Research seminar series

Research seminar series

Our research seminar series aims to foster interdisciplinary conversations on the grand sustainable development challenges of our time. Through engaging speakers and topics, we hope to spark dialogue and collaboration across Monash University’s research community for a sustainable future.

Upcoming seminars

Circular economy: A take on current hot topics and 9 directions for future research

This presentation explores key debates shaping the circular economy literature, including the concept of degrowth and its implications for sustainability, as well as the discourse around circular society.

Recent seminars

Incorporating human behaviour in complex system modelling for policy assessment

How are policies affecting the social behaviour of actors and thus the dynamics of the corresponding socio-technical systems? Understand what policies might be effective for sustainable transitions and transformation where social changes are immanent.

Colonial futures? The modernity of ‘new genomic techniques’

Deploying so-called ‘new genomic techniques’ like CRISPR-Cas9, a wide range of ‘super-creatures’ are being developed and promoted by powerful corporations, scientists, nation-states, and international governance institutions. Reviewing a wide range of documentation about such ‘super-creatures’, we examine what kind of practical worlds their developers aim to engineer.

Lessons from public-private partnerships in healthcare

Drawing on empirical research and case studies of the healthcare sector in India, where public-private partnerships (PPPs) have reshaped healthcare delivery, this seminar provides an overview of the evolution of India’s healthcare system, particularly the transition of public facilities into private hospitals with public obligations under PPP frameworks.