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.

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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.

The socio-cultural implications of Covid-19

The socio-cultural implications of Covid-19

Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chairholder for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at Deakin University and UNITWIN Convenor for Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding, shares his views on the socio-cultural implications of COVID-19. Worldwide,...

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UNESCO Interview

UNESCO Interview

Recently, Professor Fethi Mansouri was interviewed by UNESCO in his role as UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice and Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University,  on the global...

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Ramadan Conversations

Ramadan Conversations

On Saturday 2 May, Professor Fethi Mansouri was a guest panel member for an episode of Ramadan Conversations organised by the Australian Intercultural Society and the Dialogue Institute of Australia. Hosted by George Donikian and co-hosted by Dr Zuleyah Keskin,...

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