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Natureculture: exploring the biological, ecological and economic dimensions of the social world

Natureculture: exploring the biological, ecological and economic dimensions of the social world

13 August 2025 | Panel Discussion

This public forum brings together a group of scholars and landscape practitioners whose work troubles separations that are often artificially drawn between 'nature' and 'culture'. Looking at a diversity of actors, from estrogens and wild animals to water and plant...

Doctors with a difference? Social science insights on widening participation in medicine: Australian, Canadian and UK perspectives

Doctors with a difference? Social science insights on widening participation in medicine: Australian, Canadian and UK perspectives

15 July 2024 | Webinar

Medical schools have historically been prestigious and exclusive institutions, filled with students who come from much wealthier families than average. Elaborate and competitive selection processes and the costs involved in applying to medicine are barriers to...

Class Inequality in Australia, in Academia and Beyond

Class Inequality in Australia, in Academia and Beyond

30 August 2023 | Panel Discussion, Public Talk or Lecture

Part one (35 mins talk; 15 mins Q&A): Presentation: Class in Australia, by Associate Professor Steven Threadgold, University of Newcastle and Associate Professor Jessica Gerrard, University of Melbourne. Part two (approx 30 mins): Panel Q&A: Intersectional...

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