A symposium in Launceston tomorrow (20 November) will bring together health researchers and community workers to share ideas to improve services in Northern Tasmania. The day-long event is part of the University’s of Tasmania’s State Government-funded Anticipatory Care Project, which is headed by Dr Susan Banks of the Institute for the Study of Social Change. […]

Having a say about the future of work, education and living well on Tasmania’s North-West Coast will be the focus of a community conversation to be held in Devonport on Thursday 21 November. Organised by the University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast campus in partnership with the Devonport City Council and the Devonport Live and Learn […]

An international housing expert is in Hobart today to urge policy makers to invest more in housing for the sake of the economy and public health. David E. Jacobs (pictured left with UTAS professor Keith Jacobs) is chief scientist with the National Center for Healthy Housing in the United States and the director of the World […]

  How Tasmania’s tourism industry can recover after a crisis, such as fire, will be the focus of a free forum held tonight in the Huon Valley by the University of Tasmania. Word-renowned expert and author in tourism crisis Dr Gabby Walters from the University of Queensland, will cover how crises affect the tourism market […]

World-leading researchers will gather in Hobart for the University of Tasmania’s Tourism Tracking Symposium on Friday. Hosted by the Tourism Research Education Network (TRENd) and Institute for the Study of Social Change, event organiser and the University of Tasmania’s Associate Professor Anne Hardy said the free event will focus on tracking tourists which is one […]

Treating social housing as a form of essential infrastructure is the focus of a joint research paper released last week, featuring the University of Tasmania’s award-winning researcher Kathleen Flanagan. Dr Flanagan last week received the Federal Minister’s Award for Early Career Housing Researcher at the Australasian Housing Researchers Conference in Adelaide, where she provided an […]

A new research group at the University of Tasmania is working with the state’s power companies, government and private enterprise to position Tasmania at the forefront of energy innovation. Future Energy brings together expertise from across the University’s disciplines of business, economics, engineering, ICT, social science, geography, marine science, architecture, planning, and the humanities to […]

Imagining a Different Future is a conference to be held from the 8th– 10th of February in Hobart, Tasmania. International and local experts will analyse climate change looking at three themes: justice and ethics, barriers to action, and strategies for moving forward. The conference also involves a vibrant climate change art and music program and a […]

Institute for the Study of Social Change director Professor Richard Eccleston has launched a new report for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) on how to create a fairer housing system in Australia. Read the Australian Financial Review’s coverage of the report findings. Read the Inside Story’s coverage. Read the Examiner newspaper’s coverage of the report. […]

Australia Day should be celebrated on May 9, eminent historian and author Professor Henry Reynolds told a packed audience in Hobart last night. Professor Reynolds presented a public talk for the Institute for the Study of Social Change titled Political Correctness or Common Sense? The Australia Day Controversy. Watch online via livestream. “Those events in […]