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CHSSC Honorary Associates Series Introducing Dr Tim Budge shorturl.at/lmNes

Thanks to everyone who came to this week's important event on human trafficking in South East Asia, held in partnership with Centre for Human Security and Social Change. If you missed it you can listen here: soundcloud.com/asia-rising/hu…

"I am surprised by the extent to which the new Development Partnership Plans ... contain so little reflection on what we know about how change happens & the barriers to change in PNG and Indonesia," says Cameron Hill from devpolicy.org. Centre for Human Security and Social Change devpolicy.org/australian-aid…

[The lack of reflection] is despite Conroy’s declaration in launching the policy last year that Australia is 'changing the way it delivers its development assistance' ... explicitly identifying learning ... as one of the 3 key tests," says Cameron Hill. devpolicy.org/australian-aid…

Join La Trobe Law School's ICLC Annual Lecture by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, Professor Surya Deva, entitled 'Whose development and at what cost? Reimagining the right to development for sustainable futures' on 3 October in Melbourne. eventbrite.com.au/e/internationa…

We are pleased to announce that Dr Thushara Dibley has recently joined Centre for Human Security and Social Change as a Senior Research Fellow. Thushara has over 15 years' experience working on research and evaluation across Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Australia. For more info, see: scholars.latrobe.edu.au/tdibley

CHSSC Honorary Associates Series Introducing Ekawati Liu shorturl.at/RNTyj

What might a responsive governance portfolio for UNDP look like in the Pacific? Adjunct Research Fellow Glenn Bond sets out some options, building on the Centre’s EU-funded research on accountability ecosystems in the Pacific. Read the policy paper: shorturl.at/Y76iP

CHSSC Honorary Associates Series Introducing Dr Abby McLeod shorturl.at/pQjsq

We are delighted to win the School of Humanities and Social Sciences La Trobe University's Research Excellence Award for Industry Engagement and Partnering for our work over the last five years with the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust (WETT). Read more here: latrobe.edu.au/news/announcem…

CHSSC Honorary Associates Series Introducing Paul R Kelly shorturl.at/xC2B3

Palau is a highly modernised, globally connected country with strong traditional culture. Read our report on how accountability is understood and practiced in Palau for the EU Pacific 🇪🇺 funded UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji Vaka Pasifika project. latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets/… latrobe.edu.au/news/announcem…

Solomon Islands has one of the world's largest youth populations. Positive futures mean providing education, employment and civic engagement opportunities. UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, Solomon Islands National Youth Congress and Research Fellow Aidan Craney discuss how: undp.org/pacific/public…

CHSSC Honorary Associates Series Introducing Guilhermina de Araujo shorturl.at/qrvy5

What a delight to return to my old stomping ground at La Trobe University to celebrate the retirement of Chris Roche from Centre for Human Security and Social Change. It was so clear what an impact Chris had personally, on so many people that he supported early in their career who are now flying high, and 1/3

Our Senior Research Fellow Dr Thushara Dibley writes on 'Creating an enabling environment for culturally responsive evaluation in Australia' with Lena Etuk for the Australian Evaluation Society Australian Evaluation Society Blog. Read it here: aes.asn.au/aes-blog/creat…