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Book Launch: Understanding Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Migrants: Practical Approaches and Effective Research Methodologies

Megaflex 3 Building 8, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne

Please join us for the launch of Understanding Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Migrants: Practical Approaches and Effective Research Methodologies. This is the first book which provides readers with practical, culturally aware and engaging ways to research migrant multicultural communities. Come and hear from the editors and authors who not only come from diverse disciplines across humanities, arts and social sciences, and STEM as they reflect on the importance of understanding the complex and nuanced migrant experience, but who are migrants themselves. Prof Catherine Gomes, RMIT University Associate Prof Jing Qi, RMIT University Dr Wilfred Wang, University of Melbourne Dist/Prof Lisa […]

Book launch – Conversations with Leading Transport Researchers: The Unwritten Rules of Academia

Virtual

Join us for the launch of Conversations with Leading Transport Researchers: The Unwritten Rules of Academia. This book lifts the veil on how world-leading transport researchers navigate their profession, sharing advice for a successful academic career. In this book, the unwritten rules of academia are explored through in-depth interviews with 20 eminent researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds within transport studies. The book is a vital resource for research students and early-career researchers in transport studies looking to confidently navigate an academic career. Professor Geoff Rose, Monash University (Chair) Dr Chris De Gruyter, RMIT University (Author) Panel members: […]

Discipline of Government and International Relations Collective Book Launch

Room 650, Level 6, Social Sciences Building (A02), Science Road, Camperdown, University of Sydney Science Road, Camperdown, University of Sydney

Please join us for a triptych book launch showcasing the latest works by academic staff from the Discipline of Government and International Relations (GIR), School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney. Battling the Board: Shareholder Activism, Sustainability, and Social Movements in Australia by Ainsley Elbra Battling the Board examines the rise of ESG shareholder activism in Australia, where investors are increasingly pressuring companies to address issues such as climate change, Indigenous rights, modern slavery, and workers' rights. Ainsley Elbra argues that this activism emerged to address gaps between societal expectations and corporate behaviour, despite Australia's corporate governance system traditionally […]

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