Vaccination status – when your medical information is private and when it’s not

In the US, some National Basketball Association (NBA) players have recently asserted their right to privacy over their COVID vaccination status. In Australia, discussion of vaccine passports has also highlighted this issue.

Published 05 Oct 2021

Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities

Published 05 Oct 2021

Russia is building its own kind of sovereign internet — with help from Apple and Google

Published 05 Oct 2021

Environmental Justice Australia - First Nations positions

Published 04 Oct 2021

Why unions support vaccination — but not employer mandates

Published 20 Sep 2021

New legal clinic launched to assist stateless refugee children

A unique University of Melbourne initiative that helps provide essential legal services to stateless children in Australia has received a significant grant enabling it to run for the next five years.

Published 17 Sep 2021

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Positions - Indigenous Law

Published 16 Sep 2021

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples symposium recording

Published 14 Sep 2021

Meet your JD academics

Published 13 Sep 2021

Indigenous PhD Scholarships at the Melbourne Law School

Published 31 Aug 2021

Can Australian employers make you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Mostly not — but here’s when they can

Published 19 Aug 2021

Dr Jake Goldenfein and Dr Anjalee de Silva received 2021 ECR Seed Funding Grants

The ADM+S Centre’s Research Training Program has announced the recipients for round 1 of the 2021 ECR Seed Funding Grants. Out of the 11 project proposals submitted, two University of Melbourne’s academics were awarded based on high impact outcomes, cross collaboration across ADM+S research groups, focus areas and nodes, and project teams.Jake Goldenfein (ADM+S Associate Investigator) with Thao Phan, Lauren Kelly, Jathan Sadowski and Project Leader, Dr Chris O’Neill will work on the project, Precarious warehouse work and the automation of logistical mobilities: Understanding Amazon in the Australian context.Anjalee de Silva (ADM+S Postdoctoral Fellow) with Rosalie Gillet will co-lead the project, Gendered Harms Online: Conceptualising, Identifying, and Addressing Harms to Women on Digital Platforms.The ECR Seed Funding Grants aim to provide support to the Centre’s early career researchers by funding research projects across the Centre’s nodes, programs and focus areas.

Published 04 Aug 2021

Are Robots The Answer For Aged Care During Pandemics?

Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, and Gabby Bush wrote about care robots and the possibility of using their care during a pandemic, when human to human contact can be dangerous.

Published 30 Jul 2021

TikTok Captures Your Face

Professor Jeannie Paterson and Dr Niels Wouters discuss how TikTok's latest decision to capture unique digital copies of your face and voice is a cybersecurity threat to your identity and privacy.

Published 26 Jul 2021