The Australian Human Rights Institute produces world-leading research and advances debate on critical human rights issues. Our strategic and rigorous research transforms practices to mainstream human rights, with a focus on inequality and accountability.
The Australian Climate Accountability Project has released a new information resource illustrating the dangers of climate-driven harms to Australians posed by our huge fossil fuel exports.
A study exploring the experiences of higher-degree research candidates and their supervisors has provided Australian universities with valuable new understanding of the types of behaviours in supervisory relationships that can both support and sty
New research has shown highly concerning levels of airborne pollution in Pacific Island urban areas and their surrounds, posing a major health concern for the local populations.
Research Associate Wesley Morgan writes for The Conversation on why he believes Australia would reap big benefits by hosting the high-profile global climate talks.
In our latest Human Rights Explainer, Associate Professor Sue Williamson and Dr Robyn May look at the surge of return-to-work mandates, what the research says about productivity and working from home, and what rights Australians have to flexible work.
Institute Associate Dr Naama Blatman co-authors this piece for The Conversation on how governments are racing to incarcerate, rather than investing in the social support systems that are needed to curb the prison crisis.
This research project focuses on the understanding, promotion and development of policies for sex and gender sensitive research across the health and medical research ecosystem within Australia.
This research seeks to identify the barriers and opportunities to recruitment, retention and progression of LGBTQ+ professionals and tradespeople in the construction sector, Australia's third largest employer.
This project, a recipient of the Australian Human Rights Institute's 2021 seed funding round, aims to utilise empirical air pollution data in order to improve the health outcomes of Pacific communities.
