Arts & Social Sciences

The first UNSWriting event of 2018 features Ceridwen Dovey discussing her acclaimed new novel In the Garden of Fugitives.

The estimated cost of raising children in Australia has risen over the past two decades due to new ideals, UNSW researchers have found.

Jenny Zhang will discuss her role as a ‘subversive interpreter of the immigrant experience’ in one of the highlights of UNSW-affiliated events at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

A Creative Writing PhD graduate slated for a three-month writing residency at UNSW has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

It's unpopular with the public and kills endangered and non-game birds – but that hasn't stopped duck shooting, writes Siobhan O'Sullivan.

UNSW has strengthened the line-up at its new interdisciplinary Gonski Institute for Education with the appointment of one of the country’s top business leaders to chair the Institute’s advisory board.

A new book by Ian Tyrrell reveals the history of Sydney’s Cooks River and the role it has played in our dreams of prosperity and pleasure.

Homeless people are over-represented in Australia’s prisons, and previously incarcerated people are over-represented among the homeless, writes Sophie Russell.

The same-sex marriage debate was a reminder that some people view queer sexuality and family life as incompatible but UNSW's Dr Christy Newman hopes her research will help change that.

By the time young people get to university, it’s far too late to be initiating education on sexual consent, writes Bianca Fileborn.

UNSW and the Australian Council of Social Service have launched a new collaboration to tackle poverty and inequality through high-quality research, policy development and advocacy.

Students with well-developed and adaptive social and emotional behaviours are most likely to excel in school, according to UNSW researchers in educational psychology.

Four generations, three languages and multiple cultural and theatrical traditions combine to great effect in the Sydney Festival production My Name Is Jimi, writes Caroline Wake.

Sexual harassment and assault are common experiences in general. Bianca Fileborn and Phillip Wadds suggest there is no reason to assume this is any different at music festivals.

World-leading historian Alison Bashford has always been interested in how the past shapes our present. 

Ancient culture merges with cutting-edge technology in a game that takes users on a virtual journey through Torres Strait Islander culture.

Belvoir's production of Barbara and the Camp Dogs is a timely reminder of the need for all Australians to listen to Indigenous voices, writes Caroline Wake.

For its second series of the reality documentary Struggle Street, broadcaster SBS approached UNSW to help take a closer look at the issues around disadvantage.