A number of Institute for the Study of Social Change affiliated researchers from the University of Tasmania have been awarded funding to support the development of Australian Research Council grant applications for 2018. The successful applicants for the support funding are: Prof Christopher Lueg (Computing) and Dr Claire Konkes (Journalism, Media and Communications)  for a project exploring […]

Marriage equality will profoundly transform Australia, long-time advocate Rodney Croome AM has declared ahead of a public lecture to be viewed by hundreds of people around the State. Mr Croome will present this year’s Sandy Duncanson Social Justice Lecture at the University of Tasmania, which honours the work of the late Tasmanian lawyer Alexander (Sandy) […]

This opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change director Professor Richard Eccleston first appeared in the Mercury on October 25, 2017. The gloves are finally off in the 2018 state election campaign with Premier Will Hodgman and Opposition Leader Rebecca White going head to head in a leaders’ debate outside Parliament, writes […]

This article by Institute for the Study of Social Change affiliated researcher Dr Kathleen Flanagan first ran in Parity Magazine. Read the full Parity Magazine July 2017 issue (1,703KB). Homelessness, Tasmania … and Airbnb. By Kathleen Falanagan, deputy-director of the Housing and Community Research Unit, University of Tasmania. You may well ask what Airbnb, an online platform […]

During Mental Health Week (October 8 to 14) researchers at the University of Tasmania are urging workplaces to make employee mental health a priority. While physical safety is at the forefront of Work Health & Safety laws and many workplaces are starting to implement fitness programs for staff, mental health safety requires just as much […]

The Institute for the Study of Social Change is co-hosting a public forum The Future of Work at the Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of Sandy Bay tonight. For those who cannot make it along at 6pm, watch online or catch up later via livestream. The panel event will be chaired by workplace demographer Lisa Denny, […]