The Mad Max films are set in an arid, barren, apocalyptic world known as “the wasteland” – what does this tell us about the Australian environment?
Life insurance companies can legally use the results of genetic tests to decline coverage or increase premiums. MPs have called for legislation that bans this practice.
Discover how escapism, from TV to games, offers a vital break from daily life and fuels hope.
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?
In this latest episode of “What Happens Next?”, experts discuss influencer culture and the consequences of one-sided relationships.
While some progress has been made over the past five years, leading to a more diverse industry, there’s a long way to go if we want our TV industry to reflect an authentic, contemporary Australia.
The uncomfortable truths that make some disability inclusion barriers so hard to shift, leaving structural inequity entrenched.
Season seven of Monash University’s podcast, ‘What Happens Next?’, kicks off with a focus on focus. Has the average attention span dropped in the age of social media and smartphones?
As Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the Academy Awards, new research has revealed that movies with LGBT-inclusive representation are a ticket to box-office success.
Why a workers’ rebellion in 19th-century England is relevant in the age of data extraction, gig labour, and management by algorithm.
How has COVID-19 accelerated technological change, innovation and advancement in digital healthcare?
On this episode, we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.
Could climate change make homes uninsurable? Have we missed our window on energy policy? Dr Susan Carland finds out, on the latest episode of the What Happens Next? podcast.
Screen time: What we’re watching, what we’re creating, and the iconography that's coming to define the COVID-19 pandemic.
On this episode we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.
COVID-19 raises new challenges for remote mining communities already compromised by fly-in-fly-out workers.
So what can you do to save us all from a world without art? In this podcast episode of What Happens Next?, our experts share all their best tips for finding art in new places.
Live streaming of theatrical performances on platforms such as Zoom, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook has exploded in popularity.
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.
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.
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.
With many people now house-bound, internet problems that were annoying for typical domestic users have become major impediments to working from home.
Although women write more books than men, it remains easier for male authors to be published.
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