How Lived Experience-Led Research Can Inform Public Hearings and Government Inquiries by Damian Mellifont
March 10, 2026 The Australian Disability Royal Commission was conducted in early 2019 in response to damning reports about the continuing violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation experienced by Australians with disability. There are five criteria that can potentially improve the likelihood of lived experience-led research informing public hearings and government inquiries.
Intersections of Faith, Feminism, and Activism: Progressive Islam and Social Justice by Michael Boezi
March 3, 2026 FREE SEMINAR APRIL 16, 2026: Reshaping the infrastructure of misogyny and patriarchy requires collective engagement from us all. In this free event, Ani Zonneveld discusses the various initiatives she's created to counter systems of harm including her advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and opposing the misuse of religion to justify prejudice.
When Lived Experience Becomes Evidence: Disability, Mental Health, and Institutional Erasure by Abigal Muchecheti
February 24, 2026 Much of the existing research on disability and mental health is filtered through clinical, managerial, or policy-driven frameworks. These approaches prioritize outcomes, compliance, and recovery, often at the expense of understanding how harm is produced through everyday institutional practices.
Redefining Disability Through Everyday Life Experiences by Anne-Lyse Chabert
February 10, 2026 Drawing on individual and everyday experience, even in the humanities and social sciences, remains an innovative approach – perhaps even more so in a field as specific as disability studies. Anne-Lyse Chabert makes a case for why we must give precedence above all else to the day-to-day experience of disabled individuals who reconstruct their relationship with the world in a different way.
The Sound of ‘Freedom’: Chinese Rock, Myth, and a Personal/Nation’s Search for Identity by Dr. Lei (Nada) Peng
January 27, 2026 How do music, media, ideologies, conventional knowledge, traditions, and the political economy shape our sense of identity – both at a personal level and as a nation? Dr. Lei (Nada) Peng found answers to these questions through the prism of Chinese rock music.
