CRIS is saddened by the recent passing of Azraf Ezaz.
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has published its scoping report for a new National Anti-Racism Framework.
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CRIS’s Masculinities and Social Cohesion project team have created The Working with Men and Boys for Social Justice Assessment Tool. The Tool provides leaders, designers and facilitators of programs for men and boys the opportunity to review, reflect on and strengthen principles of gender and social justice in their work.
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Multiple CRIS researchers have been awarded Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project funding announced in late November for 2023.
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Congratulations to Professor Anita Harris who has been named a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
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Dr Matteo Vergani spoke at a panel discussion following the AHRC’s Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture. The panel spoke about online hate and the need for legislative reform, and Matteo was joined by Rita Jabri Markwell and Professor Sandy O’Sullivan.
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This report presents bias indicators for the Australian context and discusses their concept, uses, benefits and risks. The bias indicators we present are the result of extensive consultations with local experts including academics and practitioners working in law enforcement agencies, government and non-government organisations and community organisations.
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This report presents findings of a national survey of over 1300 Australians conducted in November 2020 examining well-being and resilience within the COVID-19 pandemic context. The research project looked at the factors that promoted or hindered well-being and resilience during the pandemic, and what we can learn for future crises.
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Lirata Consulting undertook an independent interim evaluation of CRIS’s impact and value during our 4th year of operation.
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Vivian Gerrand presented at the GREASE Final Conference on behalf of Michele Grossman (Deakin University) and Thomas Sealy (University of Bristol). The conference ‘Radicalisation, secularism and the governance of religion: bring together diverse perspectives was held in Brussels on 22-23 September, and marked the end of the four year project.
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‘Objects for Everyday Resilience’ aims to fill gaps in our understanding of resilience by studying what helped people through the pandemic. This will enable the development of resources to build resilience during recovery from COVID-19 and beyond.
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This CRIS commentary reports on issues we raised in response to the Inquiry into extremism in Victoria. You can read the Inquiry’s full committee report here, the full CRIS submission here, and other submissions on the Committee website.
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Professor Michele Grossman, Dr Mario Peucker and Professor Hass Dellal AO have been awarded $217,647 for a CRIS project titled: “Local CVE capacity addressing far-right extremism in Australian rural and regional communities: Protections, vulnerabilities, needs and resources” by the Department of Home Affairs.
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