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    • Giving peace a chance

      Published on: 11 September 2019
      The University of Queensland has partnered with the United Nations Association of Australia, Griffith University and several other peace organisations to celebrate this year’s International Day of Peace (IDOP).
    • Senator the Honourable Penny Wong

      Senator Wong presents at UQ

      Published on: 19 March 2019
      Last week UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies welcomed Senator the Honourable Penny Wong to present at their 2019 Annual Lecture.

      Held at the State Library of Queensland on Tuesday, 12 March, Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Labor Senator for South Australia Senator Wong discussed rebuilding Australia’s International Development Program for a Time of Disruption.
    • Cyprus artefact

      Greek figurine is the gift that keeps on giving

      Published on: 16 November 2018
      A donation by the Queensland Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens (QFAAIA) has allowed UQ’s RD Milns Antiquities Museum to buy a rare Bronze Age chariot figurine from Greece.

    • HASS heads to China

      Professor Heather Zwicker led a HASS delegation to China last week to attend the annual Confucius Institute Board meeting at Tianjin University and to meet with key partner institutions in Beijing and Shanghai.

    • Words are deeds

      14 June 2018
      Philosophy, language and gender experts Dr Dino Willox and Associate Professor Deborah Brown apply critical thinking to gender-neutral language.

    • Journalism students pitch to ABC

      Published on: 12 June 2018
      Seven UQ student stories have made their way onto ABC's production floor as a result of the inaugural ABC Pitch competition held at their Southbank Centre last week.

    • What does your cultural taste say about your social class?

      Published on: 15 May 2018
      Do you prefer rock or opera? Sport or documentaries? Jane Austen or Jodi Picoult? Or both equally? According to a new study based at the University of Western Sydney, your answers are strongly influenced by your social class.

    • Dynamics of extraction

      Published on: 8 May 2018
      Mining, forestry and other resource extraction projects bring opportunities, pressures and potential threats for Indigenous communities. A public forum at UQ this month will discuss how best to help achieve sustainable outcomes.

    • Book Launch 'Fair Share - Competing Claims and Australia's Economic Future'

      Published on: 20 March 2018
      The Honourable Paul Keating draws on his immense experience as former Prime Minister and Treasurer of Australia to provide a unique insight into the economic challenges posed in 'Fair Share: Competing Claims and Australia’s Economic Future',

    • New Centre for Policy Futures

      Published on: 28 February 2018
      The Centre specialises in three policy areas: Science, Technology and Society; Trade, Foreign and Security Policy; and, Sustainable Development Goals and Capacity Building.

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