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    • Loneliness in a Digital and AI-Driven Society

    Virtual , Australia
    Virtual Event

    RMIT

    In the AI age, loneliness is becoming a critical issue, exacerbated by rapid technological advancements and societal shifts. AI's integration into workplaces and daily life, while offering efficiency and growth, often reduces meaningful human interactions, leading to increased feelings of isolation. This is particularly concerning as loneliness is linked to severe mental and physical health challenges, reduced productivity, and economic costs. For older adults, loneliness is a public health crisis, affecting over a quarter of this population and contributing to cognitive decline and poor health outcomes. Ignoring this issue risks long-term societal and economic harm. AI offers both challenges and […]

    Talking About Death: Building Community Conversations About Dying, Grief and Care

    John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW Sydney Leighton Hall - John Niland Scientia Building, University of New South Wales, Gate 11, Library Walk, Kensington Campus, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

    The Australian Sociological Association

    Break the silence around death and dying through expert discussion and facilitated community conversations. Despite the inevitability of death and dying, they remain social taboos such that the silence around them leads people to be unprepared, feel isolated and afraid. These experiences compound for patients undergoing cancer treatment, who live with uncertainty. This event meets death and dying head-on, and - taking a social scientific lens – is inspired by the recent release of the book Being Patient: Close Encounters in a Cancer World. The event is designed to be accessible, engaging and relevant to people from diverse backgrounds and […]

    Free

    A Wicked Problem: AI, Copyright and Intellectual Property

    Hybrid: Online and at the University of Queensland St Lucia The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    University of Queensland

    Join the University of Queensland Library for a timely discussion on the current and emerging impacts of artificial intelligence on copyright and intellectual property, as part of our Connected Conversations series. Featuring a series of lightning talks from experts across UQ, followed by an audience Q&A, this hybrid event will examine the opportunities, risks and challenges AI presents for authorship, knowledge ownership and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP). Whether you are curious about emerging technologies, navigating questions of copyright and intellectual property, or interested in how AI is reshaping legal and ethical frameworks, this event offers valuable insights and […]

    Free

    Sustainable Housing Futures

    RMIT Green Brain 336/348 Swanston Street, Storey Hall, Building 16, level 07, rooms 7&8, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    RMIT

    The Sustainable Housing Futures panel brings together designers, researchers, and housing experts from across RMIT University to explore one of today’s most pressing issues: how we can create better housing for everyone? We have secured an exciting panel of the next generation of experts that will answer the question: What does sustainable housing look like for you? Under the energetic guidance of Anna Cumming, Managing Editor of Sanctuary magazine published by the not-for-profit Renew, experts in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and property will discuss the ideas they are working on to create sustainable homes. Chair Anna Cumming […]

    Rebuilding Cities After Disasters and Conflicts: Perspectives on Housing Recovery

    RMIT Green Brain 336/348 Swanston Street, Storey Hall, Building 16, level 07, rooms 7&8, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia +1 more

    RMIT

    This seminar brings together researchers, industry practitioners, and policymakers to explore approaches for facilitating effective housing recovery and reconstruction in disaster and conflict contexts. The event will provide a platform for knowledge exchange, interdisciplinary dialogue, and collaboration to explore strategies that support resilient and sustainable recovery within the housing sector. The keynote presentations and panel discussion will draw on lessons from diverse international contexts to examine the challenges, opportunities, and pathways for housing recovery. The session will explore how governments, communities, industry practitioners, and researchers can work together to support resilient and sustainable rebuilding, from emergency and temporary accommodation to […]

    Beyond the Bars: Education, Advocacy and Systems Change

    Megaflex 3 Building 8, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    RMIT

    Join us for an engaging panel session exploring RMIT's award-winning Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, where university students and incarcerated people learn together as peers within prison. This innovative educational initiative not only transforms learning experiences but also provides a foundation for impactful research, advocacy, and systems change. Hear directly from graduates of the program, including both current and former incarcerated participants, as they reflect on their experiences of education in prison and their continued involvement in prison-based and community Think Tanks. These Think Tanks bring together people with lived experience, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to examine complex criminal justice issues […]

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    ‘The First Inventors: How People Shaped a Continent’

    The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    RMIT

    'The First Inventors: How People Shaped a Continent' | An evening with Larissa Behrendt AO, Billy Griffiths and Sean Ulm To celebrate Social Sciences Week, and the research that helps us understand and shape society, RMIT University is proud to present celebrated Eualayai/Gamillaroi author, filmmaker and academic Larissa Behrendt AO, award-winning author and historian Billy Griffiths and one of Australia’s leading archaeologists, Sean Ulm, as they discuss their new book The First Inventors: How People Shaped a Continent. Drawing on the groundbreaking 4-part documentary series of the same name, The First Inventors takes readers on a journey through 65,000 years of innovation, […]

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

    Virtual , Australia

    RMIT

    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: […]

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    Plug-In Solar Systems in Australia: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects

    Megaflex 3 Building 8, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    RMIT

    Australia’s rooftop solar boom has helped many homeowners cut electricity bills, but renters and apartment dwellers remain excluded. Plug-in solar panels and batteries could help close this gap. Plug-in solar systems include one or two photovoltaic panels and a micro-inverter, feeding power into a home’s mains circuit through a standard outlet. A combination with plug-in batteries can increase the use of self-generated electricity. Although widely adopted overseas, plug-in solar systems are illegal in Australia. Join us to discuss regulations, safety standards, consumer acceptance and protections to better understand the role of this technology in a fair low-carbon housing transition. Panel […]

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

    Megaflex 3 Building 8, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    RMIT

    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 […]

    Empowering Senior Voices: Shaping Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in City North

    Megaflex 3 Building 8, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    RMIT

    Join us for the launch of the Empowering Senior Voices report, showcasing how older adults in Melbourne's City North precinct used citizen science and participatory research to identify opportunities and challenges for creating more age-friendly neighbourhoods. Drawing on the Stanford Our Voice methodology, the project enabled older residents to document their lived experiences and work collaboratively to develop recommendations for improving inclusion, participation, accessibility, and wellbeing. The event will present key findings and bring together researchers, community members, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss how community voices can inform positive social change. Jenny Waycott Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, […]

    WA Migration Update Spotlight Forum

    ECU City Campus 500 Wellington St, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

    WA Migration Update Spotlight Forum This event is a part of Social Sciences Week At this inaugural WA Migration Update Spotlight Forum Dr Francesco Ricatti presents his volume “Researching Migration on Indigenous Lands: Challenges, Reflections, Pathways", co-edited with Adonis Piperoglou, which examines the uneasy relationship between ongoing colonial histories and the sovereignty of First Nations peoples. Migration does not happen on empty ground, but on and with deep histories, custodianship and continuing political claims. Dr Ricatti’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with leading social scientists in this area. 17 September 3.30-6.30PM AWST ECU City Campus Level 6, […]