Activities

Current Activities and Programs

• Community Fellows Program

  Supporting research collaborations between community organisations and university-based researchers.

• Melbourne Social Equity Institute Scholarship Opportunities

  The recipients of scholarships through the Institute receive additional funding and support, including automatic entry into our Doctoral Academy and/or PhD Program in Migration, Statelessness and Refugee Studies.

• Graduate Researchers

  Each year the Melbourne Social Equity Institute gives Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarships and other PhD scholarships to students whose interest in social equity issues aligns closely to our research agenda.

• Community Engagement Grants

  Supporting University of Melbourne researchers to develop interdisciplinary and community-engaged networks.

• Melbourne Research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe)

  MAEVe brings together researchers from across the University of Melbourne.

• African Research and Engagement in Australia Initiative (AREiA)

  A community-driven approach to supporting the health, cultural, social, economic and political wellbeing of African Australian communities.

• Doctoral Academy

  For each Doctoral Academy, Melbourne Social Equity Institute selects a cohort of research higher degree students from across the university to share their research, knowledge and ideas on social equity issues.

• Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Migration, Statelessness and Refugee Studies

  Addressing the contemporary issues of asylum-seeking, migration and statelessness across the areas of law, health, culture, education, creative arts, history, social policy, housing, social sustainability, community wellbeing and mental health.

• Funding Opportunities

  The Institute has created a suite of funding opportunities to enable and support collaborative, interdisciplinary social equity research.

• Ethical and Equitable Digital Design Matrix for Community Engaged Research

  A matrix to support the ethical and equitable design elements of digital technologies used in community-engaged research.

• The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (ARRID)

  ARRID was developed by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute in partnership with the Refugee Education Special Interest Group.

• The Blue Nile Program

  The Blue Nile African Australian Business Masterclass Program is a heavily subsidised program designed for African Australian entrepreneurs and leaders of not-for-profit organisations.