NEW RESEARCH: Mapping young people’s social justice concerns: An exploration of voice and action

We 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.

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Diversity & Belonging: This Australian Life Podcast

Diversity & Belonging: This Australian Life dives deep into diverse stories of people grappling with the concept of belonging, and more importantly, how we can get there. Host, Dr Susan Sisko, is an academic, a psychologist and a member of Stream 1, Challenging Racisms and Enhancing Social Belonging. She has devoted much of her professional career to advocating for cultural sensitivity and responsiveness in the fields of counselling and psychology.

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NEW RESEARCH: Recommendations to curb harmful far-right online activity

CRIS ‘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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