Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

Conference: The Future of Democracy

We invite you to Iași, Romania from 25-26 June 2026 for a Conference on The Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vulnerabilities, Risks and Strategies for Democratic Resilience

The Institute celebrates 10 years of research excellence

This year marks a significant milestone in the history of the Institute—its 10th anniversary since being established in 2015

DECRA Success for Dr Mia Martin Hobbs

Congratulations to Dr Mia Martin Hobbs, who has been funded to research ‘Race, gender, and violence in Western militaries in the War on Terror’

Abraham Kuol named 2026 Young Australian of the Year for Victoria

Congratulations to Abraham Kuol for his outstanding contribution to the community

The Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation is one of Australia's leading social sciences and humanities research institutes

Our work investigates the implications of globalising forces in our lives and communities to power equitable and just change in society.

Bringing together world-renowned researchers from Deakin’s Faculty of Arts and Education, our researchers create cutting-edge knowledge about citizenship, diversity, inclusion and globalisation that not only shapes scholarship and scientific progress but also informs public debate and policy.

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100+

researchers

100+

students

$12m

research funding in 2025

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1000+

media appearances in 2025

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The Bully Beef Club and the Birth of Papua New Guinea

Digital Death and Immortality

Emerging Digital Technologies and the Future of Democracy in the Muslim World

Youth Justice multicultural lived-experience program evaluation

Remembering the Korean War in Australia and South Korea

Addressing the educational needs of African-Australian young people and their families

Thematic Research Programs

People, Place, Heritage

Supports research from diverse humanities and social science perspectives to address how relationships between people, place and the past shape our experience of what it is to be human in the present.

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Governance, Development & Peace

Expanding conceptions and interrogations of ‘development’, ‘governance’ and ‘peace’ in new ways by bringing these areas of inquiry into interdisciplinary conversations.

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Mobilities, Diversity & Multiculturalism

Critically addresses the opportunities and challenges of the movement of peoples, ideas, information and capital in a global and digital world.

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Culture, Environment & Science

Brings the tools, methods and approaches of the humanities and social sciences to bear on environmental, technological and political changes that raise new questions about human and non-human life.

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