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Natalie Doyle Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Cultures, Literatures and Linguistics

Despite the rhetoric, Greece's woes look to be far from over

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.

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.

Leanne Weber Associate Professor of Criminology

Holding Victoria Police to account

An independent police complaints system is long overdue in Victoria but is it enough to make police accountable and to address the fear and cynicism towards the force in some parts of the community?

An independent police complaints system is long overdue in Victoria but is it enough to make police accountable and to address the fear and cynicism towards the force in some parts of the community?

Michael Selgelid Professor, Monash Bioethics Centre

Bioethics, infectious diseases and the battle between good and evil

Sometimes, improving public health can mean infringing on people’s rights and compromising their interests.

Sometimes, improving public health can mean infringing on people’s rights and compromising their interests.

Business and economy

Mahendhiran Nair Professor of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Malaysia

Business and economy

Twice around the block for Malaysian luminary

Life has come full circle for Malaysian professor and nation-building advocate Mahendhiran Nair.

Life has come full circle for Malaysian professor and nation-building advocate Mahendhiran Nair.

Johan Lidberg Associate Professor of Journalism, School of Media, Film and Journalism

The fight to keep it real: ABC cuts another blow to independent journalism

Further cuts to the ABC, suppression orders and anti-terror and surveillance laws are making it increasingly difficult for independent journalism to thrive.

Further cuts to the ABC, suppression orders and anti-terror and surveillance laws are making it increasingly difficult for independent journalism to thrive.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

Bayesian networks research helping intelligence analysts get it right

A multimillion-dollar project aims to decrease the guesswork through crowdsourcing of a different kind.

Kevin Korb Associate Professor, Reader, Faculty of Information Technology

A multimillion-dollar project aims to decrease the guesswork through crowdsourcing of a different kind.

Julian Hopkins Communications lecturer, Monash Malaysia

Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and commercialising humanity

The privacy scandal engulfing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica raises the question of how to regulate online networks where all users can produce content.

The privacy scandal engulfing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica raises the question of how to regulate online networks where all users can produce content.

Asher Flynn Associate Professor, Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Image-based abuse: when a photo becomes a crime

AFL footballer Dane Swan is the latest victim of illegal photo-sharing. It's believed one in five Australians have had images of them distributed without their permission – and that's most likely an underestimate.

AFL footballer Dane Swan is the latest victim of illegal photo-sharing. It's believed one in five Australians have had images of them distributed without their permission – and that's most likely an underestimate.