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.
New faces join the UNESCO team
Two new faces have joined the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice research team led by the UNESCO Chair and Alfred Deakin Professor Fethi Mansouri. Dr Amanuel Elias has taken up a role as Research Fellow while Mrs Sara Cheikh Husain (Alsheikh) has...
Legal system, not citizenship reform, key to address perceived attacks on Australian values.
The Federal Government’s proposed citizenship reforms will do nothing to address a perceived attack on ‘Australian values’, according a Deakin University expert on cultural diversity and intercultural relations. “The Government does not need to...
New Book: The Politics of Women and Migration in the Global South
Read about Alfred Deakin Professor Fethi Mansouri and Dr David Tittensor's new edited book 'The Politics of Women and Migration in the Global South' Find out more
World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku
The 4th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue on 5-6 May 2017, will focus primarily on the topics such as the role of faith, religions, migration, human security, sport, education, art, sustainable development, violent extremism, business in building trust and...
International Woman’s Day
ADI hosts more than 90 researchers, nearly half of them are women. ADI Director and UNECSO Chair holder, Professor Fethi Mansouri, is pictured with some of the female researchers who work in ADI. In honour of International Women's day, a story celebrating their work...
‘Transition’ in Post-revolution Tunisia: Conditions for successful ‘Consolidation’ and Future Prospects
Tunisia is arguably the most successful case of all the Arab uprisings. How is it possible that Tunisian protests succeeded where all others failed or were dispersed? Professors F. Mansouri and R. Armillei argue that the Islamist Ennahda played a crucial role in...