Past Events

ACOSS and SPRC researchers discuss the pre-COVID state of inequality in Australia, the changes wrought by the pandemic, and how current policy decisions give us a unique chance to reduce inequality.

Discover the diversity, relevance and impact of Social Sciences at UNSW through a number of upcoming events presented as part of Social Sciences Week 2020.

Join Dr Katinka van de Ven for this discussion examining differences between Australian government and non-government alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment providers.

Professor Deborah Lupton will present some initial findings from her project involving interviews with 40 Australians across the country about their experiences of the COVID-19 crisis.

Nationally, one in six women and one in fourteen men report being victims of financial abuse

Premiere of Buddha in Africa followed by interview with Professor of Sociology Heng-hao Chang (National Taipei University) and Professor of Social Policy Ilan Katz (UNSW).

Professor Alison Ritter will explore the role of ‘researcher as advocate’ on issues concerned with illicit drugs policy, reflecting on the literature as well as her own experience.

In this special seminar, Bruce Bradbury and Peter Davidson, Senior Advisor at ACOSS, will explore the challenges in measuring poverty, findings from the latest report and the main drivers of change in poverty levels.
 

Professor Ilan Katz will draw on research on elder abuse and ongoing research on child protection and mental health system reform to discuss the potential for an effective system for responding to elder abuse.

Fiona Hilferty, Geoff Evans and Ilan Katz present findings and outcomes from a recent national study of veteran homelessness.

Watch the Half a Million Steps free screening at UNSW Roundhouse on Monday 18 November.

In this talk Professor Roger Burrows will counter the headlong rush by many commentators to characterise the current Brexit situation into ‘two Englands’. 

Dr Sarah Cook from the Institute for Global Development at UNSW explores the ways in which dominant economic development paradigms have dealt with the social question.

Interactive workshop: Culturally responsive disability support in the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme

The Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC) is the pre-eminent multidisciplinary conference concerned with issues of social policy in Australia and beyond.