Melbourne Social Equity Institute
An interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Melbourne. Achieving fairer societies through research that makes a difference.
https://socialequity.unimelb.edu.au
- Well done to Doctoral Academy member Jack Greig on an excellent confirmation seminar last week. Jack, pictured here with the Academy's Academic Convenor Dr Meg Lee, is researching the experience of becoming a trauma-informed school leader. www.linkedin.com/posts/melbou...
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- New research led by Charlene Edwards on the good, the bad and the ugly of lived experience research → The Need for an Interpersonal and Institutional Ethic of Care when Working Alongside Lived Experience Researchers: “For me there’s no lived, it’s always living” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Melbourne Social Equity Institute and the Reproductive Justice Hallmark Research Initiative are partnering to support three new graduate researchers. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #UniMelb #ReproductiveJustice
- A team of researchers has been working with three community organisations – ARMS (Victoria), Open Place and VANISH – to understand the needs of Australians from adoption or out-of-home care communities who use DNA testing.
- Congratulations to Karen Block, Deputy Director of Melbourne Social Equity Institute, on her promotion to full Professor at the University of Melbourne. www.linkedin.com/posts/melbou... #UniMelb
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- Dr Sarah-Kay Coulter in @aunz.theconversation.com on the ways current citizenship laws rely on narrow, Western concepts of nationhood, overlooking Indigenous understandings of belonging, identity and place. theconversation.com/strangers-in...
- This new article by Research Fellow @chabelkhan.bsky.social provides a critical rethinking of resilience and its impacts on understanding social care and social suffering. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #SocialCare #ParentsNext #AusPol #OpenAccess
- The program for next month's Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference is now available → socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/events/... #MigrationResearch #AcademicSky #UniMelb
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- A project focused on understanding the skills, qualifications and aspirations of migrant and refugee women in Shepparton has been awarded a $15,000 @unimelb.bsky.social Civic and Community Impact Fund Grant. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/...
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- Registrations are now open for the Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference. events.humanitix.com/migration-re...
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- Our friends from the African Studies Group are calling for papers for a symposium on the theme African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ways of Knowing – A Conversation of Traditions, Modernity, and the Future. www.africanstudiesgroup.com.au/asg-2025-sym... #UniMelb #AfricanStudies
- Wellbeing is a widely used concept yet lacks a universal definition and standardised measurement. Salsawi Feleke Debela and colleagues have published a systematic review highlighting critical gaps in the way migrant wellbeing is measured. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #MigrationResearch #UniMelb
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- Our colleagues from the Sexual and Family Violence Research Program and RESTORE Centre of Research Excellence are looking for a part-time Research Fellow (0.6 FTE) with strong qualitative or mixed-methods skills to join their team. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex... #AcademicJobs
- Expressions of Interest are now open for three new PhD Scholarships. Interested candidates are invited to develop and submit their own research project proposal on a social equity issue. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #AcademicSky #UniMelb #PhD
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- Congratulations to Dr Meg Lee, Melbourne Social Equity Institute's most recent PhD scholarship holder to graduate from the University of Melbourne. www.linkedin.com/posts/melbou... #UniMelb
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- Melbourne Social Equity Institute’s Director, Professor @jobarraket.bsky.social, has been elected to the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship, recognising her for “exceptional leadership in uniting academics and communities to benefit society.” socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/...
- New Report – Scaling the Employment Outcomes of Work Integration Social Enterprises: Perspectives from Practice Experts socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #SocEnt #SocEntAu
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- Expressions of Interest for our PhD Scholarship with the Reproductive Justice Hallmark Research Initiative are open until 11 August 2025. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #UniMelb
- We are excited to announce that expressions of interest are now open for the Social Equity in Engineering and Information Technology PhD Scholarship Program. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #UniMelb
- 📢 Call for Papers – Melbourne Social Equity Institute and the University of Melbourne Borders Network are hosting a one-day conference exploring migration, refugee studies and statelessness. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/events/...
- MSEI Graduate Researcher Surriya Baloch, with Elizabeth McLindon, Mohajer Hameed & Kelsey Hegarty, has published a systematic review of research focusing on South Asian women’s lived experiences of health care after disclosure of family violence bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
- We've received funding from #UniMelb's Campus Living Lab Accelerator Program to establish a Living Lab Platform that brings together research and operational staff, students, community, University and social economy partners to improve food security. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/...
- Our colleagues in the Faculty of Arts are looking for a full-time Research Development Officer (fixed-term until August 2026) to support the Initiative for Peacebuilding and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures. #UniMelb unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
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- This new #OpenAccess article by Dr Panos Karanikolas & Dr Joanne Qian-Khoo highlights that factors affecting youth employment are never the result of one singular factor, but are the product of multiple, intersecting and mutually reinforcing elements. www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/5/...
- Expressions of Interest have opened for a new PhD scholarship in partnership with the Reproductive Justice Hallmark Research Initiative – please share! socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #AcademicSky #ReproductiveJustice #UniMelb
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- Panos Karanikolas, Hamilton Kennedy and Christopher Maylea have written an article for @croakeynews.bsky.social calling for health-led, paramedic-first crisis responses, rather than police callouts, for people experiencing a mental health crisis. www.croakey.org/police-shoot...
- VMIAC has announced a new initiative, providing grants of up to $20,000 to support research projects developed from a consumer perspective. www.vmiac.org.au/consumer-wor...
- In 2024, 62% of Australian organisations used AI in recruitment moderately or extensively. Dr Natalie Sheard explains ‘algorithm-facilitated discrimination’ and considers whether AI hiring systems should be used at all. pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/dis...
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- Call for Papers – the @westernsydneyu.bsky.social Challenging Racism Project and the #Unimelb Anti-Racism Hallmark Research Initiative are holding a cross-disciplinary one-day conference on Friday 7 November.
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- On Friday 30 May we are partnering with the Reproductive Justice Hallmark Research Initiative to host a half-day symposium. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/events/...
- A group of #UniMelb researchers are undertaking a new project aiming to better understand coercion and compulsion experienced by LGBTIQA+ people within Victoria's mental health services. To learn more or to register your interest in being involved visit q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
- Applications are now open for the Dr Jennifer Fitzgerald Research Grant. This grant of up to $30,000 is available to support researchers with disability to carry out a project that aims to improve the lives of people with disability. www.scopeaust.org.au/news/applica...
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- Applications for the University of Melbourne's McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme are now open. Up to 16 fellowships for commencement in 2026 will be awarded. sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/research-fun... #UniMelb #AcademicSky #AcademicJobs
- Melbourne Social Equity Institute is delighted to share a project we have been busily working on for the past 12 months – the Community Engaged and Coproductive Research Repository. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #AcademicSky #CommunityEngagedResearch #UniMelb
- Don't forget to register for next week's online event to celebrate the launch of @duellpiening.bsky.social's new book. #AcademicSky #RefugeeResearch #DisabilityResearch
- EVENT – Join us on Wednesday 26 March for a panel discussion to celebrate the launch of Refugee Displacement, Disability and Human Rights: The Production, Processing and Power of Data by Dr Philippa Duell-Piening. events.humanitix.com/refugee-disp...
- Check out this profile of our wonderful graduate researcher and research assistant Dominica Meade. Dominica is writing her PhD on women’s informal volunteering after natural disasters. research.unimelb.edu.au/study/experi...
- Our colleagues at the @centre4cities.bsky.social and the Informal Urbanism Research Hub are looking for a Research Fellow to contribute to the Bottom-Up Urban Resilience project. jobs.staff.unimelb.edu.au/ci/en/job/91... #AcademicSky #AcademicJobs
- .@dpetreski.bsky.social is a member of our 2025 Doctoral Academy. He is inviting students at #UniMelb to share their views on the ownership, sharing, and managing of data in higher education. q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
- PhD candidate Sheenagh McShane’s scoping review highlights the significant impact of housing on the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers in resettlement countries. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- Sending a warm welcome to Jane Beilby, our newest graduate researcher. Jane's PhD, to be supervised by Professor Sarah Maddison, will focus on Indigenous Justice Agreements in Victoria and Queensland. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/...
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- According to data from the latest annual Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, inequality in Australia is at a 20-year high.
- EVENT – Join us on Wednesday 26 March for a panel discussion to celebrate the launch of Refugee Displacement, Disability and Human Rights: The Production, Processing and Power of Data by Dr Philippa Duell-Piening. events.humanitix.com/refugee-disp...
- Professor @jobarraket.bsky.social is speaking at this webinar about solidarity and collective action in the face of major socio-political transformations. The event will be in English and start at 8.30 am Australian Eastern Daylight Time on Friday 7 March.
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- Last week we had the pleasure of learning with and from 16 graduate researchers from across #UniMelb through a four-day Doctoral Academy intensive.
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- Goulburn Valley-based Community Fellows Sarah Pain and Hayley Rowan spoke to @doctornic.bsky.social from ABC Radio about their work and the research they will be doing as part of the program. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (starts at 1:18:00)
