The UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at Deakin
A forum for communities, researchers and policy makers to examine critical issues of diversity and social justice in our globally connected world.
Through research, collaboration and capacity building, the Chair aims to build inclusive, just and peaceful societies by promoting respectful intercultural dialogue and combatting discrimination and structural inequality.
Public Attitudes Towards Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Australia
Introduction The growing intellectual and policy debate around optimal approaches to diversity governance, particularly in relation to criticism of multiculturalism, is now entering a new phase characterised by advocating alternative conceptual and policy paradigms...
A Systematic Review of Studies on Interculturalism and Intercultural Dialogue
Introduction The question of understanding and responding to new forms of super-diversity is emer- ging as a key socio-political challenge polarising contemporary multicultural societies everywhere (Mansouri 2017; Modood 2014; Vertovec 2007; Zapata-Barrero 2017). This...
Virtual Symposium: the Social Future of Australia
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) celebrated the 50th Anniversary Year with a virtual symposium on the subject: “The Social Future of Australia”.
Professor Mansouri presented on: “The future of mobility and diversity in Australia’s post-COVID social recovery”.
Virtual Conference: Navigating the future with and after COVID-19: The role of social sciences in Asia
The 24th AASSREC Biennial General Conference was held as a virtual event from 19-21 October 2021 on the topic: “Navigating the future with and after Covid-19: The role of social sciences in Asia.”
Professor Fethi Mansouri chaired and moderated the fourth-panel session, Locked Down: How COVID has changed how we live, learn and work.
Delivering during the COVID-19 pandemic: Building capacity for Tunisian NGOs working with disadvantaged communities
Professor Mansouri and his research team at the Alfred Deakin Institute, in partnership with the Council for Australian-Arab Relations, have embarked on a series of training and capacity-building projects. These inter-connected projects aim to support Tunisian NGOs working with marginalised communities, particularly in regional and remote communities, through this difficult post-revolution, nation-building period.
Racism and Nationalism during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic
New Journal Article by Professor Fethi Mansouri, Dr Amanuel Elias, Mr Jehonathan Ben and Professor Yin Paradies. Racism and xenophobia associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic disproportionately affect migrants and minority groups worldwide. They exacerbate...