“Hello, brother” were the last words uttered by Haji-Daoud Nabi, an elderly man who opened the doors of a Christchurch mosque in New Zealand in March 2019. Moments later, he was shot down and killed in a brutal terrorist attack carried out by an Australian white supremacist.

This paper first examines the key concepts of superdiversity and religious complexity in contemporary societies. It then presents an overview of scholarship pertaining to the concepts of worldviews and worldviews education. It next provides case studies of worldview/s education in Finland and Australia, drawing on data of recently completed qualitative and quantitative studies in the two countries. Finally, it concludes with a comparative analysis of the two contexts, and recommendations pertaining to worldviews education as a means of enhancing cross-cultural literacy, positive attitudes to religious diversity and thereby social inclusion.

The decline of multiculturalism as a public discourse has been caused by various socio-political factors – such as 9/11 and its aftermath and the growth in migration – and new pro- and anti-diversity isms have been offered instead. One such pro-diversity discourse is interculturalism.

Professor Fethi Mansouri has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant worth $381,761 for his project on 'Mapping Social Services Provision for Diverse Communities'.

Professor Fethi Mansouri met with a group of prospective participants for the DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)/ CAAR (Council for Australian Arab Relations) project on social inequalities in post-revolution Tunisia.

The group includes leading NGOs which are active across Tunisia in tackling problems in the areas of economic exclusion, environmental degradation and social marginalization.

The participants will be visiting Australia in March 2020 to take part in the project’s interactive learning sessions, capacity-building activities and site visits.

An Alfred Deakin Institute public lecture on ‘Building a Legacy: How can Australia lead the global response to the refugee crisis‘ was held on 8th December 2019. Setting an intention to tackle the refugee crisis in a meaningful way, Peter Khalil, Federal Labor MP called for Australia to lead an international refugee agreement that would require developed countries to accept more asylum seekers.

An Alfred Deakin Institute Policy Forum that was held on 20 November 2019 as part of ‘After Liberalism?Populism and Future of Democracy' involved a panel discussion on Multiculturalism, inequality and the rise of populism.