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University of Tasmania researchers release a Tasmanian housing update
The Institute for the Study of Social Change has prepared an updated overview of the housing situation in Hobart to inform the ongoing debate about housing accessibility and affordability. This overview builds on the Tasmanian Housing Summit Directions Paper published in March and is part of the University of Tasmania’s ongoing commitment to analyse the […]
2018 PhD Writing Up Fellowship Recipients Announced
University of Tasmania graduate scholars Ruby Grant, Michael Guerzoni, Hanne Nielsen and Phillipa McCormack are this year’s Institute for the Study of Social Change Writing Up Fellowship recipients. Each year the Institute offers a limited number of fellowships for recent University of Tasmania PhD graduates to assist them in publishing from their research. Successful applicants […]

For better or worse, the 2019 Federal Election campaign has begun
An opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change director Richard Eccleston. In this article, which ran in the Mercury newspaper on May 9, Professor Eccleston gives his take on the politics of last week’s Federal Budget. THE dust has just settled after the 2018 state election, but last week’s budget drew the focus to next […]