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Melbourne Social Equity Institute
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An interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Melbourne. Achieving fairer societies through research that makes a difference.
https://socialequity.unimelb.edu.au
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This new article by Research Fellow @chabelkhan.bsky.social provides a critical rethinking of resilience and its impacts on understanding social care and social suffering. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#SocialCare #ParentsNext #AusPol #OpenAccess
Screenshot of page one of the journal article. Heading – Resilience and Forced Healing: The Therapisation of Social Care in an Australian Workfare Programme
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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The program for next month's Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference is now available → socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/events/...
#MigrationResearch #AcademicSky #UniMelb
Cover of conference program
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Our friends from the African Studies Group are calling for papers for a symposium on the theme African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ways of Knowing – A Conversation of Traditions, Modernity, and the Future. www.africanstudiesgroup.com.au/asg-2025-sym... #UniMelb #AfricanStudies
African Studies Group logo
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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This new #OpenAccess article by Dr Panos Karanikolas & Dr Joanne Qian-Khoo highlights that factors affecting youth employment are never the result of one singular factor, but are the product of multiple, intersecting and mutually reinforcing elements. www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/5/...
Screenshot of page one of the journal article. Heading – Enablers and Barriers to Youth Employment: An Employment Ecosystem Approach
June 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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A group of #UniMelb researchers are undertaking a new project aiming to better understand coercion and compulsion experienced by LGBTIQA+ people within Victoria's mental health services.

To learn more or to register your interest in being involved visit q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
Colourful flyer with University of Melbourne logo and heading Calling for Participants. Do you identify as LGBTIQA+? Have you been subject to a compulsory treatment order (as an inpatient or in the community) in Victoria? Or felt that you were at risk of being placed on one? Researchers at the University of Melbourne would like to talk to you about your experiences. • If you participate, you'll be interviewed (via Zoom or in-person in Melbourne) for up to 60 mins. • You'll receive a $100 gift card as a thank you for your time and contribution. • The project aims to understand coercion and compulsion experienced by LGBTIQA+ people within Victoria's mental health services. • To take part, you need to identify as LGBTIQA+ and have experienced coercion when accessing mental health services or other distress-related services. Interested? Take some time to complete an expression of interest and a member of the research team will be in contact. Like to know more? Reach out to Nicholas
May 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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.@dpetreski.bsky.social is a member of our 2025 Doctoral Academy. He is inviting students at #UniMelb to share their views on the ownership, sharing, and managing of data in higher education. q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
Screenshot of linked website – Student Data Cooperatives: Data Governance in Higher Education Thank you for your interest in our research. This research explores the idea of data cooperatives, which are groups where people collectively manage and control their data for mutual benefit. Specifically, it looks at students’ motivation and perspective on current data governance practices at the university and some alternatives, such as data cooperatives. Data cooperatives are voluntary, member-based organizations, where members pool their data together and manage it democratically for their own benefit.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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EVENT – Join us on Wednesday 26 March for a panel discussion to celebrate the launch of Refugee Displacement, Disability and Human Rights: The Production, Processing and Power of Data by Dr Philippa Duell-Piening. events.humanitix.com/refugee-disp...
Photo collage with the Refugee Displacement, Disability and Human Rights book cover on the left and then four headshots of the event speakers
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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This week we are celebrating two graduations in the Melbourne Social Equity Institute team.

Congratulations to our irrepressible Executive Officer Charlene Edwards who graduated with a Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne.
Collage of two photos. In photo one, Charlene is wearing an academic cap and gown with the Royal Exhibition Buildings behind her. In photo two, Panos is standing with Emma Russell (supervisor) both in academic caps and gowns in a garden setting.
December 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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#UniMelb friends - The Graduate Student Association is forming a group for students with a lived experience of disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence and/or mental health conditions to advocate for a more inclusive and equitable University experience q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
Join the Disability & Equity Student Forum. Help to advocate for a more inclusive and equitable University experience. Apply now. Cartoon with four happy people with speech bubbles.
December 16, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Congratulations to Kavitha Vipulananda on her successful PhD confirmation yesterday. Kavitha's research is focused on creating housing solutions for displaced populations. www.linkedin.com/posts/melbou...
Collage of three photos from Kavitha's completion seminar – Kavitha standing at a lectern, her standing with her supervisors and other students, and her standing while a supervisor speaks from a lectern.
December 11, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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This Thursday evening Tenants Victoria and the Victorian Multicultural Commission are hosting an online forum dedicated to helping you understand your rental rights.
Event Details → www.instagram.com/p/DDIkU7UPr9P/
Register → us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Multicultural Rental Rights Forum, Thursday 12 Dec, 7pm. Stock photo of two people looking concerned while sitting at a table with financial documents, a laptop and a calculator.
December 9, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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The newly released Not-for-profit Sector Development Blueprint is a 10-year roadmap developed by representatives and experts from the not-for-profit sector including our Director, Professor @jobarraket.bsky.social, who was the Blueprint’s lead drafter. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/...
Not-for-profit Sector Development Blueprint Report Cover
December 1, 2024 at 11:02 PM