Activities
Current Activities and Programs
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Community Fellows Program
Supporting research collaborations between community organisations and university-based researchers.
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Graduate Researchers
Each year Melbourne Social Equity Institute provides Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarships and other PhD scholarships to students whose interest in social equity issues aligns closely to our research agenda.
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Seedkit
Melbourne Social Equity Institute is the proud home of Seedkit, a free learning and reporting platform codesigned with social enterprises that helps for purpose organisations measure and communicate their impacts.
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Doctoral Academy
An interdisciplinary program for graduate researchers from across the University of Melbourne to share their research, knowledge and ideas on social equity issues.
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Community Engaged Research Network
Providing opportunities for University of Melbourne researchers from all career stages and disciplines to come together to share knowledge about community engaged and coproductive approaches to research.
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Community Engaged and Coproductive Research Repository
The Community Engaged and Coproductive Research Repository brings together a curated selection of scholarly works on community engaged and coproductive research methodologies for social equity.
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Community Engagement Grants
Supporting University of Melbourne researchers to develop interdisciplinary and community-engaged networks.
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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.
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Melbourne Research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe)
MAEVe brings together researchers from across the University of Melbourne.
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Community Engaged Research Community of Practice
The Community Engaged Research Community of Practice (CER-CoP) is a student and early career researcher-led group auspiced by Melbourne Social Equity Institute.
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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.
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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.
Legacy Activities
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Disability Research Initiative
Melbourne Social Equity Institute played a key role in facilitating disability research at the University of Melbourne.
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Podcast Series: All Being Equal
All Being Equal was an eight-episode podcast series exploring social equity issues with University of Melbourne researchers, visiting academics and community partners.
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Lecture Series for Refugees and People Seeking Asylum
Understanding Australia, the Melbourne Social Equity Institute's annual lecture series for refugees and people seeking asylum ran for four years between 2014 and 2017.