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Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Hakeem Al-Araibi's case is a test of world soccer's human rights credentials. Here's why

FIFA can act quickly and decisively for its sponsors. Now it must act for the human rights of one of its footballers.

Sarah Joseph Professor, Law Resources

FIFA can act quickly and decisively for its sponsors. Now it must act for the human rights of one of its footballers.

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

Australian identity: What does it mean to you?

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Luke Beck Associate Professor, Law Resources

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

SMART: supporting Pacific Islands to lead the way in climate action and leadership

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

Scanlon Foundation survey results: return to White Australia policy not favoured

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.

Design and architecture

Design and architecture

Making monuments: Buckley's chimney, and uncovering hidden histories

Tom Nicholson's art is intended to initiate deeper conversations about Australia's past.

Tom Nicholson Senior Lecturer in Drawing, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Tom Nicholson's art is intended to initiate deeper conversations about Australia's past.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Listening to adolescent girls in times of ongoing crisis

Researchers have given voice to the often overlooked adolescents languishing in a vast Bangladesh refugee camp.

Eleanor Gordon Lecturer, politics and international relations, School of Social Sciences

Researchers have given voice to the often overlooked adolescents languishing in a vast Bangladesh refugee camp.

Professor San Thang AC: from a leaky boat to the RAFT

San Thang fled Vietnam in 1979, encountering pirates on the way to Australia. Now, the chemistry innovator and his colleagues are being touted to win the Nobel Prize.

San Thang AC Professor, School of Chemistry

San Thang fled Vietnam in 1979, encountering pirates on the way to Australia. Now, the chemistry innovator and his colleagues are being touted to win the Nobel Prize.

Refugee Week 2018: Migrant and refugee students: support is the precondition to learning

A Melbourne primary school's focus on ensuring its migrant students feel that they belong has resulted in a valuable learning tool.

Mervi Kaukko Lecturer, Faculty of Education

A Melbourne primary school's focus on ensuring its migrant students feel that they belong has resulted in a valuable learning tool.

Refugee Week 2018: Asylum-seeking students in higher education in Australia

An initiative that gives refugee and asylum-seeking students easier access to university study has revealed some powerful stories.

Karen Dunwoodie PhD student, Faculty of Education

An initiative that gives refugee and asylum-seeking students easier access to university study has revealed some powerful stories.

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

The ABC of changing lives

Greg McMahon, executive principal of Doveton College and Michael Devine, principal of Western Port Secondary College discuss how education is really the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage.

Monash University

Greg McMahon, executive principal of Doveton College and Michael Devine, principal of Western Port Secondary College discuss how education is really the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage.

Politics and society

Politics and society

White South African farmers: are they refugees?

Fast-tracking visas for white South African farmers is a misuse of Australia’s humanitarian program.

Maria O'Sullivan Senior Lecturer, Law Resources

Fast-tracking visas for white South African farmers is a misuse of Australia’s humanitarian program.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Unlocking the fear and myths around 'African gangs' in Melbourne

A moral panic and sensationalist media reporting demonstrates how rhetoric can promote fear and intolerance.

Alan Gamlen Associate Professor of Human Geography and Editor-in-Chief of Migration Studies

A moral panic and sensationalist media reporting demonstrates how rhetoric can promote fear and intolerance.

Politics and society

Politics and society

A tale of two cities - Melbourne's a multicultural hub, but still has its problems

Melbourne is undoubtedly a multicultural hub, but questions over social exclusion show that it's far from perfect.

Rebecca Wickes Associate professor and deputy director of the Centre of Social and Population Research

Melbourne is undoubtedly a multicultural hub, but questions over social exclusion show that it's far from perfect.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Rohingya crisis: "Going into that camp was like walking through the gates of hell."

Watch Tim Costello as he talks about his recent visit to the Rohingya refugee camp in Southern Bangladesh.

Monash University

Watch Tim Costello as he talks about his recent visit to the Rohingya refugee camp in Southern Bangladesh.

Politics and society

Politics and society

How unconscious bias shapes your thinking (and what you can do about it)

Most Australians believe in values such as fairness and equality – but these can be harder to act on than you would think.

Martijn Van Der Kamp Teaching Fellow, Monash Business School

Most Australians believe in values such as fairness and equality – but these can be harder to act on than you would think.

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