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The Faculty of Arts is committed to engagement with academic, industry and government partners to deepen our research and address local, 国家和全球挑战. We also work collaboratively with our partners to ensure that our courses are relevant to the needs of industry and society.
Our latest research partnership success stories
Working with Facebook to counter cyberbullying
Understanding how Indigenous people engage with social media, and how digital technology impacts health and wellbeing, 形成了多个项目中的重点 土著研究系. Department members have strong research collaborations with the local Dharug community, 土著LGBTQI+SB倡导组织 Black Rainbow, and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW to name a few.
Outcome: resources to counter cyberbullying and harmful speech
该部门的研究 cyberbullying and harmful speech — particularly against Indigenous women and LGBTQ+ people — has resulted in practical resources that support off- and online social and emotional wellbeing.
Facebook has funded research into online hate speech and regularly consults the Department on training and policy.
The Department has also recently partnered with ReachOut to develop one of the first online mental health resources produced specifically for Indigenous youth.
Partnering with Education Authority to improve day care
琳达·哈里森教授 麦考瑞教育学院 led a team on the Quality Improvement Research Project (2018–2020) to investigate the contributors and underlying processes that led to, and supported, quality improvement of children’s programs in long day care services throughout Australia.
Outcome: practical ideas to help improve early childhood education
这项研究是为, and in partnership with the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), the national agency that works with all governments to provide guidance, resources and services to significantly improve the early childhood education sector for the benefit of young children and families.
该研究报告发表在网上, alongside an information sheet based on the findings of the study, which included practical ideas to support continuous quality improvement. 阅读ACECQA网站上的报告.
就右翼极端主义向政府提供建议
In 2019, Lise Waldek and Julian Droogan — researchers from the Department of Security Studies and Criminology — along with Brian Ballsun-Stanton博士 collected and analysed millions of posts across six social media platforms to gain an understanding of the nature, scale and threat posed by the online spread of right-wing extremism in NSW. Commissioned by the State Government after the 2019 Christchurch attack by a far-right Islamophobe and terrorist from NSW, this empirical research presented policy-oriented recommendations on how government can address the problem of far-right violent extremism.
Outcome: informing government decisions on right-wing extremism
This research identified a ‘creeping threat’ that online right-wing extremist narratives pose to Australian social cohesion. By providing evidence on the impact of the convergence of technological change and extremist subcultures on Australian social and political norms to State and Federal Government committees, the researchers directly supported government decision-making.
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