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.
Ramadan Mubarak from the UNESCO Chair
In this short video Prof. Fethi Mansouri talks about the research the Alfred Deakin Institute does as well as the importance of Ramadan.
Interview with UNESCO Chair as Advisory Member of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies Inc.
In an interview with the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies Inc. (AAIMS) as its Advisory Board member, Prof. Fethi Mansouri discussed his research interests as the UNESCO Chair of Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice and the...
Seminar: UNESCO Chair Intern Sali Hafez
UNESCO Chair Intern Sali Hafez gave a seminar 'How the Humanitarian Coordination Mechanisms Influenced Humanitarian access in Yemen?' Abstract: Yemen is witnessing one of the worst and most complex humanitarian crises for the last two and a half years (OCHA, 2017). An...
Moving beyond orange T-shirts and multicultural platters on Harmony Day
UNESCO Chair in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice Professor Fethi Mansouri called for more action to be taken in order to address the deeper structural forms of social exclusion and racial discrimination. “Despite the progress made over the last few...
Say hello to our newest intern
Specialising in public health in humanitarian crises, protection, and humanitarian action, global health expert Sali Hafez has joined the UNESCO Chair team to work on intercultural dialogue (ICD). "I’m currently working on developing an ICD index that will be...
Research opposes media narrative of ‘African gangs’ in Melbourne
Earlier in 2018, a moral panic erupted over so-called 'African gangs' in Australia after federal and state politicians became vocal about 'African youth' since December last year. UNESCO Chair-holder Professor Fethi Mansouri called for contextualisation of the issues...