About Fethi Mansouri

Distinguished Professor Fethi Mansouri holds the UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice (2013-) and has held a Research Chair in migration and intercultural studies (2008-13). He is the founding Director of the Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI) in Australia (2015-26). He has written and edited over 20 scholarly books on themes pertaining to migration, multiculturalism, cultural diversity, social justice and intercultural dialogue.

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Launch of the ARC African Diaspora Impact Project
Launch of the ARC African Diaspora Impact Project

Professor Mansouri congratulate the research team behind this project noting that this report makes a timely and important intervention. For too long, research and public debate about African Australians have been organised around a narrow repertoire of problems: settlement difficulties, unemployment, crime, youth disengagement, family conflict and social disadvantage. These issues should not be ignored. But when they become the dominant framework through which an entire diaspora is understood, they produce a partial—and often damaging—picture.

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Australia needs a migration debate worthy of a multicultural democracy
Australia needs a migration debate worthy of a multicultural democracy

Professor Mansouri argues that Australians can demand a better managed migration system. but more critically, we must also demand a debate worthy of the diverse, resilient democracy we aspire to be.

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The government’s response to Islamophobia report is big on lofty ideals, short on details
The government’s response to Islamophobia report is big on lofty ideals, short on details

Read Fethi’s article in the Conversation which argues that the response of Albanese government to the special envoy’s report on Islamophobia in Australia, doesn’t go nearly far enough to address the scope of the problem.

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Prof Fethi Mansouri appointed Adjunct Professor at South Mediterranean University
Prof Fethi Mansouri appointed Adjunct Professor at South Mediterranean University

Fethi has been appointed Adjunct Professor for the next three years at South mediterranean University in Tunisia.

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Ramadan, racism and the moral test facing Australian universities
Ramadan, racism and the moral test facing Australian universities

Professor Fethi Mansouri wrote an Opinion piece, reflecting on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and a new report on racism in Australian universities in the wake of rising islamophobia.

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‘Not met their duty of care’: new report finds racism is widespread at Australian unis
‘Not met their duty of care’: new report finds racism is widespread at Australian unis

Read Professor Fethi Mansouri’s article for The Conversation, responding to the release of a report on racism at universities.

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Named leading Australian researcher in Human Migration 2026
Named leading Australian researcher in Human Migration 2026

For the third year in a row, Professor Fethi Mansouri was named the leading researcher in the field of Human Migration, in The Australian’s 2026 Research Magazine.

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2025 UNESCO Oration
2025 UNESCO Oration

The UNESCO Oration this year was an enormous success, featuring Daniela Gavshon, the Australia Director at Human Rights Watch.

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Iraq UNESCO Chairs Conference: Interfaith Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence
Iraq UNESCO Chairs Conference: Interfaith Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence

Professor Fethi Mansouri had the great honour to record and offer opening remarks at the ‘Iraq UNESCO Chairs Conference: Interfaith Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence’.

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