Part of Victoria University's Healthy & Inclusive Communities program, the Diversity, Inclusion and Culture research group is primarily concerned with social justice.
Our research is divided into these two focus groups:
The Community Identity Displacement research group conducts community-based collaborative research into forms of social exclusion and displacement, and the impacts of this upon individuals, groups and communities.
Our research documents resources and strategies that are vital to resilience, resistance, survival and wellbeing.
We partner with communities to develop knowledge, address social issues, and create receptive and nurturing social environments that foster a sense of community, belonging and social justice. Our innovative and culturally responsive research approaches include participatory action research, arts-based research and qualitative and quantitative methods.
Our team is made up of local and international researchers from diverse disciplines, with backgrounds that include:
We take an interdisciplinary approach to our research, which includes these topics:
The Sport Diversity and Social Change research group asks critical questions regarding equity, inclusion and exclusion in sport, physical activity, and physical education contexts.
The group seeks to understand the following:
The research group is grounded in social science and humanities – in particular, sociology and cultural studies. We have specific interests and expertise in the following areas:
Our researchers employ a range of methods, including:
