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  1. 27 July 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    Everyone can help forge a safe ending to what Oppenheimer began

    The film, Oppenheimer, is a reminder of how fallible humans created the first weapons that could destroy our world, says University of Melbourne Nobel Laureate.

  2. 11 August 2023 - Legal Affairs

    The legacy of aqua nullius is causing a sustainability disaster

    Australia’s water ecosystems are in trouble due to the concept that water belonged to no one during British colonisation, says University of Melbourne research.

  3. 28 July 2023 - Humanities

    Bringing community together through urban farming

    A new project is building urban farming across some of Rio de Janeiro's poorest suburbs, building community in Brazil, says University of Melbourne expert.

  4. 25 July 2023 - Humanities

    A breakthrough for justice and peace

    A new UN agenda makes transformational international policy within reach, as well as goals of peace, security and stability, says University of Melbourne expert

  5. 19 July 2023 - Learning & Teaching

    The World Cup is a once-in-a-generation chance to inspire Australia’s kids

    The Matildas playing in the Women’s World Cup is a unique opportunity to get children – particularly girls ­– into sport, says a University of Melbourne expert.

  6. 17 July 2023 - Humanities

    We need good policy to back working dads

    A new University of Melbourne podcast about dads, families and work explores how policies and jobs could (and should) support working fathers and their families

  7. 10 July 2023 - Engineering & Technology

    The flawed algorithm at the heart of Robodebt

    Robodebt shows us that automated decision-making algorithms encode the biases of the people and policies that conceive them, say University of Melbourne experts

  8. 6 July 2023 - Health & Medicine

    The Voice to Parliament and echoes of Mabo

    An Australian referendum could enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, but a University of Melbourne expert says it's been a long road to get here.

  9. 26 June 2023 - Legal Affairs

    Why Prigozhin’s march on Moscow was not a coup

    The Wagner group ‘mutiny’ grew out of an intra-elite feud in Russia – and it's a growing problem for Vladimir Putin, says University of Melbourne expert.

  10. 14 June 2023 - Engineering & Technology

    AI apocalypse or overblown hype?

    A University of Melbourne experts says at the speed artificial intelligence (AI) is developing, it is imperative we understand, and act on, the potential risks.