Politics

Water for generations

Volume 8 Number 10 October 8 - November 11 2012

Take a national government, three states or territories, a water system that impacts on a vast number of people and industries and what do you have? While it sounds like our own Murray-Darling Basin that sustains up to two million people, the answer is also: the Krishna River Basin in India that influences the lives of up to 90 million people.

Corporate social responsibility, not just a box to be ticked

Volume 8 Number 10 October 8 - November 11 2012

It’s a long way from the top of Australia to its southernmost mainland city. But for a group of business and economics students, the journey proved to be well worth taking. By Gabrielle Murphy

Davis McCaughey: a life of influence

Volume 8 Number 9 September 3 - October 8 2012

The publication next month of former Victorian Governor Davis McCaughey’s biography will lift the curtain on the life of one of Australia’s most respected but enigmatic public figures. By Gabrielle Murphy

Forum on Refugee youth: A challenge for us all

Volume 8 Number 6 June 11 - July 8 2012

Melbourne Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and author Arnold Zable reviews his experience meeting with members of Melbourne’s refugee community in an interdisciplinary forum to discuss the challenges facing young refugees.

Olympic performance

Volume 8 Number 6 June 11 - July 8 2012

Art and culture, politics and diplomacy are as much a part of the Olympic Games as sport. By Ryan Sheales.

Going off the record

Volume 8 Number 6 June 11 - July 8 2012

For the thousands of people affected by irrelevant criminal records discrimination each year, the past is never really the past. Kate O’Hara looks at a student engagement project trying to turn the tide.

Global insights from local research

Volume 8 Number 5 May 14 - June 9 2012

Eoin Hahessy investigates the major contribution to understanding unemployment made by economist Ian McDonald through a published study that has become the most cited ever by a University of Melbourne social science academic.

Australia’s role in the world

Volume 8 Number 4 April 9 - May 13 2012

Rebecca Scott looks at a new series of events to explore Australia and its role in the serious issues facing the world.

Remembering the Arab Spring

Volume 8 Number 4 April 9 - May 13 2012

Zoe Nikakis reports on the recent major conference that drew leading scholars to consider the Middle East following the ‘Arab Spring’.

Supporting visible migrants

Volume 8 Number 3 March 12 - April 8 2012

Government services need to do more for new and arguably more ‘visible’ migrants and refugees, according to a new study by Dr Millsom Henry-Waring and Professor Brian Galligan from the University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences. Dr Henry-Waring explains key findings and recommendations.

Long road to the White House

Volume 8 Number 2 February 13 - March 11 2012

Nick Sharman, from the University’s Media and Communications program, foresees a long battle ahead as US Republican presidential candidates vie for the nomination.

The economics of natural disasters

Volume 8 Number 2 February 13 - March 11 2012

Most people tend to associate natural disasters with chaos, destruction and confusion. However, in this edited extract of his winning essay for the Reserve Bank of Australia Economics Competition 2011 / Best Essay from a First Year Student, Business and Economics student Hans Zhu explains that in reality natural disasters often have minimal effect in the long-run.