Swinburne University Conference - Making Connections: Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Australia
About the event
Hosted by Swinburne University over two days, this policy-focused conference brought together Australian and international practitioners, policymakers and researchers to explore whether and how combining multicultural and intercultural approaches could enrich diversity policy in Australia.
Australia is widely recognized as a successful multicultural society. However, global migration and geopolitical trends in the 21st century are throwing up new diversity challenges. The Making Connections conference will explore the role the ‘intercultural cities’ approach at the local government level could play in addressing rising diversity challenges internationally and in Australia.
Keynote speakers
Prof Fethi Mansouri, Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, UNESCO Chairholder, Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, UNESCO UniTwin Convenor, Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding (IDIU).
Ms Irena Guidikova, Head of Division, Inclusion & Anti-Discrimination Programmes, Council of Europe, former Director, Intercultural Cities
Assoc Prof Anthony Moran, Associate Professor, Sociology, Department of Social Inquiry, HUSS School Director of Graduate Research, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora