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.
2018 UNESCO Chair Oration: Professor Raimond Gaita
Professor Raimond Gaita was the 2018 UNESCO Chair Orator who spoke to his topic on 'Different Ways of Saying 'We'' at Deakin University's Deakin Downtown on 28 November 2018. He was welcomed by the UNESCO Chair of Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social...
‘An Overview of Islam and Muslims in Australia’ Presentation
Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, presented his paper on 'An Overview of Islam and Muslims in Australia' at the Australian National University's Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies' (Middle East...
2018 Alfred Deakin Institute Oration
Professor Fethi Mansouri, Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation and UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, opened and welcomed Australia's Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for...
‘End of the Spring? The Democratic Challenge in the Middle East Post-Arab Spring’
UNESCO Chair of Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, Professor Fethi Mansouri, was keynote speaker at the Trump and the Middle East conference on October 30 held at Deakin University in Burwood. In Professor Mansouri's presentation, titled...
Participation at the Baku International Humanitarian Forum 2018
Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, will be speaking at the Baku International Humanitarian Forum on 26 October 2018. He will speak on the topic of 'Baku Process – Advancing Intercultural Dialogue...
Reflections at Mr Kofi Annan’s Commemorative Service
Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair of Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, spoke at the commemorative service for Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who passed away at the age of 80 on 18 August 2018. He reflected on the many achievements of Mr...