markus Professor, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies

The calls for bans on Muslim and, more recently, African immigration aren't supported by the majority of Australians.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Problematic, on the face of it

Australia's parliament will soon decide on a bill to try to regulate facial recognition technology, but plenty of questions remain unanswered.

Liz Campbell Francine McNiff Chair in Criminal Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law

Australia's parliament will soon decide on a bill to try to regulate facial recognition technology, but plenty of questions remain unanswered.

Expert commentary and insights from Monash University academics and researchers on the latest science research and discoveries.

A discovery of the utmost gravity

It was a big day for physics: 14 September 2015. Scientists made the first confirmed detection of a gravitational wave – a ripple in space-time theorised by Albert Einstein a century ago, but until that moment unproven.

Eric Thrane ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor, School of Physics & Astronomy

It was a big day for physics: 14 September 2015. Scientists made the first confirmed detection of a gravitational wave – a ripple in space-time theorised by Albert Einstein a century ago, but until that moment unproven.

A self-defeating success story

A global program in which mosquitoes are implanted with a common bacteria is preventing the spread of viruses such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya – and could help tens of millions of people.

Scott O'Neill Professor and Director, World Mosquito Program

A global program in which mosquitoes are implanted with a common bacteria is preventing the spread of viruses such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya – and could help tens of millions of people.

Drugs and bugs: what's lurking in our waterways

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

Bob Wong Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

The new breed of power rangers

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

Meera Parish Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

The latest views, commentary and research on education across the globe.

Inclusion and the monolingualism myth

It's time to recognise linguistic and cultural diversity as a creative engine of social participation and wellbeing.

Rita Wilson Professor in Translation Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics

It's time to recognise linguistic and cultural diversity as a creative engine of social participation and wellbeing.

The kids are doing it better

As adults in the school community, we need to ensure we align our behaviour with our expectations of students.

Kristin Reimer Lecturer, Faculty of Education

As adults in the school community, we need to ensure we align our behaviour with our expectations of students.

Graduate incomes not worth the focus

We should keep in mind that education is valuable beyond graduate earning capacity, and that what a student learns during their education can have little to do with why they earn more.

Peter Hurley Research Associate, Faculty of Education

We should keep in mind that education is valuable beyond graduate earning capacity, and that what a student learns during their education can have little to do with why they earn more.

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

Generation Series - snapshot: The future of work

As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?

Mahendhiran Nair Professor of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Malaysia

As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?

Business and economy

The latest business and economy views, commentary and research told by Monash academics and thought-leaders.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Crisis ended? Don't speak too soon

Greece Prime Minister Alex Tsipras has declared that the country is back on its feet, but the numbers indicate its problems are far from over.

Natalie Doyle Deputy director of Monash University’s European and EU Centre

Greece Prime Minister Alex Tsipras has declared that the country is back on its feet, but the numbers indicate its problems are far from over.

Business and economy

Business and economy

Trump versus China means picking sides

There can be no middle road in the trade war between China and the United States. Soon we will have to choose one side or the other.

Giovanni Di Lieto Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics

There can be no middle road in the trade war between China and the United States. Soon we will have to choose one side or the other.

Business and economy

Business and economy

Bringing the banks into line

Financial services royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne is arguing for less and clearer law, and tougher corporate cops.

Monash University

Financial services royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne is arguing for less and clearer law, and tougher corporate cops.

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

Episode 9: The death of corporate greed

Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour in this episode of A Different Lens.

Michelle Welsh Professor & Head, Department Business Law and Taxation

Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour in this episode of A Different Lens.

Technology and engineering

The latest global technology and engineering insights, news and commentary from Monash University academics and industry experts.

New power and a world of panes

Technologies being developed using one of the planet's most abundant materials will be a game-changer in solar energy.

Jacek Jasieniak Director of Monash Energy and Materials Systems Institute

Technologies being developed using one of the planet's most abundant materials will be a game-changer in solar energy.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

Learning from London

As Melbourne's population continues to grow, building more roads isn't the answer to its transport woes.

Graham Currie Director of Monash Infrastructure, Chair of Public Transport, Professor in Transport Engineering

As Melbourne's population continues to grow, building more roads isn't the answer to its transport woes.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Fighting back against fake news

We used game theory to show you only need a small amount of fake news to disrupt any group discussion. But we also found a way you can fight back.

Kevin Korb Associate Professor, Reader, Faculty of Information Technology

We used game theory to show you only need a small amount of fake news to disrupt any group discussion. But we also found a way you can fight back.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

Rebuilding Sulawesi after the earthquake

When the human scars of this devastating natural disaster have begun to heal, attention will need to focus on a more resilient built environment.

Amin Heidarpour Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering

When the human scars of this devastating natural disaster have begun to heal, attention will need to focus on a more resilient built environment.

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