Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre Academic Board Presentation

Research Themes Environment and Society Collective Action and Learning Cultural Life and Festivities Indigeneity and Power Knowledge-sharing and Information Alternative Cosmopolitanisms Migration, Diversity and Racism Human Rights, Inclusion and Communication Strengthening Civil Societies

Our research themes directly relate to UTS Values and Model of Learning UTS Values Empower each other and our students to grow, contribute, challenge and make a difference UTS Objectives Strengthen the standing of the UTS Model of global practice-oriented learning UTS Model of Learning Professional practice situated in a global workplace, with international mobility and international and cultural engagement as centre piece

Strengths Inclusiveness Cross, inter, multi, trans (discipline) Support of HDR, Research Associates, and community researchers Outward looking and inward welcoming Quality and impact beyond ERA

Challenges ERA! Disciplinarity/silos Valuing diversity and inclusion Research and policy intersection

. ‘Wran Give US Our Land’: captures a moment in the movement for Aboriginal Land Rights in NSW from the mid 1970s Snapshot of Research Strengths Researching the Land Rights movement

Once Upon a time in Cabramatta: SBS Television

MEASURING SOCIAL IMPACT Melinda Edwards, Jenny Onyx, Simon Darcy & Hazel Maxwell UTS & Vanessa Brown & Shauna Sherker SLSA

Exhibition: Unsafe Haven: HAZARAS IN AFGHANISTAN. Presenter: Abdul Karim

Education in Afghanistan Seminar: Dr Attaullah Wahidyar.

Hosting Head of Radio Free North Korea at North Korea Futures Event

National Stolen Generations Alliance & the ATSI Social Justice Commissioner

Women and Human Rights Nasima Rahmani: UTS Masters of Law Student

Examples of Current Research Projects Dr Catriona Bonfiglioli, "Changing the media diet - Investigating the power of the news media to prevent obesity", funded by ARC Discovery Projects, Dr Deborah Edwards, "An Empirical Basis for the Ratio of Crowd Controllers to Patrons", funded by Australian Institute of Criminology Professor Heather Goodall, Ms Heidi Norman, Professor John Collins, "Political history of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Rights Act, 1983", funded by ARC Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development 2013 Prof Tom Barker, "NextGen: the next generation of Australian affordable housing for urban neighbourhoods.", funded by UTS Challenge Grants Dr Nina Burridge “Mapping Human Rights Education in the School Curriculum” funded by the Federal Attorney-General’s Department Dr James Goodman, "The role of environmental movements in democratisation: Taiwan and PRC compared", funded by Academy Social Sciences Australia - DIISR ISL - HASS Academies Program, A/Prof Simon Darcy, "The Jeenee project: empowering training and support for independence and disability citizenship through personal digital assistants and virtual technology", funded by UTS Partnership Grant with Community Connections Australia