Research and engagement
The Monash Intercultural Lab supports research related to the development of intercultural skills, intercultural mediation in translation and interpreting, and the socio-political implications of multilingual communication and intercultural communication. Scholars affiliated with the MIL have significant research expertise across the field of intercultural studies, including linguistics, translation and interpreting studies, transcultural competence, unconscious bias, and reading/translating across cultures.
The MIL also works to foster inclusion and build social cohesion in the communities in which the University operates. This includes improving accessibility and engagement for diverse student groups, engaging with diverse communities to develop the University’s educational approach and ICC curriculum, and fostering historical and cultural literacy as a means of building social cohesion.
MIL Seminar Series
The MIL Seminar Series aims to promote research in the broader area of translation, interpreting and intercultural studies. It brings together scholars, doctoral candidates and Master students to discuss and disseminate interdisciplinary research across translation and interpreting practices, literary, cultural and creative translation, intercultural mediation, multilingualism, migration, diversity and inclusion.
Action Lab
The high diversity in our societies puts intercultural competence at the centre of all meaningful education and research. The Monash Intercultural Lab (MIL) and Action Lab are united by the core belief that Universities are civic entities. Universities’ resources, in terms of intellectual capabilities and technology, can be harnessed to pursue innovation, produce shared knowledge and build capacity in the wider community. Through their collaboration and in partnership with local and international organisations, MIL and Action Lab are committed to creating sustainable pathways to social impact.
Graduate Research Industry Partnership (GRIP)
Diversity is one of Australia’s strengths as a nation and an asset to be developed. The movement, settlement and inclusion of diverse communities is also one of the biggest challenges globally. National programs, policies and business strategies require multidimensional interdisciplinary approaches to understand, address and positively manage this complexity. The GRIP aims to deliver transformational impact for Australian organisations, government and industry to enhance the strengths of our ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.
Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre
This Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre (MMIC) aims to provide a research platform for understandings of the physical and social impact of population growth in Australia with a specific focus on short and long-term consequences of increased immigration for social inclusion as well as settlement experiences for regular and irregular migrant groups.