Weaponizing ‘fake news’ in Australian politics
Seminar
This seminar explores two conundrums for quality Australian political discourse linked to the phenomenon of ‘fake news’. First, it will explore Australian contagion of the discourse of ‘fake news’ since Donald Trump’s candidacy to become United States’ President that is weaponized to attack and…
Policy issues in Aboriginal housing in South East NSW
Seminar
Abstract In this seminar Kim presents policy insights from the Aboriginal housing sector drawn from her experience with an Aboriginal organisation providing housing services in New South Wales. SEARMS (South Eastern Aboriginal Regional Management Service) began in 2003 as a co-operative…
The Role of Context in Work Family Challenges and the Implications for Children’s Development
Seminar
Achieving a balance between work and family is an issue for family and child well‑being. Some families may be disproportionately affected by work‑family challenges, and this may exacerbate disadvantage for vulnerable children. This thesis investigates variation by socio‑demographic characteristics…
Continuity and change in Chinese marriage
Seminar
Family change in China over the past few decades has been characterised by a trend towards later marriage, greater marital instability, and increases in non-marital pregnancy and unmarried cohabitation. At the same time, many other features of Chinese marriage patterns have changed very little.…
Surveillance ambiguities and the practice of care
Seminar
The implicit ambiguity of surveillance as both control and care has been a key theoretical issue in social science research on surveillance practices and technologies since the foundational work of Michel Foucault. This issue also reflects a prevalent socio-technical perspective in which a central…
The Politics of Field Work in the Middle East: Balancing Ethics and Research Transparency
Seminar
Access to in-country research sites in the Middle East has become increasingly difficult over the past few years, as post-Arab Spring authoritarianism and coercive governance tactics deepen. Foreign researchers must now navigate a space in which their work is viewed through a securitised lens, and…
Schuman Lecture - Europe at the Crossroads: Global Power or Also-Ran?
Lecture
The director of the European Council on Foreign Relations wrote recently that Europe could become either ‘a co-equal power in a tripolar world’ – or ‘roadkill in a Sino-American game of chicken’. How well Europe’s major players address, collectively and individually, their current serious political…