10th International Forum: Islam in the Multicultural World

Jan 13, 2021 | News

The following post has been provided by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue. A number of professors of the North Caucasus affiliation of our UNESCO Chair, namely,...

Professor Fethi Mansouri is elected as a fellow to Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Nov 18, 2020 | News, UNITWIN Network

Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, was this week named one of 38 new fellows elected this year to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. “This is more than a personal honour but...

New Article: For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic

Nov 3, 2020 | News

On 30 October, Professor Fethi Mansouri wrote an article for The Conversation. The article, co-authored with Professor Greg Barton, was written in response to the recent terror attacks that occurred in Nice, France. To view the full article, please click here. A...

Research Report: Understanding Victorians’ varied attitudes towards Muslims

Oct 29, 2020 | News

Professor Fethi Mansouri is pleased to announce the release of the final report from the project, ‘Dissecting Islamophobia: Understanding the varied racialisation of Islam using Latent Class Analysis. This project was undertaken by Alfred Deakin Institute for...

Journal Article: Public Attitudes Towards Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Australia

Oct 8, 2020 | News

New Journal Article by Professor Fethi Mansouri is coauthored with Dr Amanual Elias and Ms Reem Sweid. The growing intellectual and policy debate around optimal approaches to diversity governance, particularly in relation to criticism of multiculturalism, is now...

Journal Article: On the Discursive and Methodological Categorisation of Islam and Muslims in the West: Ontological and Epistemological Considerations

Oct 2, 2020 | News

Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently published in Religions (MDPI). This article reflects on the ethical and epistemological challenges facing researchers engaged in contemporary studies of Islam and Muslims in the West. Particularly, it focuses on the impact of the...