While AI and robotics reshape our reality, experts explore how these emerging tools could be used to create a more equitable future – from healthcare breakthroughs to Indigenous-led innovation.
The recent approval of a new schizophrenia drug opens the door for newer, safer, and more efficacious treatment options without the unwanted side-effects.
Was the killing of the celebrity terrorist on Iranian soil a smart move, or will it lead to dangerous miscalculations in the Middle East, and a wider war?
Some organisations are championing inclusive marketing to create a sense of acceptance, belonging, empowerment, equality, and respect among diverse consumer groups.
We need to explore solutions to the challenges that culturally-diverse musicians face navigating the Australian music industry.
The debate about online shopping versus in-store misses the point by creating a false dichotomy – what matters more is how much you buy, from whom, where the product is made, and what it’s made from.
Mike McColl Jones began writing comedy in the early 1960s, and for the next 40 years worked continuously at the epicentre of the Australian entertainment industry through the golden age of television.
Australians want government to act on climate change, but not necessarily now, or in their neighbourhood. How can governments resolve this dilemma?
The PR industry is being rebadged, but the history it tells omits the key role women have played, and many of its milestones and missteps.
In the final episode of season eight, “What Happens Next?” explores the importance of civility in a digital age, reminding us to recognise the humanity behind screens.
A healthy retreat or a slippery slope? Experts from Monash and beyond discuss how escapism, from LARPing to video games to binge-watching, affects our lives.
The rise of influencer culture has been meteoric, but what’s going on behind the selfie stick? And what does it have to do with gender dynamics?
The “What Happens Next?” season premiere explores play’s profound impact on creativity, wellbeing, and learning. Experts unravel how play shapes our lives.
A short Australian documentary is a refreshing celebration of “the ordinary” in the prevailing media narrative regarding transgender individuals in our society.
Australians are buying less but spending more in some categories, despite being more focused on lower-priced brands and conscious shopping.
The immediate challenge for educators is to determine what an AI-literate skill set looks like, in order to continue to teach and assess the core skills that have traditionally sat at the heart of the university.
For more than a decade, there’s been no serious attempt to reach a viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or even a stable arrangement for Gaza, and none seems close now.
Growing unrest and protests in Israel have forced PM Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu to back down on judicial reform for now, but what comes next?
Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that brings together Australian English speakers.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we delve into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and the associated legal ramifications.
Like Britain recently, Australia has had more than its share of leadership excesses and upheavals over the past 15 years, but could that phase be passing?
Rishi Sunak is the first person of colour to take the top post, but he faces a host of problems at home – as well as a Conservative Party tearing itself apart.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.
The glorification of the unattainable is built into many social media marketing strategies, but a new kind of leadership in an influencer-led social media environment offers hope.
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