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.
UNESCO Chair Orator calls on us to meet and hear the story of the ‘other’
Australians will be encouraged to reach out and meet a refugee, someone who has fallen through the cracks and learn their story at the 2016 Oration for the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. Read the full story.
Stories: The Place Where We Meet
Author and human rights advocate Dr Arnold Zable used stories to give a human face to Australia’s marginalised in the 2016 UNESCO Chair Oration. Read the full story.
Sharing Culture for Shared Security
ADI Director engaged in international forum "Intercultural and interreligious dialogue are critical for human security" said Professor Fethi Mansouri, Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation and the UNESCO Chair on Comparative...
ADI Director appointed to advisory board of new Victorian Government initiative
"The Social Cohesion and Multicultural Research Institute represents an important opportunity for Victoria, and Australia, to advance evidence-based research and policy in response to the challenges and opportunities of our increasingly diverse population", said...
ADI Director’s UNESCO leadership role aims to build cultural rapprochement
Australia will be on the map for the right reasons on issues to do with human rights, refugees and the challenges facing migrant and minority groups and settlement following the appointment of Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Director,...
Federal Government grant backs Tunisia’s efforts to build stable democracy
The Australian Government has backed a call by the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation to support democratisation efforts in Tunisia. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Council for Arab Australian Relations (CAAR) have...