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Mark Crosby Associate Professor, Director of Bachelor of International Business Program

The budget deficit we had to have

COVID-19 killed off any prospect of a budget surplus in the foreseeable future, but good fiscal management should see us ride out its economic impacts.

COVID-19 killed off any prospect of a budget surplus in the foreseeable future, but good fiscal management should see us ride out its economic impacts.

David Holmes Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub

Online cause, offline effect

Social media and the online space have become a critical part of activism, used as a tool to recruit and organise people around common causes.

Social media and the online space have become a critical part of activism, used as a tool to recruit and organise people around common causes.

A Different Lens

Episode 18: The bushfires that changed Australia

The lasting impacts of the recent bushfires reach far and wide. Watch A Different Lens to find out why we’re still seeing them.

Christoph Rudiger Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

The lasting impacts of the recent bushfires reach far and wide. Watch A Different Lens to find out why we’re still seeing them.

Sustainability

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Sustainability

Rewriting the climate story

Coronavirus and stimulus spending creates a golden opportunity for low-carbon transition.

Amandine Denis-Ryan Head of National Programs, ClimateWorks

Coronavirus and stimulus spending creates a golden opportunity for low-carbon transition.

Education

Education's new frontier

The next generation of school leaders will need certain key attributes to succeed in a radically reshaped world.

Amanda Heffernan Lecturer in Leadership, Education

The next generation of school leaders will need certain key attributes to succeed in a radically reshaped world.

Zareh Ghazarian Senior lecturer, School of Social Sciences

Cometh the crisis, maketh the man

After losing public goodwill during the bushfires, Scott Morrison has been able to “reset” his prime ministership in the COVID-19 crisis.

After losing public goodwill during the bushfires, Scott Morrison has been able to “reset” his prime ministership in the COVID-19 crisis.

Peter Bragge Associate Professor, Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) at BehaviourWorks Australia, MSDI

Sometimes when you say 'don't', people do

Politicians talking to the public about the coronavirus and their behaviour as if they were misbehaving children may be doing more harm than good.

Politicians talking to the public about the coronavirus and their behaviour as if they were misbehaving children may be doing more harm than good.

Environment

Behind the megafires

What role did climate change play in Australia's devastating bushfires?

Paul Read Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences

What role did climate change play in Australia's devastating bushfires?

Kate Fitz-Gibbon Director, Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Coronavirus and the domestic violence threat

For some women and children, safely isolating at home will simply not be an option.

For some women and children, safely isolating at home will simply not be an option.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Mapping bushfires

Vast amounts of satellite data gives us an unprecedented ability to map the extent and severity of fires, but we're not exploiting it – yet.

Christoph Rudiger Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

Vast amounts of satellite data gives us an unprecedented ability to map the extent and severity of fires, but we're not exploiting it – yet.

Environment

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Environment

The natural path to healing

Community-based ecological restoration can aid wellbeing and resilience, and could be used to inform future bushfire plans.

Denise Goodwin Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Community-based ecological restoration can aid wellbeing and resilience, and could be used to inform future bushfire plans.

Science

Saving the eastern bristlebird

As bushfires ravaged Victoria’s northeast, a team flew in to rescue the endangered bird species.

Rohan Clarke Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences

As bushfires ravaged Victoria’s northeast, a team flew in to rescue the endangered bird species.

Martijn Van Der Kamp Teaching Fellow, Monash Business School

Love thy neighbour

Even though Australians and Indonesians are friendly and easy-going, systemic boundaries can slow the process of collaboration.

Even though Australians and Indonesians are friendly and easy-going, systemic boundaries can slow the process of collaboration.

Science

Melbourne's wild January weather explained

Hailstorms in summer, and sub-20-degree days closely followed by plus-40-degree days. Is it a harbinger of our changing climate, a response to some major atmospheric unrest, or just a series of unfortunate events?

Rob Warren Research Fellow, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

Hailstorms in summer, and sub-20-degree days closely followed by plus-40-degree days. Is it a harbinger of our changing climate, a response to some major atmospheric unrest, or just a series of unfortunate events?

Denise Goodwin Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

A time to act

For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent a turning point: the moment they adopt new, long-term behaviours to help nature.

For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent a turning point: the moment they adopt new, long-term behaviours to help nature.

What Happens Next? Podcast

David Holmes Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub

Episode 11: The Facts of the Matter

In this What Happens Next? podcast episode Susan chats to the experts exploring what we could do differently to improve the quality of information and media.

In this What Happens Next? podcast episode Susan chats to the experts exploring what we could do differently to improve the quality of information and media.

What Happens Next? Podcast

Mark Andrejevic Professor, Communications and Media Studies

Episode 10: Ain't That The Truth

Could fake news destroy our democracy? Dr Susan Carland finds out in our first episode in series two of What Happens Next?

Could fake news destroy our democracy? Dr Susan Carland finds out in our first episode in series two of What Happens Next?

Podcast: Impact of Art

What Happens Next? Podcast

Podcast: Impact of Art

Episode 14: Art and Soul

In our last episode, we pondered a world without art and now we hear from two people who push the boundaries in fields you wouldn't normally consider creative.

Jon McCormack Researcher in Computational Creativity

In our last episode, we pondered a world without art and now we hear from two people who push the boundaries in fields you wouldn't normally consider creative.

Anna Skarbek Chief Executive Officer, ClimateWorks Australia

Zeroing in on climate change

More and more, companies are adjusting to the risk of climate change and incorporating carbon neutral plans. Are you one of them?

More and more, companies are adjusting to the risk of climate change and incorporating carbon neutral plans. Are you one of them?

Medicine and health

Medicine And Health

Medicine and health

Bushfire smoke and your health

Melbourne is again blanketed in smoke from bushfires, but the health implications from it may not be known for years.

Michael Abramson Professor of clinical epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive medicine

Melbourne is again blanketed in smoke from bushfires, but the health implications from it may not be known for years.

Jasmina Ilicic Associate Professor, Department of Marketing

Fires and celebrity faultlines

The connection of the bushfire disaster with climate change is increasing scrutiny of celebrities and their endorsements, just ask Roger Federer.

The connection of the bushfire disaster with climate change is increasing scrutiny of celebrities and their endorsements, just ask Roger Federer.