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Eidos institute Event program
Book launches and national Addresses
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
On Monday November 21st at the Eidos Institute, former
High Court Judge Michael kirby AC CMG delivered a
national address.
Outspoken supporter of human rights, highly esteemed
legal visionary and long time anti-discrimination
campaigner, as Australia’s longest serving High Court
judge Mr. kirby has emerged as an iconic 21st century
legal and intellectual reformist.
Dr Chris Sarra - Strong and Smart Launch
The launch of Dr. Chris Sarra’s book Strong and Smart,
was held at QUT in partnership with The Stronger
Smarter Institute. Strong and Smart – Towards a
Pedagogy for Emancipation tells the story of how Dr
Chris Sarra overcame low expectations for his future to
become an educator who has sought to change the tide
of low expectations for other Indigenous students.
The book draws upon Roy Bhaskar’s theory of Critical
Realism to demonstrate how Indigenous people have
agency and can take control of their own emancipation.
Sarra shows that it is important for Indigenous students
to have confidence in their own strength and ability to
be as “able” as any other group within society.
national Conference series
As an avid supporter of open debate and dialogue
on topical public policy issues, the Eidos Institute has
recognised the need for an open space for Australia’s
leading and emerging researchers and policy leaders to
promote and present their latest findings. In light of this
recognition, in 2012 Eidos Institute launched its National
Conference Series.
The Eidos Institute’s National Conference Series
provides an opportunity for researchers and policy
leaders to present, promote and disseminate worldclass
research to a broad audience. This dissemination
allows the private and public sector, key government
decision makers, as well as world-class researchers
to initiate and maintain dialogue, resulting in a more
informed public sphere.
16 September 2011 - National Conference Series:
Indigenous Skills Development
This Conference, part of our National Series, explored
Indigenous Skills Development in the context of
workforce opportunities, reconciliation plans and
industry reflections. It also introduced case studies of
projects that have potential to foster the development
of Indigenous Skills to enable workforce participation.
The Conference provided an in-depth critical analysis of
applications, national case studies and strategies that
sought to highlight the importance of this issue within
social and economical indigenous policy.
28 September, 2011- National Conference Series:
Achieving Regional Development
This Conference, as part of Eidos Institute’s National
Conference Series aims to explore social and economic
regional development through the lens of industry,
government initiatives and evidence-based research.
It will examine the ways in which those involved in
aspects of regional development are able to harness
capacity through innovation, the role in which
regional universities have and will continue to play
in future sustainable development and take account
of the current political context within which these
developments will occur.
27-28 June, 2012- National Conference Series:
Sustainable Development in Resource Intensive Regions
The 2nd Annual Sustainable Development in Resource
Intensive Regions National Conference was held in
Gladstone, was the second of its kind to be held by the
Eidos Institute in Gladstone. The conference was led Eidos
member universities CQUniversity and the University of
Newcastle. The conference was designed to examine the
economic and social impacts of the resources boom and
included discussions of community impacts, liveability,
issue mobilisation and mechanisms for improving
connections between research and industry.