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Faith Gordon Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Caught on camera

Despite the rise in citizen journalism exposing police violence and discrimination, we're yet to see changes to the practices that perpetuate racism and deny transparency in policing.

Despite the rise in citizen journalism exposing police violence and discrimination, we're yet to see changes to the practices that perpetuate racism and deny transparency in policing.

Podcast: Renewables

What Happens Next? Podcast

Podcast: Renewables

Episode 24: Renewables - Power To The People

In this episode of the What Happens Next? podcast we’re talking practical steps for embracing renewable energy in our own lives.

Roger Dargaville Senior Lecturer, Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

In this episode of the What Happens Next? podcast we’re talking practical steps for embracing renewable energy in our own lives.

Alison Stieven-Taylor Assistant Lecturer, Communications & Media Studies

A window to the world

COVID-19 has forced many people to stay at home, but a Facebook group is allowing millions of its members to connect, and virtually travel internationally.

COVID-19 has forced many people to stay at home, but a Facebook group is allowing millions of its members to connect, and virtually travel internationally.

Kate Seear Associate Professor, Law Research Services

Character flaws in the law

Findings against former High Court justice Dyson Heydon expose the vacuum within the legal profession that allows for sexist behaviour, but it also allows an opportunity to change it.

Findings against former High Court justice Dyson Heydon expose the vacuum within the legal profession that allows for sexist behaviour, but it also allows an opportunity to change it.

Medicine And Health

Justin Adams Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Developmental Biology, BDI

Meet the ancestors

A breakthrough discovery in a South African cave proves three species of human ancestors lived in the same place at the same time.

A breakthrough discovery in a South African cave proves three species of human ancestors lived in the same place at the same time.

Business

Ross Booth Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics

Business

COVID's big hit to the AFL

It’s hard to fathom the long-term financial and social impacts that the COVID-19 crisis has wrought on the national AFL competition.

It’s hard to fathom the long-term financial and social impacts that the COVID-19 crisis has wrought on the national AFL competition.

Jude McCulloch Professor of Criminology

Racism and police militarisation

When police adopt a military philosophy, the community is divided into those to be protected, and those seen as a threat – and that's most often defined along racial lines.

When police adopt a military philosophy, the community is divided into those to be protected, and those seen as a threat – and that's most often defined along racial lines.

Sharman Stone Professor, Politics and International Relations

Owning our confronting past

At this time, we need to accept that a powerful healing influence can only be launched when a society knows and acknowledges all episodes of its history.

At this time, we need to accept that a powerful healing influence can only be launched when a society knows and acknowledges all episodes of its history.

Featured

Suzanne Nielsen Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre

Dispelling the myths

Melbourne is set to get its second safe injecting facility, but objections to them continue to overshadow the enormous public health gains made.

Melbourne is set to get its second safe injecting facility, but objections to them continue to overshadow the enormous public health gains made.

Jenny Hocking Emeritus Professor

Accessing the 'Palace letters'

The dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975 is our story, and we have a right to know it in full.

The dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975 is our story, and we have a right to know it in full.

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

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.

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.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Chip, chip, hooray

A new "optical micro-comb" chip can squeeze three times the traffic of the entire NBN through a single optical fibre.

Bill Corcoran Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

A new "optical micro-comb" chip can squeeze three times the traffic of the entire NBN through a single optical fibre.

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 Professor, and Director, Monash SensiLab, Faculty of Information Technology

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.

Charlotte Day Director, Monash University Museum of Art

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.

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.

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.

Kate Burridge Professor of Linguistics

How COVID-19 is changing our language

Times of crisis have always changed our slang, with the help of a little black humour. Coronavirus is no exception.

Times of crisis have always changed our slang, with the help of a little black humour. Coronavirus is no exception.

Whitney Monaghan Assistant Lecturer, Film and Screen Studies, Faculty of Arts

Silver screen, silver lining?

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating effect on Australia's screen industry, but also offers a chance to finally address some of its longstanding issues of diversity and inclusion.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating effect on Australia's screen industry, but also offers a chance to finally address some of its longstanding issues of diversity and inclusion.

Brett Hutchins Professor of Media and Communications Studies, and Head of the School of Media, Film and Journalism

This (non) sporting life

The significance of sport in society, particularly in the current crisis, runs much deeper than merely supporting your favourite team.

The significance of sport in society, particularly in the current crisis, runs much deeper than merely supporting your favourite team.

Coronavirus