News & Updates

Updates
Prof. Amanda Third, Co-Director of Young and Resilient Research Centre, has been appointed as a Faculty Associate in the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University for 2020-2021. The new group of fellows, faculty associates and affiliates will pursue research, collaborations and community-building to address issues at the intersection of technology and society, with a commitment to the public interest.

News
Sukhmani Khorana - senior research fellow at the Young and Resilient Research Centre - spoke to ABC Life on on why many people use cultural practices to reconnect to cultural heritage during a crisis like COVID-19.

News
Dr Alanna Kamp observes that the "Chinese Australians have become the focus of racist memes; hoaxes and hurtful messages are being spread on social media; and we are seeing frequent media reports of people of Asian descent being mistreated and vilified"

Updates
Academics at Western Sydney University’s Young and Resilient Research Centre have joined with an international team of researchers to study the rolling Global Climate Strikes held, by collecting data at the protests held in September 2019.

Radio Interview
Simpsons actor Hank Azaria, in January, announced that he will no longer voice the controversial figure Apu. Dr Sukhmani Khorana – a Research Fellow in the Young and Resilient Research Centre – addresses the concerns about Apu’s characterisation. Click here to listen to the full interview.