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    • 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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

    Voices on the map: using AI for better disaster recovery

    Virtual , Australia

    School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney

    Panel discussion exploring the power of lived experience in disaster recovery and how AI will be used to amplify community voices. ONLINE EVENT As climate change increases the frequency and severity of disasters, what will help communities survive, recover and thrive? HowWeSurvive, a new and ambitious initiative out of UNSW’s Arts, Design & Architecture, believes the answers already exist within communities themselves - in local knowledge, relationships, lived experience and the people who show up for one another. To elevate people's voices, the team and its international partners have created an interactive global map featuring more than 1,600 stories of […]

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    Where Does Healing Live? Outdoor Therapy invites us to Reimagine the Whos, Wheres and Hows

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    Around the world, Outdoor Therapy practices have been challenging us to question some of our deepest assumptions about healing. Who is recognised as a legitimate facilitator of change? Why are some places considered therapeutic while others are not? What makes a practice worthy of trust? This session is an invitation to creatively rethink the opportunities for therapeutic practice: we will visit different perspectives, listen from varied experiences, connect research findings, and share critical reflections in this collective exploration of where healing resides. About the Presenter Maria Jose (Mache) Treviño Gonzalez is passionate about outdoor experiential learning with a focus on […]

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    How Adventure Therapy Works? What Do We Need to Know?

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    This webinar examines an evolving conceptualisation of how adventure therapy facilitates change across diverse practice settings, informed by prior scholarship in the field. It presents a synthesised model of key mechanisms of change, emphasising experiential processes that may shape client outcomes. The presentation explores how these mechanisms intersect with practitioner training and program design. Recent findings on the preparation of adventure therapy providers are outlined, including core competencies, professional pathways, and emerging standards. Critical gaps in the current evidence base are identified, especially concerning training quality, implementation fidelity, and the translation of theory into practice. Finally, the webinar proposes priority […]

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    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: […]

    Bridging the Missing Middle: Evidence from the Charles Sturt University Evaluation of the Human Nature Program

    Virtual , Australia

    Charles Sturt University

    This presentation addresses the “missing middle” in mental healthcare - the gap for young people whose needs are not adequately met by traditional services. We introduce the Human Nature Program, a nature-based therapeutic model that delivers  therapy and mentoring outside conventional settings. Drawing on the evaluation of Human Nature by Charles Sturt University, we present evidence of significant positive impacts on participants’ mental health and wellbeing. By combining these findings with powerful stories from the field told by Human Nature mentors, we show how this innovative approach can help bridge a critical service gap. About the Presenter From chasing goannas […]

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    Lived Experiences of LGBTQ+ Religious Youth in a hostile policy landscape: Digital Media, Wellbeing, and Visual Methods

    Virtual , Australia

    Newcastle Youth Studies Centre

    Lived Experiences of LGBTQ+ Religious Youth in a hostile policy landscape: Digital Media, Wellbeing, and Visual Methods This panel discussion will share the empirical and theoretical insights developed from the Australian Research Council Discover Project ‘Youth, Religion, and Sexuality: Digital Media, School Cultures, and Exemptions’. This project explores how LGBTQ+ religious youth navigate the affective entanglements of gender, sexuality, and faith within institutional, digital, and other everyday contexts. We have employed arts-based digital ethnography and photovoice methods to centre emotion, attachment, and embodied experience to understand young people’s subjectivities as well as the effects that religious exemptions from the Federal […]

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