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  1. 6 December 2023 - Science Matters

    Black Summer showed we’re good in an emergency but bad in a crisis

    Australia’s emergency response to bushfire is “exemplary” but we fail to deal with the climate change crises that cause them says University of Melbourne expert

  2. 25 September 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    The rise and fall in Australia’s life expectancy during the pandemic

    Australia’s life expectancy performed better than most other high-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, found study led by the University of Melbourne

  3. 23 August 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    Peer support groups connect people living with a brain injury

    A collaboration between the University of Melbourne and Brain Injury Matters is learning from adults with a brain injury what peer support groups mean to them

  4. 30 June 2023 - Design

    The COVID cost for Asia’s informal workers

    A new book from the University of Melbourne investigates the ravages of the COVID-19 impact on people in the informal economy across Southeast and South Asia

  5. 24 May 2023 - Humanities

    Lockdown at sea a lesson in sustainable shipping

    We urgently need to decarbonise international shipping, and powering cargo ships with wind should be part of the solution says University of Melbourne expert

  6. 5 April 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    More resilient than we thought during lockdown

    New University of Melbourne research finds that many people coped relatively well emotionally during Melbourne’s long COVID-19 lockdowns.

  7. 15 March 2023 - Health & Medicine

    The unexpected drop in intimate partner violence

    It should be exciting that cases of violence against women dropped during COVID, but we need to understand the big picture says University of Melbourne expert.

  8. 14 March 2023 - Humanities

    The older Asian Australians boosting health literacy

    University of Melbourne research is improving Australia’s COVID-19 and public health communication to older culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

  9. 8 February 2023 - Music, Arts & Screen

    5 ways singing helps humanity

    University of Melbourne researchers have found singing is a powerful way to achieve deep personal and social meaning, and support mental and physical wellbeing

  10. 20 January 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    The steps we can take to combat COVID-19 in 2023

    University of Melbourne computer modelling finds that in 2023, vaccinations and early public health measures can still reduce the impact of new COVID variants