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The Institute for Human Security is a university-wide institute, which endeavours to further interdisciplinary research on all aspects related to human security as defined by the United Nations and encourages an ongoing dialogue between academia, development agencies and policy makers.

News and events

Listen to an interview(MP3) with Jasmine-Kim Westendorf from the Women on the Line program about her research published in the Institute working paper "Women, Peace and Security: Moving from rhetoric to action" (3CR Community Radio, 3 February 2012)

Dennis Altman: When toeing the line means you're dragging your feet (The Age, 5 December 2011)
Read the longer version on La Trobe University News

Dennis Altman: How Gillard Sees the World - Australia’s foreign policy (The Monthly, 29 November 2011)

Dennis Altman reviews Ron Suskind’s account of Barack Obama’s presidency (Inside Story, 29 November 2011)

Ghassan Hage and Gerhard Hoffstaedter on the Occupy movement and its multiple meanings (The Drum, 14 November 2011)

Jasmine-Kim Westendorf talks about her recently published working paper on women, peace and security (The Conversation, 2 November 2011). Working Paper available for download here(PDF 537KB)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: Religion and development - unanswered questions (Development Policy Blog, 31 October 2011)

Two ACFID-IHS working papers were launched at ACFID Council by The Hon Dr Meredith Burgmann, President of ACFID: Patrick Kilby and Joannne Crawford's 'Closing the Gender Gap' and Gerhard Hoffstaedter's 'Religion and Development'

Pictured here at the launch are (L-R) Patrick Kilby, Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Jo Crawford

Dennis Altman: Israel's opposition to recognising Palestine is a puzzle (The Age, 19 September 2011)

Listen to Gerhard Hoffstaedter speaking about the 'Malaysian solution' on National Interest (ABC Radio National, 29 July 2011)

An Australian Approach to Development? People, Practice and Policy Conference, December 2011 - Call for papers (PDF 217KB) and further information.

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: Asian democracy crusades take root (The Australian, 5 July 2011)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: No easy solutions for asylum-seekers (The Australian, 17 May 2011)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: Regional processing or trading refugees? (New Mandala, 10 May 2011)

The power of alternative media: La Trobe's Matt Smith interviewing editor and activist Raja Petra Kamarudin

Honorary Fellow, Yu-Wen Chen testifies at U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing on China’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Players (PDF 184KB)

Institute Research Fellow, Gerhard Hoffstaedter publishes book on ethnic and religious identity politics in Malaysia (PDF  128KB)

The next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is to be held in Perth in October 2011. The institute wishes to draw attention to this opportunity for effecting change amongst this group of countries. See its importance for HIV responses here and a background paper on CHOGM for civil society advocates here.

Dennis Altman: Why gay marrriage? (First published in the Australian Literary Review in February 2011)

The emergence of the Uyghur issue in the American and German legislative debates: a research note

Dennis Altman: Wider world barely exists in PM's foreign policy vacuum (The Age, 15 February 2011)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: Crucial aid to freedom in Indonesia (The Australian, 14 February 2011)

Dennis Altman: Academic says AusAID needs a stonger relationship with universities (podcast: ABC Radio Australia, 31 January 2011)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: Rising China leaves millions behind (The Canberra Times, 26 January 2011)

Andrew Trounson: Engaged learners wanted (The Australian, 19 January 2011)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: Malaysia must get its Act together (The Canberra Times, 8 November 2010)

Institute member Prof Sisira Jayasuriya is a signatory to policy recommendation to Secure Balanced and Sustainable Growth in Asia

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: The West fears sharia, but is happy to profit from its laws (The Canberra Times, 21 October 2010)

Dennis Altman: Superpower mania a Cold War relic (The Age, 20 October 2010)

Dennis Altman: Commonwealth is more than games (The Australian, 13 October 2010)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: UN Millennium Development Goals Summit - What next? (The Canberra Times, 1 October 2010)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: People must be able to feel at home here (The Age, 1 October 2010)

Gerhard Hoffstaedter: There are votes to win in the politics of fear (The Australian, 24 September 2010)

Dennis Altman: Sandbagging marginals does little to sway (The Age, 24 August 2010)

Dennis Altman: AIDS and the Globalization of Sexuality (World Politics Review, 10 August 2010)

Michael O'Keefe: Switch off the autopilot in the Pacific (The Age, 16 July 2010)

Gerhard Hoffstaeder: Celebrity sex-tapes case a test for Indonesia's anti-pornography law (The Australian, 12 July 2010)

Dennis Altman: PM must focus on our closest neighbours (The Age, 7 July 2010)

Gerhard Hoffstaeder: Hub of turmoil thrives in Asia (The Canberra Times, 1 July 2010)

MDG Conference Papers - Available for download

Listen to podcasts of selected Institute seminars and events in iTunes at this link.