Peacebuilding, Migration & Development

The changing circumstances addressed by our researchers include the growing impact of the changing nature of conflicts, environmental threats from climate change and ideological contestation about economic prosperity and in its neoliberal form. These shifting dynamics disproportionately affect different populations across the world.

We work at the intersection of these tensions, seeking to develop sustainable solutions and effective partnerships to address complex problems locally and globally.

Central to our research is a concern for the social implications of the increased movement of people. The United Nations estimated in 2020 that 272 million people are currently living outside their country of origin, including 8 million in Australia.

Some of this migration is seasonal or temporary. In other cases, people are displaced permanently, an experience which in turn shapes our understanding of many social and political phenomena, including issues of identity, belonging, multiculturalism and social cohesion.

Our work is framed by informed analysis of the relationship between the local and the global, macro and micro policies, endogenous and exogenous development, and relationships at the centre and the periphery to deliver innovative research that transforms lives.

RMIT Social & Global Studies Centre

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