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.
Australia has just listed Indigenous knowledge among its science priorities – after First Nations knowledge has long gone uncredited in Western “discoveries”, such as life-changing drugs.
Australian researchers urge prioritising evidence-based solutions and incorporating Indigenous experiences to tackle rising gender-based violence cases.
The “invisible” nature of interpreters’ roles means many of the challenges they face aren’t widely acknowledged.
It might sound like difficult terrain, but ideas of nationhood can be progressive as well as regressive, and could help bind Australians ahead of the Voice referendum.
What began as a heart research project looking at ways to understand a potentially fatal but preventable disease has evolved from the biomedical into one more in keeping with an Indigenous perspective.
Jacinta Walsh’s great grandmother navigated oppressive policies her entire life, and didn’t have a public voice. Now, however, through the family’s storytelling, she does.
A five-year international project is exploring the purpose of education, revolving around the central question:How could education help us live well in a world worth living in for all?
Although it lacks the teeth of legislation overseas, Victoria’s Yarra River (Birrarung) laws provide a foundation for rights of nature to build on in Australia.
The Australian Educational Research Organisation’s failure to acknowledge NAPLAN’s flaws, nor draw on significant existing research, reflects a lack of respect for English teachers.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we examine whether mining and sustainability can go hand-in-hand as we transition to a decarbonised future,
For Dr Anton Isaacs, initial thoughts of surgery specialisation turned into a 20-year journey that’s taken him into the heart of vulnerable communities in Australia and India.
On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, learn about efforts to preserve languages, and how our words can build a more inclusive society.
Only a few Indigenous languages remain strong in modern Australia. On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, linguists and human rights advocates outline what we've lost.
Tapping into First Nations peoples’ deep understanding of, and connection to, water is vital to build more water-sensitive cities.
Why terminology matters when discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
It’s only through dialogue, conversation and interaction that we’ll begin to learn about the multiform realities that shape our world.
Moderated by Dr Susan Carland, the panel discussion ‘Racism: It stops with…..?’, brought together some of the foremost leaders working to understand and battle racism today. Listen to part one of the conversation now.
Building more welcoming communities takes work. Meet the experts at the coalface of making immigration and diversity work in Australia in this episode of the University's podcast, "What Happens Next?".
Find out how privilege and disparate levels of access to basic resources such as education are contributing to social inequality in Australia – threatening the egalitarian ideals of 'the land of the fair go’.
The experts uncover some of the policies and initiatives needed for change, and the role of localised actions as part of the solution.
More than 30 years ago, a royal commission was set up to investigate black deaths in custody, But what did we learn from that inquiry?
If our education system is truly committed to reconciliation, we must first actively support the acknowledgment of our past.
The Yoo-rrook Justice Commission will investigate the impact of European settlement, allowing Aboriginal communities to tell their side of the story.
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