Centre for Social Research and Methods
Annisa Shabrina Zatalini title
Fascinated by human behaviour, and driven to make seemingly arbitrary actions more understandable, Annisa Shabrina Zatalini has dedicated her studies to exploring how individuals respond to change. With a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology as her foundation, she is now pursuing a Master of Social Research Methods (Advanced) at the Australian National University (ANU) to, “gain a deeper understanding of the complex social networks that influence human responses to change,” she says.
Racism affects young multicultural Australians in Victoria title
Most young people in Victoria from multicultural backgrounds are experiencing the effects of a “racism pandemic” and are worried about returning to public life for fear of racial discrimination, according to people surveyed in a new study.
The report from The Australian National University (ANU) and Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is the first-of-its-kind to examine experiences of racism during the COVID‐19 pandemic and impacts on the lives of Australian young people aged 16‐25.
There’s another health crisis looming – what happens when the pokies switch back on? title
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When the COVID-19 restrictions came into force more than two months ago, it meant lights out for the country’s 200,000 poker machines.
Self-employed Australians’ hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees title
Australia Bureau of Statistics data has confirmed the massive economic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, with total hours worked across the economy officially falling 9% between early March and early April 2020.
Se Yun Chong title
The seats of the Manning Clark lecture theatres may only be a memory now, but Se Yun still remembers vividly walking into her first Criminology lecture there and being in awe. By week 12 she remembers word had spread, and the lecturer was greeted not only by students in seats, but by students standing at the back and up the stairs, so popular had CRIM1001 under Dr Jason Payne become.
Simran Bandesha title
For Simran, Criminology stood out from the many disciplines she could do for her double degree. Though crime is a part of daily news, the exploration of criminology as a discipline was entirely new to her, and introduced her to a wider set of ideas than she ever imagined it would. Because Criminology is so much more than looking at crime, it’s the exploration of human relationships, behaviour and interactions through a multitude of lenses.
COVID-19 could see thousands of women miss out on having kids, creating a demographic disaster for Australia title
COVID-19 lockdowns have led to suggestions there could be a “coronial” baby boom.
But while a baby boom as a side effect of the devastating pandemic sounds kind of nice, it is probably too good to be true.
What is more likely is that Australians will delay or forego having children because of coronavirus. This could be personally devastating for people and a demographic disaster for the country.