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Paul Satur

Paul Satur Lecturer, Water Sensitive Cities, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Tapping into change

Safe and clean access to water and sanitation is still not a right afforded to everyone, even in Australia.

Safe and clean access to water and sanitation is still not a right afforded to everyone, even in Australia.

Martijn Van Der Kamp

Martijn Van Der Kamp Teaching Fellow, Monash Business School

Christchurch: reaching out across the divide

Some leaders build walls to keep others out and gain by pushing others down, while there are leaders who invite others in, such as NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Some leaders build walls to keep others out and gain by pushing others down, while there are leaders who invite others in, such as NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Politics And Society

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

Politicians fuelling the fire

Around the world, populist-nationalist politicians are stoking anti-immigration sentiment through scaremongering.

Around the world, populist-nationalist politicians are stoking anti-immigration sentiment through scaremongering.

Politics And Society

Sarah Joseph Professor, Law Resources

Soccer's human rights test

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

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

Episode 11: The Australian identity debate

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?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Reaching out to Rohingya girls

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

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

Science

San Thang AC Professor, School of Chemistry

Science

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 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.

Mervi Kaukko Lecturer, Faculty of Education

Turning darkness into light

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

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