Prof. Clive Hamilton will talk about how deepening political instability in many regions, compounded by the effects of climate change, will almost certainly cause even more people to be uprooted than were uprooted last century.
The University of Melbourne is leading research that is shedding new light on adolescents, and in particular, the health of future generations.
In terms of human history, adolesence is a relatively new concept. Though written about by authors in the ancient world, it really only emerged in common usage during the 20th century.
The Centre links international researchers who share an interest in developing and applying discourse methods in the study of organizations.
VEIL seeks to identify and promote emerging technical, social and organisational innovations that could form part of future sustainable systems.
The social researchers at the Institute of Melbourne School of Land and Environment interpret social interaction as a way to improve land management.
This group is focused on developing new knowledge of innovation processes to achieve profound improvement in the productivity and sustainability of rural landscapes.
The aim of the SJI is to facilitate interdisciplinary research of international standing and strengthen the growing interest in questions of social justice at the University of Melbourne and beyond.
MSSI hosts a key project of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility: Adaptation Research Network: the Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation (NCCARF-SEI) Network.
The MSEI supports interdisciplinary research on social equity issues across the full spectrum of social life including health, law, education, housing, work and transport.
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Are we living sustainably?
Does the way people live make a difference to the big challenges of the contemporary world? And yes it does. What each of us thinks, feels, and does makes up what happens in society. What each of us does for our community – whether you pick up a litter in the street – makes up what our community looks like; just like each of our smallest financial transaction makes up a nation’s economy. Each person's action in a single instance may not seem like a big deal, but what many people do over a long period of time can accumulate, and this can go beyond our wildest imaginations and can potentially influence our community's future.
To understand why people do what they do, it is essential to find out their psychology – what they are thinking and feeling, what they want, and how they act on their hopes, aspirations, fears, and angers. These include people's opinions (e.g., carbon tax, immigration), lifestyles (e.g., consumption, conservation), and reactions to natural events and government policies. What affect their opinions and lifestyles? Mass media? People that they talk to? How can they be changed? These are critical questions that demand answers in order to anticipate what people will do in a natural course of social and cultural transformation, or in response to policy changes.
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