In the media
A view on: Australia's manufacturing industry[2 May 2013]
In the first of The Conversation's new series of video collaborations with SBS, Dr Phillip Toner, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Political Economy, gives his view on Australia's manufacturing industry. More
Dr. Richard Miles uncovers the secret history of archaeology in new BBC series[1 May 2013]
Dr Richard Miles from our Department of Classics and Ancient History is the host of a new show called 'Archaeology: A Secret History', which premiered on BBC Four in the UK last night. More
It's not OK to look the other way[5 April 2013]
It was a shock to look at the Sydney Morning Herald website this week, and see one of my doctoral students being racially abused by an apparently drunken man. More
Unfair, but for the greater good - where is Labor going with super?[4 April 2013]
Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations, Trevor Cook, argues that Labor's attempted superannuation reforms could damage the ALP's longstanding brand, in The Conversation. More
Australia's lamentable media diversity needs a regulatory fix[22 March 2013]
Dr Tim Dwyer from the Department of Media and Communications says Australia's limited media diversity compares poorly to other advanced democracies. More
The Fashademic: PhD Candidate Rosie Findlay on Personal Style Blogs[18 March 2013]
Rosie Findlay, PhD candidate from the Department of Performance Studies, is shining an academic spotlight on personal style blogs, and discovering that this growing area of the fashion industry is worth taking seriously. More
Quvenzhane Wallis, race and misogyny at the Oscars[27 February 2013]
The treatment of Quevenzhane Wallis at this year's Oscars highlights prejudices that still exist in Hollywood, writes Dr Helen Young in The Conversation. More
Golden rice is no silver bullet: hunger needs a political solution[20 February 2013]
Hunger is a political problem and its resolution cannot be divorced from an analysis of competing political and economic interests, write Dr Bill Dunn and Claire Parfitt in The Conversation. More
Lunch and Dinner with Julian Assange, in prison[18 February 2013]
Professor John Keane's exclusive interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, from the Ecuador Embassy in London. More
From Rwanda to Mali: France's chequered history in Africa[24 January 2013]
French studies expert Bronwyn Winter examines France's intervention in Mali and its chequered history in Africa. More
Shark bite prevention should be led by evidence, not politics [11 January 2013]
PhD candidate Christopher Neff on shark bite prevention in The Conversation More
The cultural assumptions behind Western medicine[8 January 2013]
Just because a medical system has science as its knowledge base doesn't mean that it is morally neutral or immune to the influences of culture, writes Honorary Associate Deborah Lupton in The Conversation. More