The latest updates from CRIS and our team. For details of upcoming events, please visit our events page.
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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreOur latest research report is the first comprehensive stocktake of racism data in Australia, and recommends where and how to fill the gaps in our data collection.
Read MoreWe listened to young people’s concerns about the ways their voices can be co-opted and silenced, or amplified and given a platform.
‘Mapping young people’s social justice concerns’ will be of interest to anyone passionate about working with and for young people, and listening to their voices - not just the ‘loud shiny’ ones, but the raw, the marginalised and the critical ones too.
Read MoreCRIS ‘Dynamics of Violent Extremism’ researchers published their final summary report of the ‘Symbiotic Radicalisation’ project after two years of analysis on how the far-right and far-left use three social media platforms for online political activity. Dr Mario Peucker (Victoria University), Jacob Davey (Institute for Strategic Dialogue), and Cécile Simmons (Institute for Strategic Dialogue), summarise their analysis of over 400,000 tweets and 70,000 posts from political fringe groups in Australia and recommend new approaches for policymakers, practitioners, and law enforcement to respond to far-right online mobilisation.
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