Impact & Engagement

As older members of Sydney’s Greek community sadly pass away, and valuable stories are lost, a great archiving task is underway to collect firsthand accounts of how migrants created a new life for themselves in Australia.

Discover how UNSW academics and students are working alongside high-school teachers and students, parents, Indigenous leaders and community groups to deliver a suite of educational initiatives that are breathing new life into Matraville Sports High School.

UNSW Professor Daniel Robinson and Dr Margaret Raven are harnessing the power of law to protect Indigenous IP rights and ensure the benefits of products developed from local bush food and medicine are shared fairly.

In collaboration with the gay community, UNSW Professor Martin Holt and his colleagues have conducted the Gay Community Periodic Surveys (GCPS) annually or biannually since 1996, to gather information about how gay and bisexual men protect themselves against HIV infection. The information gathered is used to inform best practice HIV prevention and treatment methods.

A research-driven, outback film festival is transforming the social, cultural and economic fortunes of a regional community in Central Queensland.  

A UNSW research partnership is leading an innovative project to tackle isolation and depression in young people undergoing long stints in hospital by helping them create their own personalised virtual reality (VR) experience.

Focusing on the rights of people with disability and mental health conditions, Professor Karen Fisher has been conducting inclusive research about social services in Australia and China for over 30 years.

12% of Australians consume an illicit drug each year. While most people do so without significant harm, the burden of illicit drug use to Australian society is significant. With first-hand experience of the impacts from her work as a clinician, Professor Alison Ritter (AO) strives to bring clarity to a topic that is both politically loaded and emotionally charged.

What happens when you don’t speak fluent English and find yourself caught up in the Australian Justice System?  When interpreting services are inadequate in this high-stakes environment, justice can go horribly wrong. Discover how UNSW Professor Sandra Hale influenced national policy in her landmark research.

Discover how historian Emeritus Professor Grace Karskens utilised her three-decades of experience raising awareness and truth-telling about Australian colonial and Aboriginal history to build stronger communities and create a brighter future for all Australians. 

The technologies and geopolitics of modern warfare are rapidly changing. As defence personnel find themselves in life or death situations with a range of futuristic technologies at their fingertips, ethics in military training becomes ever more urgent. Learn how the work, undertaken by UNSW researcher Associate Professor Stephen Coleman, has enhanced ethical training of military personnel globally.

As world-leaders in English language education and school-based assessment, find out how Professor Chris Davison and her team at UNSW School of Education created a first-of-its-kind online resource to help teachers around the globe improve educational outcomes for students who use English as a second language (EAL).