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 Victorian Local Government Multicultural Issues Network Forum: ‘Civic Participation: Strengthening Councils’ Engagement Practices’
Prof. Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair of Cultural Diversity and Social Justice gave a keynote address at the the Victorian Local Government Multicultural Issues Network Forum held on 11 Oct 2018 at the Springvale Town Hall, Melbourne. Through presentations, panel...
Event: ‘Q&A: Is God Good For You? With Greg Sheridan’
Following the recent release of God is Good For You: A Defence of Christianity in Troubled Times (2018) by Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor, Foreign Affairs Journalist and Commentator of national newspaper The Australian, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural...
Public Lecture: ‘Citizenship Regimes in Times of Crisis’
Professor Jo Shaw, Salvasen Chair of European Institutions, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, was hosted by the UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, Professor Fethi Mansouri at the Alfred Deakin Institute for...
Interculturalism debate: the need to move beyond binary discourses
Within the context of ever-increasing polarisation in our societies, intercultural dialogue has been proposed as a possible conduit toward diversity governance. In a talk aimed at scrutinising current discourses within academia and among policy makers on the growing...
Public Lecture: ‘Intercultural Citizenship in the Diversity Debate Today’
Professor Ricard Zapata-Barrero from the Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona-Catalonia, Spain) was hosted by UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, Professor Fethi Mansouri at the...
New Article: ‘Intercultural contact, knowledge of Islam, and prejudice against muslims in Australia’
UNESCO Chair of Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, Prof. Fethi Mansouri has co-published an article on 'Intercultural contact, knowledge of Islam, and prejudice against muslims in Australia' with Dr Matteo Vergani. More on the article: Abstract This article...