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    AI Data Centres: Exploring the Buildings Behind the AI Boom

    The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    RMIT

    AI is here - the genie is out of the bottle. The question now is how we manage its impact and shape a digital future that benefits society. Behind the rapid growth of artificial intelligence is a vast and complex infrastructure network, with data centres playing a critical role in powering the technologies transforming how we live, work and connect. As part of Social Sciences Week, 'AI Data Centres: Exploring the Buildings Behind the AI Boom’ brings together industry, government and academic perspectives to explore the opportunities and challenges of Australia’s digital transformation. The panel will examine how we can […]

    Beyond the headlines: Real talk on crime and community

    UOW Liverpool 33 Moore Street, Liverpool, NSW, Australia

    University of Wollongong

    Hooked on true crime podcasts or crime dramas, but wondering how much is actually real? This free, one-hour community event brings together leading criminologists and community safety practitioners to separate fact from fiction – no academic background required. Set in a relaxed panel format and hosted by Sydney Morning Herald Crime and Justice Reporter Amber Schultz, the discussion will unpack the real science behind crime, justice, and community safety. Whether you're a curious community member, a local parent, or a social or community worker, this event offers an accessible and engaging opportunity to explore how the justice system really works […]

    Free

    E.L ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture: Climates of Uncertainty

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

    School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

    Description The annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture is held to commemorate the pioneering role that Ted Wheelwright played in developing studies in Political Economy in Australia. This year it will take centre stage in the program of the 2026 Social Sciences Week (12-20 September). Guest Speaker Geoff Mann is a Distinguished Professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver BC, where he teaches political economy and economic geography. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books, and the author of In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy and Revolution, Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism, and Climate Leviathan: […]

    Free

    2026 Environmental Policy Lecture: Climate Risk & Response: A Behavioural Challenge?

    Forrest Research Foundation Forrest Hall, 21 Hackett Drive, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

    UWA Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy

    The 2026 Environmental Policy Lecture, Climate Risk and Response: A Behavioural Challenge?, is presented by Professor Ben Newell. Climate risk is often broken down into three separate components: physical risks (floods, heatwaves, sea level rise), transition risks (technological and societal adjustments to a low-carbon economy), and liability risks (legal and financial exposures arising from a failure to disclose potential climate-related impacts). Professor Ben Newell will share how coordinating our responses to all three of these components benefits immensely from an improved understanding of behavioural reactions to climate change. Drawing on data from a range of studies examining individual and institutional-level […]

    Free

    Never Mind the Neurobullocks: The Three Biggest Myths of Neuroscience

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    Ana Lund will share the three neuroscience myths that live rent-free in your brain and in your textbooks and why they need an eviction notice. Attendees will explore how these misconceptions arise, why they endure, and the consequences they have for therapeutic practice and human understanding. Rather than dismissing neuroscience, Lund advocates for a more thoughtful, evidence-informed integration of neuroscience into social and therapeutic contexts. About the Presenter Ana Lund is an integrative psychotherapist with a foundation in Transactional Analysis and a member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). Ana holds a PhD in science and has spent […]

    Free

    The Story Within: How Adventure Makes Meaningful Change

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    Whether recreational or therapeutic, the process of meaning-making is an inherent part of the human experience. From an existential-heuristic lens, this presentation will explore the stories and adventure activities clients have found purposeful and insightful for their existence and how they view the world. About the Presenter Cian Brown, PhD is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor (LPC-S) in Oklahoma and Supervisor (LPC-S) in Arkansas, Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), Certified Clinical Adventure Therapist (CCAT), and Board Certified in Neurofeedback, Fellow (BCN-Fellow) with a Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision from the University of Arkansas specializing in Adventure Therapy. He received his M.S. […]

    Free

    Australian Journal of Political Science – 60th Anniversary Symposium

    750 Collins St, Room 903, Level 9 (Studio Room), Docklands VIC 3008, Melbourne 750 Collins St, Room 903, Level 9 (Studio Room), Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Monash University

    For six decades, AJPS has published the research that has shaped how we understand Australian and international politics. To mark the journal’s 60th anniversary, we are bringing together editors, authors, international experts, and readers — past and present — for a day of conversation, reflection, and celebration. Whether you have published in the journal, reviewed for it, taught from it, or simply read an article from it, we would love you to join us. View the program.

    Free

    Clean Energy, New Waste: Exploring a Just and Circular Transition

    Virtual , Australia

    Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University

    Panellists: Vanessa Lea, Professor Benjamin Sovacool, Associate Professor Anderson Assuah, Profesor Matthew Kearns Facilitator: Dr Deepika Mathur As the global race toward renewable energy accelerates, a silent challenge is piling up in the background. The rapid deployment of solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries is creating entirely new, massive waste streams that must be managed throughout their lifecycle. How can we ensure the transition to a clean energy future doesn't come at a cost to the environment and local communities? Join us for this special Social Sciences Week webinar as we bring together a world-class panel of international scholars from Australia, Canada, […]

    Free

    When Helping Gets in the Way: What the Outdoors Makes Possible

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    Outdoor programs are often described as naturally engaging, therapeutic or transformative. Yet being outside does not automatically create participation, safety or meaningful change. Outdoor experiences can reproduce the same adult agendas found in classrooms, services and other institutional settings: predetermined outcomes, tightly managed activities, compulsory reflection and pressure to demonstrate growth. This presentation explores what the outdoors can make possible when practitioners loosen their grip on the planned outcome without abandoning safety, boundaries or duty of care. Drawing on adventure therapy, youth work and relational practice, it argues that the value of outdoor work is not simply found in challenge, […]

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    Celebration of the formation of the School of Communication and Social Sciences (SoCSS) and the Institute of Education (InEd) at the University of Technology Sydney

    Celebration of the formation of the School of Communication and Social Sciences (SoCSS) and the Institute of Education (InEd) at the University of Technology Sydney

    Res Hub, Building 2, Level 5 CB02.05.250 UTS, Sydney

    University of Technology Sydney

    We are delighted to invite you to participate in a special research and engagement event celebrating the formation of the School of Communication and Social Sciences (SoCSS) and the Institute of Education (InEd) within the Faculty of Design and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. Coordinated by Liz Giuffre, Lai-Ha Chan and Lauren Knussen. The format is “3 minute mode” – inviting short contributions of one slide and a 3 minute summary of some current, former or future Social Sciences work we’re engaged in. The idea is an opportunity for colleagues to discover each other's research, expertise and interests, while continuing to […]

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    WSU Parramatta Redux film screening + River Walk

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

    Western Sydney University

    To celebrate Social Sciences Week 2026, the School of Social Sciences will be screening Parramatta Redux (38 minutes), a documentary film directed and produced by Associate Professor Malini Sur. The screening will be followed by Q&A. The film explores the enduring connections between the Parramatta River and the diverse communities, past and present, that have shaped its identity. From Indigenous custodianship to contemporary multicultural life, it reflects on themes of resilience, colonisation, migration and environmental change, offering a layered understanding of the river as both a living landscape and a witness to ongoing social and cultural transformation. Following the screening, […]

    Climate and Our Communities: A Film and Conversation

    UNSW AGSM John B Reid Theatre G07, Kensington, NSW, Australia

    School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney

    Watch Climate and Our Communities and join the filmmakers for reflections and discussion on climate action and its community impacts. This event centres on Climate and Our Communities, a 22-minute documentary co-produced in 2024 by researchers from UNSW Sydney and FGV (Sao Paulo) in 2024. The film follows a group of emerging researchers as they explore how global climate policies and actions are experienced by the communities they call home. The documentary was screened at the official Australian Pavilion at UN Climate Convention COP30 in Belem, Brazil; and, was featured by a special panel sponsored by the Global Ethics Stocktake Pavilion. […]

    Free