8-14 September 2025
Presenter: Andi Dickmeyer Abstract: Andi’s presentation explores the integration of clinical practice with outdoor and nature-based therapies. Drawing on findings from a recent scoping review of 58 clinical trials involving adult populations, the presentation examines...
Undertaking PhD studies can be a powerful catalyst for advancing social change within various industries. This event will bring together current and recently graduated PhD students to discuss the unique opportunities and challenges that come with leveraging advanced...
KUMMARGII YULENDJI SYMPOSIUM Thursday 12th September, 9am-5.30pm Storey Hall, RMIT University, Naarm Building 16, Level 5, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Co-conveners: Informit and CAVAL Kummargii Yulendji Symposium focuses on how we describe, apply and...
This presentation provides a synthesises of the research evidence relating to young children's engagement in nature play. The presentation will cover what nature play is factors, impacting the likelihood of young children engaging in nature play, and ways to support...
In a world grappling with profound socio-economic and ecological challenges, a growing movement of grassroots, civil society, and policy-advocacy activists and think tanks has pushed for significant reform beyond the current economic growth mania. By emphasizing the...
Social Sciences Week is a celebration of research, but researchers were once students. Social Scientists do not often reflect on their days as ‘trainees’ in educational settings. In the rush to know more about the state of our societies, political systems and...
Digital literacy for children is complex; even for our youngest children. The ability to use a range of digital technologies, to critically engage with those technologies, and the texts they offer is important. But so too is developing children’s capacities to react...
Visit the Arts Precinct at Macquarie University during this year's 2023 Social Sciences Week for a special preview of research findings from a visual ethnography project, Informal Sport and the Urban Commons, exploring the role that informal sport plays in...
The humanities, arts and social sciences sit with the possibilities and tensions of living with artificial intelligence. Are we entering an era of extraordinary creativity, an explosion in our capacity to conjure ideas, images, and sounds? Are we flourishing with AI?...
Women and girls face abuse, exploitation and threats of violence in a wide range of online spaces. Safety by Design puts women’s safety at the heart of digital technologies, preventing harm before it occurs and holding perpetrators to account. Join in a conversation...