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20 Sep 2018Peace in Middle East remains bleak
Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow and Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
20 Sep 2018Animals offer insight to gender equality
Dr Beatrice Alba - Research Fellow, La Trobe University
17 Sep 2018Aggressive nationalism is on the rise
Dr Gwenda Tavan - Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations, La Trobe University
13 Sep 2018AI could allow more men to do care work
Dr Katharine McKinnon - Tracy Banivanua Mar Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University
12 Sep 2018Conservative voters and gender obstacles
Andrea Carson - Incoming Associate Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University
10 Sep 2018Three things Insatiable gets right
Dr Andrea Waling - Research Fellow, La Trobe University
07 Sep 2018Our urban environment amplifies poverty
Jenny Donovan - Urban Designer and Sessional Lecturer, La Trobe University
06 Sep 2018Lies, fake news and cover-ups
Joseph Camilleri - Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
03 Sep 2018Asia’s order beyond the great powers
Nick Bisley - Head of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University & Dr Bec Strating - Lecturer in Politics, La Trobe University
31 Aug 2018The Bishop era
Nick Bisley - Head of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
31 Aug 2018Sea levels biggest concern for Pacific
Michael O'Keefe - Head of Department, Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
27 Aug 2018Digital divide: getting seniors online
Raelene Wilding - Associate Professor of Sociology, La Trobe University & Sue Malta - Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute and School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, and Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University, University of Melbourne & Loretta Baldassar - Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Western Australia
27 Aug 2018A memo to Scott Morrison
Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow & Adjunct Professor School of Communications, La Trobe University
27 Aug 2018Do you cycle, walk, drive or train it?
Hassan Vally - Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University
24 Aug 2018‘Balmain basket weavers’ strike again
Judith Brett - Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
21 Aug 2018The gender gap in our hate speech laws
Laura Griffin - Lecturer, La Trobe University & Nicole Shackleton - PhD candidate, La Trobe University
15 Aug 2018How two Noongar boys spoke up
Liz Conor - ARC Future Fellow, La Trobe University
14 Aug 2018Turnbull pushes reset button with China
Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow and Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
09 Aug 2018Some veterans feel alienated on campus
Andrew Harvey - Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University & Lisa Andrewartha - Senior Research Officer and Senior Project Coordinator, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
09 Aug 2018A new chapter or a stalemate?
Dr Bec Strating - Lecturer in Politics, La Trobe University
09 Aug 2018Volatile substance abuse ongoing issue
Sarah J MacLean - Senior lecturer, Social Work and Social Policy, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University & Harry Sumnall - Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
09 Aug 2018Our complicated relationship with bats
Susan Lawler - Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
07 Aug 2018Has environmental ethics failed?
Freya Mathews - Adjunct Professor of Environmental Philosophy, La Trobe University.
02 Aug 2018What's the secret to Aldi’s success?
Angela McCabe - Lecturer, Management, La Trobe University & Tom Osegowitsch - Senior Lecturer, International Business and Strategic Management, University of Melbourne
01 Aug 2018Nine-Fairfax merger rings warning bells
Andrea Carson - Incoming Associate Professor of Journalism at La Trobe University
31 Jul 2018Poor and elderly let down
Hal Swerissen - Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University, and Fellow, Health Program, Grattan Institute & Stephen Duckett - Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
24 Jul 2018The rise of strongman politics
Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow & Adjunct Professor School of Communications, La Trobe University
16 Jul 2018Prospects poor for Trump-Putin meeting
Joseph Camilleri - Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
13 Jul 2018New Zealander deportation on the rise
Patrick Keyzer - Professor and Head of the La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University & Dave Martin - PhD Candidate, La Trobe University
12 Jul 2018Where are you from?
Dr Donna Starks - Associate Professor of Language in Education, La Trobe University
11 Jul 2018Who is Brett Kavanaugh?
Dr Kumuda Simpson - Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
10 Jul 2018Aboriginal names for ten suburbs
Stephen Morey - Senior Lecturer Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University & Jason Gibson - Research Fellow, Deakin University & Helen Gardner - Associate Professor of History, Deakin University
06 Jul 2018Failure to stand up for press freedom
Tony Walker - Adjunct Professor School of Communications & Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
03 Jul 2018Sequencing the koala genome
Jenny Graves - Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
02 Jul 2018Sexual harrassment report published
Anne Rees - David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University, Laura Rademaker - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian National University, Alana Piper - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, Andy Kaladelfos - Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University, Jordana Silverstein - Historian, University of Melbourne, Katherine Ellinghaus - Hansen Lecturer in History, University of Melbourne, Mary Tomsic - Postdoctoral Research Assoicate, University of Melbourne, Naomi Wolfe - Lecturer in History & Aboriginal Academic, Australian Catholic University, Nikki Henningham - Research Fellow - Australian Women's Archives Project
02 Jul 2018Coping with the Beijing freezer
Bec Strating - Lecturer in Politics, La Trobe and James Leibold - Associate Professor of Politics and Asian Studies, La Trobe University
02 Jul 2018Questions about ethical breeding remain
Clare Fisher - PhD Candidate in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies, La Trobe University
26 Jun 2018Is gender inequality inevitable?
Beatrice Alba - Research Fellow, La Trobe University
22 Jun 2018Our obsession with the Anglosphere
Dennis Altman - Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
21 Jun 2018Time to denounce China’s Muslim gulag
James Leibold - Associate Professor of Politics and Asian Studies, La Trobe University
19 Jun 2018Breakthrough or pause in hostilies?
Professor Nick Bisley - Head of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University
18 Jun 2018China-India border dispute
Dr Ruth Gamble - David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University
18 Jun 2018Addressing response to royal commission
Dr Timothy W. Jones - Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
18 Jun 2018The women expats who found liberation
Dr Anne Rees - David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University
15 Jun 2018Education freeze should ring alarm bells
Vice-Chancellor Professor John Dewar, La Trobe University
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