Dr Kerry O’Brien, from the School of Political and Social Inquiry, is currently heading an international study on discrimination against obese women in the workplace.
The study has found that obese women are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for jobs and receive lower starting salaries than their non-overweight colleagues.
The findings were recently published [...]
Category Archives: PSI
PSI Academic Lead Researcher on International Obesity Study
May 3, 2012 – 12:51 pm
Walking towards better opportunities for women
March 6, 2012 – 3:43 pm
Just days after the world celebrates International Women’s Day, one Monash student will begin walking in the shoes of women less fortunate to show she cares.
Bridget Mattingley, a fourth year Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Science student at Monash University’s Clayton campus, will begin walking 10,000 steps, or approximately eight kilometres, each morning as [...]
Article on undergraduate research experiences
February 13, 2012 – 2:40 pm
An article about undergraduate research experiences was published in ‘Undergraduate Research News Australia’ in November 2011. It was co-authored by Denise Cuthbert(RMIT), Amy Dobson(Monash University) and Kate Cregan(Monash University).
The article has now been published, with modifications, in the online newspaper ‘The Thesis Whisperer’.
“For a couple of years I helped to run a course called “Contemporary Issues in [...]
Public Lecture: “Countering Violent Extremism: Lessons from Europe.”
January 2, 2012 – 12:00 am
1 December, 2011, Monash University, Caulfield Campus.
Dr Ranstorp is the Research Director at the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies (CATS) at the Swedish National Defence College. He is also the author of Hizballah in Lebanon (Macmillan, 1997) and editor of Mapping Terrorism Research (Routledge, 2006); International Terrorism and Unconventional Weapons (Routledge, 2009); and Understanding Violent [...]
Professor Greg Barton on ‘Taliban attack leaves former Afgan president dead’
December 13, 2011 – 3:32 pm
Taliban attack leaves former Afgan president dead
Professor Greg Barton, Global Terorrism Research Centre, on the Taliban attack that killed Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani; Benbrika terrorism trial.
See the interview on ABC News.
The death of Bin Laden
December 13, 2011 – 3:31 pm
Mission accomplished – the death of Bin Laden
Monash University presentation
The death of Bin Laden and what it means for international terrorism on SlowTV. See video on SlowTV.
Alumni Speaker Series: Mission Accomplished? The death of Osama Bin Laden and what it means for global terrorism.
Lentini Wins Faculty Award
November 23, 2011 – 3:33 pm
On behalf of the Arts Faculty, the Dean congratulates Dr Peter Lentini, who was recently awarded the Faculty of Arts 2011 Excellence in Higher Degree by Research Supervision Award for his exemplary support and direction of graduate researchers.
Dr Lentini’s nomination was considered amongst an outstanding field of nominees. He was chosen by the selection panel on the basis of [...]
James Walter wins Henry Mayer prize
November 23, 2011 – 11:30 am
Monash Arts is delighted to announce that James Walter’s book, What were they thinking? The politics of ideas in Australia (UNSW Press, 2010) has won the biannual Henry Mayer prize.
The Mayer prize, awarded by the Australian Political Studies Association in conjunction with the Mayer trust, is for an outstanding book on Australian Politics.
Commissioner Bill Paterson opens ‘Lessons from 9/11′ Conference
November 23, 2011 – 11:30 am
Australian Counter Terrorism Commissioner, Mr Bill Paterson, opens ‘Lessons from 9/11′ Conference, held 1-2 September 2011 by the ARC Linkage Project on Radicalisation in Australia.
Watch video on Youtube.
