About us

Social Sciences & Advocacy

• Criminology, Justice and Social Policy: Investigates the causes and contexts of crime, advocating for reform to create safer and more equitable communities by analysing legal systems, gender-based violence, and community-based solutions.
• Geography and Sustainability: Explores the complex interactions between human societies and the environment, focusing on urgent challenges like climate change adaptation, urban transitions, and resource security.
• Social Work: Equips students with the skills to address complex social issues, empowering individuals and communities to develop capacity and achieve positive, lasting change through policy analysis and community development strategies.

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Humanities & Social Inquiry

• Politics and International Studies: Analyses political systems, institutions, and global relations, preparing students to understand and navigate complex governmental and international challenges and policy-making.
• Indigenous Studies: Engages with Indigenous knowledges, cultures, and histories globally, striving to promote decolonisation in teaching, research, and service delivery through collaborative research with communities.
• Sociology: Critically examines social structures, relationships, and human behavior within diverse cultural and institutional contexts, providing methods to analyse social inequalities and change dynamics in modern society.

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The disciplinary breadth of the School of Social Sciences enables us to approach the most pressing social, political, and environmental challenges of our time from multiple perspectives, producing research that is both rigorous and deeply relevant. As researchers, we partner with government agencies, community organisations, and industry stakeholders to co-produce knowledge that is practical, inclusive, and impactful – both in Australia and internationally. Our research expertise spans critical areas including housing affordability, renewable energy transitions, gender-based violence, global development, conflict and humanitarian crises, generative artificial intelligence and health, climate change adaptation, and Indigenous self-determination.

Our research centres

• Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space (ACCESS)
• Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values (ACHEEV)
• Future of Rights Centre