Episode 16: #NoFilter

What does the world look like if we fail to properly address the impacts of social media on mental health?

Nicky Jacobs Associate Professor, Psychology and Counselling

What does the world look like if we fail to properly address the impacts of social media on mental health?

Politics and society

From fake news, domestic violence to understanding our behavioural responses to the COVID-19 crisis, Monash University academics are providing their expertise on the current issues shaping our political and social lives.

Featured Experts

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

The threat to those most vulnerable

There's deep concern for the impact a second or third COVID-19 wave could have on Indigenous Australians.

Lynette Russell Professor and Director, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

There's deep concern for the impact a second or third COVID-19 wave could have on Indigenous Australians.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Giving voice to human rights defenders

Agencies working to protect vulnerable women and children, often in fragile and conflict-affected countries, are coming under increasing pressure in delivering their services during the COVID-19 global crisis.

Jacqui True Professor of International Relations and Director, of the Gender, Peace and Security Centre

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

A developing dilemma

In developing and conflict-affected countries, support systems for children’s protection in times of the pandemic risk being overlooked.

Nuri Veronika PhD candidate, Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre (Monash GPS)

In developing and conflict-affected countries, support systems for children’s protection in times of the pandemic risk being overlooked.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Listening to, and living with, the land

John Bradley was just a teenager when his eyes and ears were opened to kincentric ecology and Indigenous knowledge.

John Bradley Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

John Bradley was just a teenager when his eyes and ears were opened to kincentric ecology and Indigenous knowledge.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Why arts funding matters

During the COVID-19 crisis, we need the arts more than ever to feel connected, but it's also exposed the fragility of the sector.

Charlotte Day Director, Monash University Museum of Art

During the COVID-19 crisis, we need the arts more than ever to feel connected, but it's also exposed the fragility of the sector.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Black lives matter in Australia, too

Rhetoric and hypocrisy can still be seen everywhere in the reconciliation space, and while protests are occurring across Australia in response to the #blacklivesmatter crisis in the US, we shouldn't ignore our own history.

Jacinta Elston Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) & Head, William Cooper Institute