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Nowhere to call home. Issues surrounding homelessness and its prevention

6pm Wednesday 5 August 2020
Livestream

Join keynote speakers Sarah Wendt, Professor in Social Work and Director of SWIRLS; the Social Work Innovation Research Living Space, and Associate Professor Kristin Natalier, Convenor of the Inequality Research Theme as they discuss what leads women and children to experience homelessness and disadvantage, and what can be done to prevent causes of homelessness.

Australia is currently ranked 6^th in the world when measured by the United Nations Human Development Indicators. However, the most recent ABS Census data in 2016 determined that more than 116,000 people were homeless. In South Australia, there are almost 6,000 people who are experiencing homelessness.

Presently the subject of an inquiry by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, in 2020 National Homelessness Week we ask the questions:

Why is homelessness still such a profound issue in our ‘lucky’ country?
What are young women’s and children’s experiences of homelessness and violence?
Why are these particular groups considered ‘the hidden homeless’?

Past BRAVE lectures

Righting the wrongs

2 July 2020

Professor Sally Robinson, and Mikaila Crotty from Purple Orange discussed how we can build safer lives for people with disability.

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Beyond COVID-19: The workplace

21 May 2020

Professor John Spoehr discussed COVID-19 and the world's largest 'work from home' experiment.

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Rewriting evolution

10 March 2020

Professor John Long discussed his thesis that big steps in human evolution took place well before fishes left the water to invade land.

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2019 BRAVE lectures

Handle With Care

12 November 2019

Professor Alison Kitson presented on the fundamentals of care and other important care-related aged care issues.

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Liquid Assets

22 October 2019

Professor Craig Simmons discussed the drivers for future water quality and quantity globally, and how we can address these challenges.

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Sleep Well, for Goodness' Sake!

2 September 2019

Professor Danny Eckert presented on strategies to improve health through the science of sleep.

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The Un-Making of a 'Murder'

25 July 2019

Our panel of researchers discussed why it took 14 years for Henry Keogh's murder conviction to be overturned.

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Settling Well

18 June 2019

Associate Professor Anna Ziersch discussed research on health and wellbeing for people from refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds.

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Dying Matters

22 May 2019

Associate Professor Kim Devery discussed how clinicians can improve the quality of end-of-life care to benefit patients and their families.

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There's No Plan(et) B

16 April 2019

Professor Corey Bradshaw discussed the climate-change and extinction crisis we find ourselves facing, and what we can do to help.

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I don't like Mondays, Mum

13 March 2019

Professor Phillip Slee presented insights into the effective implementation of anti-bullying programs in schools.

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C Change

4 February 2019

Leading researcher, Professor Bogda Koczwara, discussed the research behind a healthy lifestyle to avoid cancer.

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2018 BRAVE lectures

Beyond the Bruise

28 November 2018

Professor Sarah Wendt explored domestic and family violence, raising questions about the future of the workforce involved.

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Breathing Bad

31 October 2018

Dr Jackie Wright showcased research into the ill-health caused by living in a home previously contaminated by methamphetamine.

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Laying Waste to Pollution

18 September 2018

Award-winning researcher, Dr Justin Chalker, presented how he has converted waste into new polymers that benefit the environment.

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