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Steven Roberts Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences

The millennial bug?

Depicted as selfish and reckless, people in their 20s and 30s have been blamed for spreading COVID-19, but perpetuating negative stereotypes of a selfish generation is wrong and disingenuous.

Depicted as selfish and reckless, people in their 20s and 30s have been blamed for spreading COVID-19, but perpetuating negative stereotypes of a selfish generation is wrong and disingenuous.

Philip Russo Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery

Lockdown reality check

Victoria's COVID-19 spike, and return to suburban lockdown, is a reminder that we all need to follow the basics of infection control for some time yet.

Victoria's COVID-19 spike, and return to suburban lockdown, is a reminder that we all need to follow the basics of infection control for some time yet.

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.

Environment

Sustainability: The big picture

Let's take what we’ve learned from our COVID-19 experience to radically rethink the relationship between our environment and human health.we can move closer to

Rebekah Brown Senior Vice-Provost and Vice-Provost (Research); Director of RISE

Let's take what we’ve learned from our COVID-19 experience to radically rethink the relationship between our environment and human health.we can move closer to

Design and architecture

Featured

Design and architecture

Make it local again

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to revive manufacturing.

Carl Grodach Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to revive manufacturing.

Education

Worldly teachings

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the opportunity for Western institutions to rethink their learning programs for international students.

Thanh Pham Senior Lecturer, Globalisation Leadership and Policy, Faculty of Education

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the opportunity for Western institutions to rethink their learning programs for international students.

Technology

Technology And Engineering

Technology

Feeding the entertainment machine

Deferring to AI to give us what we like further diminishes culture at a societal scale, and cultural difference globally.

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

Deferring to AI to give us what we like further diminishes culture at a societal scale, and cultural difference globally.

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.

Jacqui True Professor of International Relations and Director, of the Gender, Peace and Security Centre

Giving voice to human rights defenders

Agencies working to protect vulnerable women and children, often in fragile and conflict-affected countries, are coming under increasing pressure in delivering their services during the COVID-19 global crisis.

Agencies working to protect vulnerable women and children, often in fragile and conflict-affected countries, are coming under increasing pressure in delivering their services during the COVID-19 global crisis.

Technology And Engineering

John Grundy Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Software Engineering

Are 'smart' solutions really that smart?

Should the word apply to an application that’s difficult to use and doesn’t take human needs into account?

Should the word apply to an application that’s difficult to use and doesn’t take human needs into account?

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.

Coronavirus

Colin Pouton Professor, Pharmaceutical Biology

Explained: The vaccine challenges

How likely is it that we'll have a relatively quick fix for COVID-19, and what are the hurdles?

How likely is it that we'll have a relatively quick fix for COVID-19, and what are the hurdles?

Nuri Veronika PhD candidate, Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre (Monash GPS)

A developing dilemma

In developing and conflict-affected countries, support systems for children’s protection in times of the pandemic risk being overlooked.

In developing and conflict-affected countries, support systems for children’s protection in times of the pandemic risk being overlooked.

Featured

Rashina Hoda Associate Professor, Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, Faculty of IT

Harder, better, faster, stronger

It's the 'agile nations' that have led the way in combating the COVID-19 crisis.

It's the 'agile nations' that have led the way in combating the COVID-19 crisis.

Stephen Turner Professor, Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Be careful what we wish for

Until we truly know what we're fighting, loosening COVID-19 restrictions and resuming our previous normal lives could be a mistake.

Until we truly know what we're fighting, loosening COVID-19 restrictions and resuming our previous normal lives could be a mistake.

Featured

Amandine Denis-Ryan Head of National Programs, ClimateWorks

Rewriting the climate story

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

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

A Different Lens

Snapshot: The COVID-19 ripple effect

What long-term COVID-19 global ripple effects will we see?

Rebecca Wickes Associate Professor, Criminology and Director, Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre

What long-term COVID-19 global ripple effects will we see?

David Holmes Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub

Coronavirus lessons for climate change

Solving climate change would involve only a fraction of the interventions into civic, business and organisational life that we're seeing now.

Solving climate change would involve only a fraction of the interventions into civic, business and organisational life that we're seeing now.

Celebrating women

Sharman Stone Professor, Politics and International Relations

Celebrating women

On the front line of gender equality

Sharman Stone has worked to advance the rights of women for more than 20 years, in Parliament and as Ambassador for Women and Girls, but her work isn't finished yet.

Sharman Stone has worked to advance the rights of women for more than 20 years, in Parliament and as Ambassador for Women and Girls, but her work isn't finished yet.

Andrew Stewardson Senior Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases

What exactly is a coronavirus?

Coronavirus infections are growing and crossing geographic borders, but what are they, and should we be worried?

Coronavirus infections are growing and crossing geographic borders, but what are they, and should we be worried?

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

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.

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

Environment