Voices of Australia

Why study social cohesion? with Andrew Markus AO

Emeritus Professor Andrew Markus AO joins hosts, Anthea Hancocks and Lydia Tesema for the second episode of the Voices of Australia Podcast.
Professor Markus takes us through an overview of what 15 years of measuring social cohesion has taught us about Australia.
Andrew Markus AO Biography:
Andrew Markus, is an Emeritus Professor at Monash University’s School of International, Historical and Philosophical Studies. His research specialisation is in the field of racial and ethnic relations, ethnic communities, and immigration policy.Since 2007, Professor Markus has been the author of this globally recognised, ground-breaking analysis of Australians' perceptions of migration, multiculturalism, trust in government and indicators of social cohesion.The exceptional work is the only ongoing study of its kind in the world, charting the Australian population’s views every year. This study has received national and international recognition for this ground breaking research. Markus authored the unparalleled Australia@2015 project.This landmark research initiative included a survey in 20 languages, completed by more than 10,000 respondents, and more than fifty focus groups conducted in four states. More recently, Professor Markus designed and implemented the inaugural Australian Cohesion Index.
His first survey of Australian attitudes towards immigrants was conducted in south-east Melbourne in the 1990s.He has led two national surveys on attitudes within the Jewish community. Since 2004 he has been a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

What is social cohesion? with Dr Hass Dellal

Australian Multicultural Foundation's Dr Hass Dellal joins hosts, Anthea Hancocks and Lydia Tesema for the very first episode of Voices of Australia to discuss Voices of Australia is a Scanlon Institute podcast hosted by Anthea Hancocks and Lydia Tesema about all interesting things related to the world of social cohesion. In this episode we discuss:
How Dr Hass Dellal defines social cohesion.
What impact his family's move to Turkey at 12 years old on his life?
What social cohesion looks like in practice?
Who is responsible for promoting social cohesion?
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Preview: Voices of Australia Podcast

What is social cohesion? Is it a feeling, a goal, or a process? Depending on who you ask you’re likely to get a different answer. To help us navigate this topic, this week we are launching the Voices of Australia Podcast– a podcast exploring all things interesting about social cohesion in Australia. Hosted by the Scanlon Institute CEO Anthea Hancocks and Below the Surface magazine founder, Lydia Tesema, this podcast is filled with insightful perspectives from a range of diverse voices on how to create a cohesive society. The first series unpacks the question: ‘What is Social Cohesion?’ With the help of fascinating guests that come from a range of diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, we challenge listeners to rethink this all-encompassing term and reflect on their own personal and professional relationships with social cohesion.