2025
2025 HDR & ECR Research Support Activities
Department of Education and School Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education
HDR Shared Cohort Meetings – 4th Wednesday month 2-3.30pm TEAMS online or meeting room AS324
| April | “What are the New Humanities and the new Posts?” |
| May | “Are Posthumanism and New materialism the same thing?” |
| June (full day 5th June) Workshop 1 | “How do I do post qualitative inquiry?” Presentation and workshop – guest speakers Dr. Angela Molloy-Murphy, University of Melbourne and PhD student Trude Iverson University of Stavanger |
| July | “How do I write with the more-than-human voice?” |
| September | What is narrative inquiry? Guest speaker Damien Lyons |
| October | Doing and writing with narrative inquiry Guest speaker Damien Lyons |
| November | Developing Your Research Profile |
| December (full day 17th December) Workshop 2 | Theorising Posthumanist Multispecies Childhoods – Presentation ad workshop – guest speaker Associate Professor Riikka Hohti, University of Helsinki Research Masterclasses – 1st Wednesday Month 11-12pm TEAMS online or room AS324 |
Research Masterclasses – 1st Wednesday Month 11-12pm TEAMS online or room AS324
| Date | Topic |
| March | The Doctoral Pilgrimage |
| April | Theory – What do you mean by my ontology? |
| May | Writing – Mastering a Critical literature review |
| June | Writing – Adding my personal story, why? |
| July | Ethics – Being ethical before, during and after the study. |
| August | Documents – GenAI, what do you really need to know? |
| October | Writing – Preparing for an editor |
| November | Publishing- Including papers in, and publishing from your thesis |
For further details contact: kmalone@swin.edu.au
2024
SEMINAR: Children, Young People and Education in the Anthropocene
February 16th, 2024, 1-3.30pm
Welcome & Introduction Professor Karen Malone
Part 1: Educational Responses to the Climate Crisis
Keynote: Education for Sustainable Environment – discovering the student perspective in relation to green transition at primary level school.
Speaker: Mathilda Brückner, PhD student, University of Southern Denmark.
Roundtable Discussion (10 min each speaker)
Dr Eve Mayes (Deakin Uni) Striking Voices: Young people’s critique of school responses to climate justice
Professor Marcia McKenzie (University of Melbourne) Digital Climates
Dr Tracy Young (Swinburne Uni) Higher education responses to sustainability education
Part 2: Young People’s Hope and Futures in the Anthropocene
Keynote: Nourishing Life-Friendly Co-Existence in an Anthropocene age: New Hope
Speaker: Associate Professor Michael Paulsen, University of Southern Denmark
Roundtable Discussion (10 min each speaker)
Dr Sarah Healy & A/Prof Kate Coleman (SWISP Lab, Uni Melb) Hacking the Anthropocene
Dr Sarah Crinall (Southern Cross Uni) First Nations Science First and Artfully
Professor Karen Malone (Swinburne Uni) Troubling children’s climate anxiety
Open Discussion 30-40 minutes
RSVP kmalone@swin.edu.au for catering numbers.
Refreshments and light vegan snacks provided – please bring a keeper cup
Further discussion and drinks afterwards at the Hawthorn hotel (481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122)
Access Information
Location: Room: BA 507 (see map below)Swinburne University of Technology (Hawthorn Campus)
Transport: Train fromFlinders Street Station(take Alamein, Belgrave or Lilydale lines) toGlenferrie Station.
Zoom Online Access: https://swinburne.zoom.us/j/87528219142 Dial-in phone line: +61 2 8015 2088 Meeting ID: 875 2821 9142 International numbers: https://swinburne.zoom.us/u/kefm2dL87e
Are interested in finding more about our events? Contact us and we can provide further information kmalone@swin.edu.au
Environmental Sustainability Education in the Anthropocene Collective 