By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
Democratic backsliding is raising alarm around the world – and there is some evidence of it happening in Australia, too.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A member of the UN checks on the destruction at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that was previously hit by Israeli bombardment, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2024. © 2024 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP (Stockholm) – Sweden’s political parties should clarify their positions in advance of the September 2026 general election on how they intend to implement international court rulings on Israel and Palestine, seven civil society organizations said in a questionnaire sent to political groups.…
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By Endalkachew Chala
An Ethiopian creator who built her audience in Afan Oromo died by suicide on April 29. Her farewell post and video remain on Facebook today. Platforms missed every signal
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By Amnesty International
Can you tell me about your role at Amnesty and what it involves? I am a researcher and advisor on racial justice. My role involves researching how systemic racism manifests in society and constitutes racial discrimination under international human rights law. For example, how migration policies discriminate against groups subjected to racism or how a community has a right to reparations for colonialism and slavery. I’m currently focusing on how the implementation of migration policies […] The post “Learning is a good starting point in the fight for racial justice”: Lessons from Cindy Hawkins…
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By Jaimie Northam, Lecturer in Clinical Child Psychology, Western Sydney University
Your kids don’t need to know the ins and outs of why you’re separating. But being clear and involving them in decisions that affect them can help them adjust.
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By Marten Risius, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Christopher David, Research Associate in Online Extremism, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
Eighty-one years after Adolf Hitler died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker, a viral video on TikTok shows an AI-generated vision of the Nazi dictator standing in Antarctica, shoulders broad and face smiling, sipping a White Monster Energy drink while Men at Work’s iconic song Down Under plays.
It’s an absurd image, but one that makes sense in the context of the “Agartha” trend on TikTok, which is quietly bringing white supremacist narratives into the mainstream to be seen by millions of users.
The modern…
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By Morgan Cataldo, Visiting Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Kelsey Dole, Visiting Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Perrie Ballantyne, Visiting Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Robyn Martin, Associate Dean, Social Work and Human Services, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Suzi Hayes, Associate Lecturer, Social Work and Human Services, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Lived experience leadership isn’t about earning a seat at someone else’s table. It’s about questioning who built the table in the first place.
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By Elisa Di Gregorio, Lecturer, School of Education, Adelaide University
Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.
This situation can be attributed, in large part, to our school funding arrangements. Recent research from…
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By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Food Science, Australian Catholic University
You’re standing in a supermarket aisle, weighing up whether to buy a microwave meal or a bunch of fresh carrots.
We all know making healthy eating choices can be tough. That’s especially true if you are hungry, or have a hungry household to feed.
There are so many reasons for this, and many are outside our control. But one you might not be aware of is a psychological concept known as “decision fatigue”.
So what exactly is…
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By Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Research Fellow, Security Studies, Macquarie University
This needs to be viewed as a global problem, not a series of separate incidents to be managed in isolation by governments.
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