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    • Monash University 2026 School of Social Sciences Graduate Student Research Symposium

    Seminar Room 2, Building 89, Campbell Hall, 21 Sports Walk, Clayton Campus. Seminar Room 2, Building 89, Campbell Hall, 21 Sports Walk, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Monash University

    The theme for Monash University's 2026 School of Social Sciences Graduate Student Research Symposium is Challenges of the Age: Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, Thriving Communities. As stated in Monash's Strategic Plan, Impact 2030, we must continue to seek ways to resolve systemic social and environmental problems such as inequality and disadvantage, intolerance, discrimination, violence and environmental degradation, to get communities to flourish. The Symposium is therefore dedicated to exploring and celebrating the many ways in which we at SoSS seek to disrupt major challenges impacting us all today. View the program here.

    Free

    Social Cohesion Symposium: Belonging, Resilience, and Democratic Participation

    Western Sydney University, Parramatta South Campus cnr Victoria Road & James Ruse Drive, Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia

    Western Sydney University

    Join leading researchers, educators and community voices at the Social Cohesion Symposium: Belonging, Resilience, and Democratic Participation as part of Social Science Week 2026. This thought-provoking event explores some of the most pressing challenges facing contemporary Australia, from multiculturalism and social cohesion to media trust, democratic participation, belonging and resilience. Through expert panels and lively discussion, the symposium will examine how communities navigate exclusion, build connection, and contribute to a more inclusive society. Bringing together scholars from across Australia alongside practitioners and community representatives, the symposium offers a unique opportunity to engage with fresh research, diverse perspectives and practical solutions. […]

    Free

    The False Divide between Nature and Culture

    Virtual , Australia

    Newcastle Youth Studies Centre

    The False Divide between Nature and Culture: How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life Hosted by the Newcastle Youth Studies Centre Featuring: Mary Lou Rassmussen (ANU) and Celia Roberts (ANU) Ben Matthews (University of Newcastle) Gavin Smith (ANU) “Culture” is often equated with all things human, and “nature” with the external environment; distinguished from each other as if they were two separate realms of reality. This idea stemmed from modernist ideals of progress, where nature and ‘the environment’ were framed as separate distinct from humans as something to exploit or dominate, external to human endeavours, or […]

    Free

    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

    Beyond the Challenge: When Cultural Narratives Replace Therapeutic Goals

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    Adventure therapy often uses challenging activities as a pathway for personal growth. However, participants - and sometimes facilitators - can unintentionally confuse the task of a certain activity with the therapeutic goal. This presentation explores how cultural values, such as perseverance, achievement, resilience, and "never giving up" can overshadow participants’ individual therapeutic intentions. Using a real case from an international university programme, we will examine how well-intentioned support can become subtle pressure, preventing participants from recognising their own boundaries, needs, and authentic success. The session invites practitioners to rethink how we frame activities and how we continually reconnect participants with […]

    Free

    Exposing the Shark Attack Industrial Complex

    Room 650, Social Sciences Building, University of Sydney Science Road, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

    School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

    Exposing the Shark Attack Industrial Complex will examine and challenge the public's relationship with sharks, the beach, and our own identity. The way social, political, and commercial interests combine to portray all sharks in a one-dimensional manner to generate increased income, tourism, hotel rooms, movie tickets, and political cover will be discussed by Associate Professor Chris Pepin-Neff. Pepin-Neff’s talk comes at a sensitive and emotional time for the local community following a cluster of shark attacks across Australia. This talk is based on the idea that being silent about shark attacks and shark bite prevention has never made anyone safer. […]

    Free

    SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? — Screening and Panel

    Theatre 1 (T1), 10 Hadenfeld Avenue, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park NSW 2109 Theatre 1 (T1), 10 Hadenfeld Avenue, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Macquarie University

    Join the School of Communication, Society and Culture at Macquarie University for a screening of SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream?, followed by a panel discussion exploring Australia’s housing crisis, renting and affordable housing solutions. About the film Comedian Mark Humphries is sick of standing in lines for rentals. But if a C-grade celebrity is struggling to buy a house, how do normal people do it? Mark investigates Australia’s housing crisis, uncovering the policies which supercharged the housing market, the solutions at hand, and one big revelation that might just fix it. About Wedge-Tail Pictures Founded in 2020 by journalist Bill […]

    Is Social Media Killing Kids, and Why Do We Keep Getting Suckered By These Things

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    Over the last decade, widespread concern that social media is harming young people, and the recurring cycles of moral panic that often accompany new technologies, have been growing. But is this really new? Drawing on the available evidence, Dr. Chris Ferguson will explore why alarming narratives about youth and media gain traction, and how they shape public opinion and policy responses, including social media bans. This webinar is a critical reflection on the evidence behind these claims, as well as the broader social and cultural forces that sustain them. About the Presenter Dr Christopher Ferguson holds a PhD in clinical […]

    Free

    Transformative social sciences: education & partnerships in action

    Virtual , Australia

    University of Melbourne

    Join us for a special Social Sciences Week 2026 panel focused on embedding social science students in industry, hear from: current & past social science students industry partners academics We'll celebrate the breadth and depth of social science training across all types of workplaces, hear about the value of learning by doing during your degree and the value-add of social science students contributing their skills in a range of industry settings. Speakers include: Dr Carmel Goulding, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (CFECFW) Zali Cohen, Crazy Ideas College (CIC) India Winter, Master of Social Policy, University of Melbourne Dr […]

    Kummargii Yulendji Symposium 2026

    RMIT Storey Hall 342 Swanston Street Building 16, level 5, Melbourne, Victoria +1 more

    RMIT

    Co-convened by Informit and CAVAL, Kummargii Yulendji Symposium is in its fourth year in 2026. Focusing on how we describe, apply and amplify First Peoples’ Knowledges, research and publications, the symposium offers a collegial forum for the Indigenisation of Australian research, libraries and publishing sectors. Kummargii Yulendji means ‘Knowledge is rising’ in Boonwurrung, named by Professor N’arwee’t Carolyn Briggs, senior Boonwurrung Elder and academic. This title reflects the current upwelling of First Peoples’ Knowledges and research being undertaken and applied in vital contemporary contexts. Keynotes: Dr Bianca Beetson, (Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi, Wiradjuri) Director, First Nations, Queensland Museum Peter Lucas Kaaka […]

    Can Students Defend Their Thinking? Oral Assessment, AI, and Professional Judgment

    Megaflex 3 Building 8, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia +1 more

    RMIT

    In an era of changing assessment practices, oral assessment is attracting renewed interest as a powerful way to evaluate student learning, communication, and disciplinary understanding. This interactive workshop invites educators from across disciplines to share positive and challenging experiences of oral assessment, explore what should be assessed, and discuss level benchmarks and potential gatekeeper questions. Participants will also be guided to work collaboratively on devising interactive oral assessment task question sets. The group workshop outcome will be a practical, adaptable framework disseminated to participants. It could be adapted for assessing oral performance fairly, consistently and transparently across diverse disciplinary contexts

    Just Because It Worked… Doesn’t Mean It Was Right: Good Outcomes + Bad Process = Harm

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    If a young person returns more compliant, polite or settled, has the intervention genuinely helped, or simply produced obedience? This webinar introduces an ecological model of psychological development to examine why good outcomes do not necessarily indicate good practice. Revisiting critiques of coercive wilderness therapy, Australian boot camps and related interventions, we examine how lasting wellbeing develops through experiences that strengthen agency, relationships and a healthy sense of self, while the opposite happens if we seek compliance. The session explores the ethical and practical implications for adventure therapy and the wider helping professions, asking whether we have sometimes mistaken behavioural […]

    Free