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Addressing sensitive issues in the classroom

Recorded session

Queensland University of Technology  Recorded session – available anytime  Teachers cannot ignore sensitive issues. They may be circulating in the community or be part of the curriculum. For example, issues related to consent education, the Voice referendum, wars in foreign lands, climate change, nuclear power, religious discrimination and exemptions for schools, marriage equality, migration, refugees and social media influencer content can all make their ways into the classroom.  How should teachers respond: Is it best to ignore issues raised if they are not part of the curriculum? Should teachers say where they stand on particular topics? Can shutting down some debates protect vulnerable students? Does the raising of issues provide important teachable moments about engaging in civil discourse? Are there some topics which should never be discussed in the classroom? How do we determine age-appropriateness for some topics?  These and other questions were discussed at a recent Q&A panel consisting of academics from QUT’s School of Teacher Education and Leadership and experienced educators working in and with schools.   In this recorded session our panel explores ways to respond to and engage students when sensitive issues are raised in the classroom.  

Stop a Scam, Share a Story

Recorded session

Fraud affects millions of victims worldwide. However, there are many myths and misconceptions about fraud victimisation as well as negative stereotypes about who is involved. In a bid to challenge this, there are many victims who bravely share their own personal stories of financial and emotional betrayal.  In this recorded session we discuss media representations of victims, with a focus on romance fraud. Panellists, Stephanie and Tracy, share their own experiences of deception, while Cassandra, Laura and Phoebe share insights from their research into this area. The discussion provides insights into how offenders operate and manipulate their victims and showcases the reality and extent of their deception. Importantly, the discussion focusses on how media narratives of victimisation can help or hinder support of those involved. It also covers what to look out for to prevent it from happening to ourselves and our loved ones, and what can be done to better respond to this growing type of victimisation. 

Social Science Community for the Great Barrier Reef Symposium 2024

Hybrid: Griffith University Gold Coast Campus + Online 1 Parkland Drive, Southport

Social Science Community for the Great Barrier Reef Symposium 2024 Reimagining Reef Futures: Stories of Creativity, Cooperation, and Courage REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN! The Social Science Community for the Great Barrier Reef (SSCR) Symposium 2024 is proudly hosted by Griffith University and held at the Gold Coast Campus. This three-day event will be running from 11th to 13th September 2024. This year, the Symposium will be held over three days - you have the option to attend any or all the days. This is a free event, led by The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (The Reef Authority), supported by our sponsors, and enabled by a dedicated and diverse group of Reef social scientists. For further program information including our wonderful keynote presentations, please visit our website. Register below to attend SSCR2024. SSCR Symposium 2024 (griffith.edu.au) Looking forward to seeing you there!  

Free
Ongoing

Making a Difference: How Does Social Change Happen?

Recorded session

Recorded session - available on demand Policymakers confront growing challenges in areas as diverse—and often interrelated—as climate change, social inequality, artificial intelligence, work, migration, declining biodiversity, and new threats to public health. Responses require changes or modifications to deeply entrenched social and economic structures. Consequently, reform attempts often generate conflict and resistance from those with a real or perceived interest in those structures. How can such conflict be managed to deliver urgently needed reforms? This question is central to social scientists, whose work is vital to both the implementation of effective policy, and to understanding the societal implications of policy choices. A panel of six leading social scientists analysed foundations and strategies of policy change in their areas of expertise—including some of the biggest, most difficult and pressing global and national challenges. This panel highlighted the breadth, diversity, and interrelationships within and between, social scientific and other disciplines, and their central importance to addressing these challenges. Each panellist addressed three thematic questions: What is the central conflict or problem inherent to their research topic? How can this be managed or overcome? What skills or insights enable social science to make a difference to public policy—and debate thereof—in their research field? […]

Vegan Sociology Down Under

Flinders University, Bedford Park

This two-day event explores the innovative field of Vegan Sociology. Through round table discussions focussed on key areas of interest in the Australia/Aotearoa region, participants will debate the key issues relevant to scholars in the field and develop a research agenda for Vegan Sociology in the region.  Discussions will be led by field experts, with topics including: Human-animal-environment connections in Australia/Aotearoa Understanding and reimagining "pest" animals Managing differing (and sometimes clashing) values and uses of space between human and nonhuman animals The role of emotions in working against animal exploitation Companion animal liberation in the Australian/Aotearoa context What would a decolonised Vegan Sociology look like Down Under? Scholars whose work aligns with vegan sociology, critical animal studies or related fields are invited to join this in person discussion based event. If you are interested in participating please send a 300 word expression of interest to zoei.sutton@flinders.edu.au outlining how your work aligns with the event theme and why you would like to participate in these discussions by 1st September 2024.  For more information about the guiding principles of Vegan Sociology see https://www.vegansociology.com/principles/

Kids These Days: Youth Mental Health from 40,000 Feet

Virtual

Join Professor Nevin Harper and Dr. Will Dobud as they discuss the findings from their recent Kids These Days project. The Kids These Days book, scheduled for publication in 2025, was born from conversations with leading experts in all things related to youth mental health and the current mental health crisis occurring in our youth. While many have argued its caused by the phones, overprotection, or even bad therapy, this presentation zooms way out to discuss some of the wicked problems impacting youth, and what adults can do about it.

Free

Securing Australian Content in the Streaming Era Summit

ACMI - Cinema Federation Square, Melbourne

Three days of events across RMIT and ACMI focused on Securing Australian Content in the Streaming Era (11th-13th September) It has been nearly ten years since streaming arrived in Australia, with Stan and Netflix launching on our shores in early 2015. The Streaming Industries and Genres Network (SIGN) based at RMIT University is running three days of events to reflect on how a decade of streaming in Australia has changed the local screen entertainment landscape. Alongside research experts, come hear from screen industry leaders, policymakers, creators, and cultural commentators as we think through strategies for the next decade of streaming in Australia. Wednesday 11 September (9am-5pm): RMIT University, FREE, register above via Humanitix  A series of panels will consider the current state and future of streaming video research methods, streaming diversity, and how to understand streaming audiences. Thursday 12 September (9am-5pm + screening): ACMI, $41-48, register here: Australian Content in the Streaming Era Symposium | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture Organised around key screen genres (drama, comedy, reality TV, sport, kids/youth media, and film), this ACMI partnered event features roundtable discussion panels, talks and a screening designed to catalyse conversation. We will look forward as well as back to consider how we can […]

2024 Kummargii Yulendji Symposium

RMIT Storey Hall 342 Swanston Street Building 16, level 5, Melbourne

KUMMARGII YULENDJI SYMPOSIUM Thursday 12th September, 9am-5.30pm Storey Hall, RMIT University, Naarm Building 16, Level 5,  336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Co-conveners: Informit and CAVAL Kummargii Yulendji Symposium focuses on how we describe, apply and amplify First Nations Knowledges and publications.  It offers a forum for the ongoing movement of Indigenising the research, libraries and publishing sector, which is evolving in exciting ways. After a successful inaugural event in 2023, Kummargii Yulendji Symposium* returns as part of Social Sciences Week, aiming to foster the community of practitioners in this sector, facilitate dialogue, and expand our collective understanding of how Indigenisation projects are being implemented and innovated – across Australia and internationally. The 2024 program will include experts and project teams leading the development of guidelines for description, referencing, right of reply, cultural safety, AI and future technologies, re-visioning colonial structures and systems. Keynote presenters: Tui Raven, Deakin University Professor Hēmi Whaanga, Massey University (Aotearoa/New Zealand) Full program and registration to be announced soon. This is a free event, but registration is essential. https://kummargiiyulendjisymposium.org/2024-kummargii-yulendji-symposium/ *Kummargii Yulendji means ‘Knowledge is rising’ in Boon wurrung, named by Professor N’arwee’t Carolyn Briggs, senior Boon wurrung elder and member of Informit’s First Peoples’ Lens […]

SERC x SSW Research Seminar: Extending higher education recognition programs through a dedicated post-award reflective practice tool

Virtual

Extending higher education recognition programs through a dedicated post-award reflective practice tool Higher education professional recognition programs, which lead to the awarding of such accolades as teaching and learning fellowships, offer participants opportunities to reflect carefully on their practice. However, few resources exist to help participants engage in reflection after the award-receiving stage. This reflection is important in helping participants not rest on their laurels and, instead, build on the practices for which they received recognition. Through a process of collaborative reflection, a group of fellowship-recipients, from different disciplines and higher education institutions, addressed this gap as stakeholder-participant-researchers by developing a transdisciplinary approach to undertaking post-award reflective practice. From this collaboration, a novel two-stage tool was developed using an iterative design methodology. The tool presented in this paper as the result of this research can be understood as a means of supporting self-paced, continued post-award reflective practice; the tool’s first stage guides users through retrospective reflection, looking back on previous achievements, while the second stage leads users through anticipatory planning, looking towards the future, to achieve fresh goals. The tool thus deepens the reflective practice of recognition program awardees and supports their ongoing professional development. This paper reports on the […]

UTS Translational Criminology Seminar Series

UTS UTS City Campus, Building 10 Level 03, Room 470, 235-253 Jones St., Ultimo

Not just 'Herding Cats'- Vietnamese cannabis gangs and law enforcement Join UTS Criminology and the Crime and Security Science Research Group for our third seminar of 2024 Vietnamese-born prisoners have been considered at the highest rates among most serious offences/charges excluding Australia and New Zealand, almost drug-related offences, higher than the UK-born and Chinese-born. Appearances of Vietnamese-ethnicity groups involved, either directly or indirectly, in cultivating, manufacturing, and trading cannabis. The illegal employment of Vietnamese 'crop-sitters' in Australia, who are employed to stay in the grow house to take care of cannabis plants, is ongoing. Based on previous empirical studies, Luong (2014, 2017, 2019, 2020) tested and clarified family ties and fellow-countrymen associations as the most prioritised forms of those Vietnamese drug trafficking networks. Currently, many authorities are considering those Vietnamese groups in Australia to set up three levels – head (whom they organise and manage the whole process), facilitator (whom they provide spiritual or material assistance in cultivation), and crop-sitter (whom they look after cannabis plants). In contrast, the Herding Cats (dân chăn mèo in Vietnamese) – a memoir of former Vietnamese cannabis insiders, described the most insightful details of why and how dân chăn mèo arrange and design inclusive […]

Free

Re-imagining the Good Life: A Pluriversal Perspective on Community Well-being in Australia

Virtual

In a world grappling with profound socio-economic and ecological challenges, a growing movement of grassroots, civil society, and policy-advocacy activists and think tanks has pushed for significant reform beyond the current economic growth mania. By emphasizing the centrality of well-being and quality of life, they seek to redefine our relationship with the economy and ecology. However, the critical question remains: What do we really mean by quality of life and well-being? Join Dr S A Hamed Hosseini, author of The Well-living Paradigm paper, from the School of Humanities, Creative Industries, and Social Sciences at The University of Newcastle, for a compelling presentation during Social Science Week. This webinar, co-hosted with Dr Michelle Maloney, director of New Economy Network Australia (NENA), our honoured project partner, will explore the innovative 2021-2024 research project aimed at rethinking community well-being and quality of life from a pluriversal perspective. The presentation will examine diverse, progressive perceptions of the ‘good life’ held by the sampled Australian progressive initiatives. Discovered through factor analysis of nationwide survey responses, these include ‘post-humanist’ (emphasizing strong connections to nature and a better understanding of the more-than-human living world), ‘counter-utilitarian’ (moving beyond individual satisfaction, use-value, and pleasure), ‘counter-economistic’ (negating the superiority of […]

Free

Bridging Language Barriers to Good Health

Macquarie University 25 Wally's Walk, North Ryde

Join Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller as she explores the profound impact of language barriers on healthcare outcomes. Drawing on her extensive expertise in intercultural communication, multilingualism, and bilingual education, Ingrid will discuss the severe health consequences faced by non-English speakers in Australia, including a Covid-19 mortality rate three times higher among the overseas-born. The seminar will provide an overview of language barriers, their impact on health disparities, and practical strategies to bridge these gaps.

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How can Thriving in Vertical Schools shed light on student learning and wellbeing for all schools? – Thriving in Vertical Schools Research Forum

Hybrid - Online and at QUT QUT Victoria Park Rd, E Block Level 5, Room 550, Kelvin Grove

Urban population growth and limited urban land availability are driving Australian educational institutions to invest substantial funds in a novel architectural approach: vertical schools situated on small land parcels within high-rise buildings. These vertical schools offer an opportunity for innovative design. A comprehensive evaluation by QUT researchers, involving over 300 students across three schools—Adelaide Botanic High School, Fortitude Valley State Secondary College in Brisbane, and Prahran State High in Melbourne—has shed light on designing for student wellbeing. The analysis, informed by Franz’s (2019) Salutogenic framework, provides valuable insights for architects and school leaders interested in both wellbeing and innovation.  Get a behind the scenes look at nuances and the rich multimedia data stories with recommendations for architects and school leaders who are interested in wellbeing and innovation.  Agenda:  3:30-4:00pm Registrations  4:00-5:30pm ‘How can Thriving in Vertical Schools shed light on student learning and wellbeing for all schools?’ – Thriving in Vertical Schools Research Forum  5:30-6:30pm In-person Networking Event  Register In-Person or Online In-person registrations close Sunday, 8th September 11:59pm; Limited tickets available. Online registrations close Tuesday 10th September 11:59pm.    

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Pursuing PhD studies to advance social change in industry

Virtual

Undertaking PhD studies can be a powerful catalyst for advancing social change within various industries. This event will bring together current and recently graduated PhD students to discuss the unique opportunities and challenges that come with leveraging advanced academic research to foster meaningful societal impact. Speakers include: Sasimali Attanagoda (Graduate School of Business and Law) - The potential challenges of hybrid work on employees Dr Bronwyn Bruce (Economics, Finance and Marketing) – Younger women's long-term financial wellbeing through social marketing interventions  Parker Rettke (Management) - Inclusion & The Iron Cage: Unleashing the Potential of Workforce Diversity Xuan Zheng (Graduate School of Business and Law) - Work Design For People With Disabilities. Moderated by Associate Professor Lena Wang. Hear from RMIT PhD students and graduates who have successfully implemented their research findings to drive social change in their industries. Gain practical advice on selecting research topics, securing funding, and overcoming common obstacles in your PhD studies. Explore the diverse career paths available to PhD graduates in both academia and industry, and learn how to position yourself for success. Thursday 12 September Time: 1-2pm Online via Teams

Join journalist Dr Amy McQuire in conversation with Professor Sandy O’Sullivan

Macquarie University 25 Wally's Walk, North Ryde

From one of this country's leading Indigenous journalists comes a collection of fierce and powerful essays proving why the media needs to believe Black Witnesses. Black Witness showcases how journalism can be used to hold the powerful to account and make the world a more equitable place.​ ​Dr McQuire will be in conversation with Wiradjuri trans/non-binary Professor of Indigenous Studies/ARC Future Fellow Sandy O'Sullivan.​ ​Hosted by the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies and the Discipline of Sociology Dr Amy McQuire has been writing on Indigenous affairs since she was 17 years old. Over the past two decades, she has reported on most of the key events involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including numerous deaths in custody, the Palm Island uprising, the Bowraville murders and the Northern Territory Intervention. She has also exposed the misrepresentations and violence of the mainstream media's reports, as well as their omissions and silences altogether in regards to Indigenous matters.​

Free

Sexualities and Genders Research (SaGR) Showcase

University of Western Sydney Room 31, Level 6, Peter Shergold Building, 169 Macquarie Street, Parramatta Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus, 169 Macquarie Street, Level 6, Room 31, Sydney

Western Sydney University’s Sexualities and Genders Research (SaGR) Annual Showcase celebrates the diverse and impactful multidisciplinary research done in the fields of genders and/or sexualities research. The event features speed presentations from academics and post graduate research students across the university, as well as community and industry research partners, on their current research, ongoing projects, and innovative ideas regarding genders and/or sexualities, feminist, and queer research. SaGR aims to advance interdisciplinary knowledge and theory in ways that reshape policy, improve professional practices, and make a positive difference in the health and wellbeing of children, young people, adults, their families, and communities in Greater Western Sydney and beyond. The SaGR Annual Showcase is an opportunity to gather, network, and learn about this incredible range of research. Bookings essential by Thursday 5th September https://events.humanitix.com/wsu-sagr-sexualities-and-genders-research-showcase/tickets

Free

Storytelling for Climate Action

Megaflex 3 Building 8, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne

Stories matter in climate changed worlds. They matter in how humans and non-humans dwell with, envision and respond to climate change impacts. Storytelling translates and represents lived experiences and scientific projections. In this panel, we consider the forms and roles of storytelling in shaping human relationships to climate change, environmental politics and the non-human world. We explore how science and data without stories and meaning, can lack forms of connection that lead people to act. Brought to you by RMIT University’s Centre for Urban Research and non/fictionLab, this panel brings together storytellers and social scientists engaged in critiquing and envisioning future worlds to discuss the role, power and trouble with storytelling for climate action.

SSSWARM Seminar Series | Ethnography in the archive: listening, being, and doing in archival collections

Room 203, RD Watt Building, Science Road, University of Sydney, Camperdown Science Road, Camperdown Campus, Sydney

Hosted by Sydney Staff & Student Workshops on Anthropology, Research, and Methods (SSSWARM) and the School of Social and Political Sciences. Speaker: Henrietta Byrne (University of Sydney) This presentation utilises reflections from Henrietta's 2021 doctoral fieldwork to explore how anthropologists can bring ethnographic attention to archival materials. As part of her study on the legacies of nuclear testing on Anangu lands and peoples, she spent time in the National Archives of Australia (NAA) and Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) archives, examining documents from the 1984 Royal Commission into British Nuclear Testing. She considers how archives can be rich sites for ethnography and how anthropologists can engage with colonial archival collections without upholding their epistemic power. Contact Michael Edwards with any questions about the SSSWARM Seminar Series: michael.edwards@sydney.edu.au For more info on SSSWARM: https://sophiechao.wixsite.com/ssswarm

Free

Who’s on top? Inequality for the rich and poor

Macquarie University 25 Wally's Walk, North Ryde

Economic inequality shapes all our lives. But how does it play out at the top and bottom of the global economic order? This presentation uses three studies to examine this question. Hangyoung Lee will look at top wealth households in the United States and China, showing how the elite in these two countries have very different compositions. Jarvis Zhuo will present a study of one million Covid-19 deaths in the United States and show how between one in ten and one in seven deaths appear to be due to the low educational backgrounds of some of the most disadvantaged communities in the United States. Nicholas Harrigan will present a study of 10,000 residents of eight low-income villages in Cambodia, and show how inequality within villages shapes subjective wellbeing, with inequality having the most negative effects on the poorest households within these villages. Together, these three studies show the causes and consequences of inequality in a diverse range of settings, with the unifying insight that inequality changes lives and shapes the societies in which we live.​

Free

Child protection in the age of AI

Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab UNSW Kensington Campus, Sydney

AI has been lauded as the next technological paradigm shift, yet it has been released to the public with little thought about its impacts on children and child sexual abuse. This panel discussion brings together expert voices from the areas of advocacy, law, policing and criminology to examine the looming challenge that AI poses to child protection. How are child sex offenders responding to the emergence of AI? What does this mean for law enforcement? Is current Australian legislation up to the task of addressing the intersection of AI and child sexual abuse? Is AI just a problem, or could it be part of the solution? Join us for a discussion at the cutting edge of children’s online safety. Facilitator: Michael Salter Professor Michael Salter conducts world-leading national and international research on child sexual exploitation, gender-based violence and complex trauma. He is the Director of Childlight UNSW, the Australasian hub of Childlight, the Global Child Safety Institute, which undertakes research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation. Panel: Grace Tame Grace is an activist and advocate for survivors of sexual assault. She is the founder of the Grace Tame Foundation, which aims for cultural and structural change to eradicate […]

QUT Commercialisation Club – Robotics and AI Investment

Room Three Sixty QUT Level 10 Y Block, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, Brisbane

FREE ENTRY Join us for an expert discussion on the state of Robotics and AI Investment in Australia Current state of robotics investment in Australia and globally - who are the main players and what are the significant trends Impact of the recently released national robotics strategy and impact on ecosystem How can researchers position themselves for commercial success HOST: Ali Buchberger - Director, Industry Engagement, QUT (Science & Engineering) GUESTS: Stefan Knight - Director of Queensland, Antler Stefan has had roles in dev, product, marketing, sales and corporate development. He has been super early (founder once, single digit employee several times), scaled-up and exited (unicorn IPO, sell off and wind down). He has also pitched for and raised capital (Seed, Series A) with the companies he has been in raising +$400M USD along the way. Professor Cori Stewart - Founder and CEO, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub Cori Stewart is the CEO of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub, an Australian-first, not for profit technology commercialization company. She works in executive and advisor roles across industry, government, the research sector and through university and industry collaboration. Cori is a member of the Industry Innovation Science Australia Board and a current ‘Superstars of STEM’ […]

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Chats for the Goals: On Sundays, We Play

UTS Tower Building, Level 4 (Foyer Exhibition Space), University of Technology Sydney, Building 1 1/15 Broadway, Ultimo

Join us on the 12th of September for the public reception of the photo exhibit 'On Sundays, We Play', a visual urban ethnography documenting the leisure practices of migrant domestic workers in Singapore, and a panel discussion with the project team on how we can build more inclusive and just cities. Many countries are now reliant on temporary migrant labour which is often sourced from the Global South. Yet despite being central to the growth of wealthy economies, migrant workers are granted little rights in the places in which they live and work. In the global city of Singapore, migrant domestic workers make up a fifth of the city state’s large foreign workforce. On Sundays, We Play documents ‘game day’ among hundreds of low-waged migrant domestic workers, mainly women from the Philippines, who gather every Sunday - their only day off from work - to play social volleyball on Old Terminal Lane, a plot of now disused land at the site of Singapore’s first airport. Largely unwelcome in the public spaces of the city, this forgotten space provides these women respite from the quasi-incarceration they experience as live-in 'maids' - every Sunday they shed their docile and subservient working selves […]

Free

Making ‘sustainable finance’ more sustainable

Lecture Theatre G08, Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham St, Carlton, Melbourne

As we count down to COP29 in Azerbaijan this November, global policymakers are dubbing it the ‘finance COP’. Funding climate action, domestically and internationally, is one of the critical challenges in the campaign against climate change. There has never been a more crucial moment to optimise the sustainable finance movement, scaling up green investment and reducing investment in ‘dirty’ assets and companies. Following on from receiving the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia's 2023 Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research, Dr Arjuna Dibley, Head of the Sustainable Finance Hub at the University of Melbourne, will present this lecture reflecting on the trajectory of sustainable finance, and how it could be shaped in its next phase to improve ambition and scale. Join us for an evening examining the current state and future of sustainable finance, introduced by Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Secretary, Chris Barrett, and moderated by Mondiale Impact Managing Partner and University of Melbourne Enterprise Professor, Rosemary Addis AM. Speakers Dr Arjuna Dibley, Head of the Sustainable Finance Hub, University of Melbourne Dr. Arjuna Dibley is a Senior Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures. He is also an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s Smith-School for Enterprise […]

17th Annual Wheelwright Lecture: Dollar Hegemony as Law-Making Power, or How the Dollar Shapes the Rules of Global Capitalism

Lecture Theatre 200, Social Sciences Building (A02), The University of Sydney, Science Road

Speaker: Ntina Tzouvala, Australian National University Lawyers are latecomers in discussions about dollar hegemony and its effects on international relations and order. The overt weaponisation of the US Dollar in the past 10-15 years has made this reality impossible to ignore, but has largely directed legal debates toward the urgent, but limited, question of sanctions. In addition, discussions about dollar hegemony and the law often focus on the crucial, but unnecessarily narrow, issue of monetary sovereignty. Taking these two issues seriously, this lecture will suggest that they are only part of a broader range of powers and privileges afforded to the United States by dollar hegemony. Deploying a materialist understanding of international law-making, I will suggest that dollar hegemony operates as law-making power in ways antithetical to notions of equal sovereignty that emerged after decolonisation. In so arguing, I also aim to open a dialogue both with heterodox political economists and with law and political economy (LPE) scholars about the precise relationship between international law and the political economy of global capitalism. Ntina Tzouvala is Associate Professor at the ANU College of Law. Her work focuses on the political economy, history and theory of international law. She is the author of Capitalism […]

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Solidarity and the right to protest: student encampments for Gaza

Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab UNSW Kensington Campus, Sydney

Join us for an insightful panel discussion on the global phenomenon of student solidarity encampments for Gaza. Australian university students erected eleven encampments in campuses across Australia. Panellists will reflect on the encampments, position them within the long and rich history of student protests and activism in Australia and globally, and explore legal questions these encampments raise in relation to the right to protect, freedom of expression, and right of assembly. Chair: Prof Ben Golder, School of Law, Society and Criminology, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Ben's work is situated at the intersection of critical legal theory, contemporary political theory, and critical engagements with international law and human rights. Panel: Rand Katib, student representative and community organiser Rand is a student representative and grassroots community organiser. She was active in the Sydney University encampment Dr Elizabeth Strakosch, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne Liz's work examines the dynamics of race and settler colonialism in public policy. She is currently an ARC DECRA fellow and co-director of the Institute for Collaborative Race Research, a board member of the Institute for Postcolonial Studies, and an Executive Officer of the Jewish Council of Australia. Prof Luke McNamara, School of […]

UNE School of Law Annual Sir Frank Kitto Public Lecture 2024 – Professor Ben Saul

Virtual

"International Law after Ukraine and Gaza" Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and Israel’s never-ending occupation of Palestine, invite soul-searching about the capacity of international law to prevent and remedy violations of its most sacrosanct rules, including the prohibitions on the use of military force and the acquisition of foreign territory by force, the right of self-determination of peoples, international humanitarian law and international human rights law. These examples also expose double standards in the enforcement of international law, where certain groups of states do not practice what they preach about a “rules b based international order” and seem surprised when other groups of states bend the rules to suit their own interests. This lecture considers where international law is failing and why, but it also explores reasons for optimism and how the system can be strengthened to fulfill its promises of peace, security and human dignity.

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Difficult Conversations with Jane Hutcheon

Seymour Centre Cnr City Rd and Cleveland St, Chippendale

Australia’s pre-eminent thinkers go head-to-head with celebrated journalist Jane Hutcheon to draw out the difficult conversations of our day. Join us for an evening with two parts: Part 1: Jane brings her unique approach to get to know each panellist, exploring the art of conversation and difficult topics from each of their perspectives. Part 2: You, the audience submit your difficult questions to be wrestled with by the panel, like a collective advice columnist, under the guiding hand of Jane as conversation ringmaster. BYO Difficult Conversations: Everything is on the table. Jane Hutcheon is a writer/performer and the author of Rebel Talk, the Art of Powerful Conversations. A former foreign correspondent and TV presenter, she created the ABC’s acclaimed TV interview show One Plus One where she interviewed 500 amazing people over a decade. In 2019, Jane toured twenty-one theatres across Australia and New Zealand with actor Sir David Suchet in his retrospective show and discovered that live conversations in theatres produced a magical cocktail of electricity and intimacy.  So, join Jane and the panel, live in the theatre – the church of empathy and possibility! No topic is too difficult and no question too stupid to ask.  Schedule of Panellists Wed 11 Sep Debra Keenahan, Jeremiah Edagbami […]

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The Stupidity Paradox of Working in Universities | The Peer Revue

The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin Street, Carlton, Melbourne

Smart meets silly in The Peer Revue, where cutting-edge research fuels improv comedy. Each show, a different superstar researcher tells stories from their research, which will inspire a cast of talented improvisers to create brand new, unscripted comedy. Thu Sep 12 - Guest: Professor Jill Blackmore AM Universities are full of smart people who are experts in their fields. Most Australian universities employ many education researchers, and in an ideal world, that education expertise would be what drives leading universities and schools, learning and teaching. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. To help us negotiate this ‘stupidity paradox’ we are joined by Professor Jill Blackmore AM who is an expert in education systems and the problems that plague them. Jill is an exceptional education scholar with an international reputation for speaking truth to power and calling out bullshit. She is a Deakin Distinguished Professor (the highest academic title awarded by Deakin University) in education, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. The Peer Revue is a hilarious celebration of science, philosophy, history, art, and all things academic. You’ll laugh, and you also might learn. This show is presented in partnership between The Peer Revue, The Academy […]

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