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.
Virtual Conference: UN International Day of Peace 2020
Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently invited to participate as a plenary speaker at the UN International Day of Peace Virtual Conference. Professor Mansouri presented on critical reflections on World peace / International relations in the context of the emerging...
Presentation: Multiculturalism and Global Citizenship in a post COVID19 World: The role of global youth in emerging/post-covid recovery agenda
Professor Fethi Mansouri gave a keynote presentation on 10 September to the Y20, the Youth Engagement Arm of the G20 Group. The presentation was titled ‘Multiculturalism and Global Citizenship in a post COVID19 World: The role of global youth in...
New Briefing Paper: The Socio-Cultural Impact of Covid-19: Exploring the Role of ICD in Emerging Responses
Through inductive exploration of authentic, local, community responses to the COVID-19 crisis, this brief examines the new context in which the ICD agenda is being pursued, complementing the many existing quantitative analyses of the socio-cultural impact of...
Webinar : UNESCO webinar on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue
On Thursday 6 August, UNESCO and UNAOC Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue University Network held a webinar to discuss the response to the Covid-19 Webinar Series with the topic of “When global citizens face a global crisis: Linking up solutions...
Panel Discussion: Do Interfaith and Intercultural dialogue initiatives effectively stand against Racism?
Professor Fethi Mansouri joined a panel discussion on Racism and Dialogue in an online webinar organised by Blue Star Intercultural Centre and Australian Centre of Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University on the evening of Thursday 23 July 2020. Professor...
What lies beneath? COVID-19 and the racial politics of face masks
This opinion piece has been written by Scheherazade Bloul, PhD candidate to Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice and coauthored with Dr Shakira Hussein, a researcher based at the University of Melbourne. This piece was...