GETTING ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBOURS: NEW SURVEY

A report on the first round of major longitudinal survey on social cohesion in Australia has been released.

The report, Mapping Social Cohesion, provides insights to community attitudes to immigration, multiculturalism and social cohesion. These are based on findings from specially-commissioned national and local surveys.

Topics that are covered include: our sense of belonging, how happy we are, how satisfied we are financially, and how much we trust in politicians, public institutions and other people.

The report also examines complex attitudes to immigration and multicultural society, including assistance to ethnic groups, and levels of discrimination. It also examines the degree of disaffection in our community.

Mapping Social Cohesion has been undertaken for the Scanlon Foundation by Monash University and the Australian Multicultural Foundation.



Interviews are available with the report’s author, Professor Andrew Markus.
For more information please call Kate Latimer on 0407 70 28 70 | Download Press Release Here

• Mapping Social Cohesion - the Scanlon Foundation Surveys - Download Summary Report Here | Download Full Report Here

International Metropolis Conference a big success

The 12th International Metropolis Conference, hosted by the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements and the Australian Multicultural Foundation from 8 - 12 October, was described by Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins as "fabulously successful" and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Professor Edwina Cornish, as "a triumph".

Seven hundred delegates from Australia and around the world, including more than 100 from Canada, attended the five-day event at the Sofitel, Melbourne.

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Spotlight on South Africa

What are the shared histories and connections between Australia and South Africa? And what are the effects of continuing emigration from South Africa?
Two new conferences explore these themes

South Africans in Britain
Friday 30 May 2008
9.00am – 5.15pm
Location: The Commonwealth Club, 25 Northumberland Avenue, London

London has long been the destination of choice for South Africans as a place to visit, settle or work for a while. But since the country's first democratic election in 1994, and its re-entry into the Commonwealth, the number of South Africans in London has risen dramatically.

Southern Worlds: South Africa and Australia Compared
25–28 November 2008
Monash South Africa
www.southernworlds.com

The first of its kind, this international symposium, hosted by the Monash University South Africa campus in Johannesburg, will cover themes including the historical relationship between Australia and South Africa, co-operation and trade between the two economies, population movement and multiculturalism in each country. Keynote speakers include Jim Davidson, Bhadra Ranchod, Norman Etherington, Jonathan Hyslop, Sipho Seepe, and Marilyn Lake. The conference will feature an optional tour of the Constitutional Courts and the township of Soweto.

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