COSMOPOLITAN CIVIL SOCIETIES (CCS) ...
is an interdisciplinary research initiative at the University of Technology, Sydney, that brings together scholars from a range of disciplines in the broad social sciences and humanities. It investigates from multi-disciplinary perspectives the practices that are crucial in enabling social cohesion and change in cosmopolitan societies.
The University recognised it as a Research Strength during 2007 and established it as a Research Centre.
The Cosmopolitan Civil Societies research initiative draws on the expertise of the University’s teaching and research staff in the areas of:
- Management
- Education
- Communication
- Cultural Studies
- Social Change
- Social Enquiry
- Leisure, Sport & Tourism
- International Studies
- Urban Sociology
- Sustainability
- Community Studies
- Finance & Economics
- Built Environment
- Engineering
- Globalisation
- Law
Research Areas
- COLLECTIVE ACTION AND LEARNING
- HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
- MIGRATION, CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND RACISM
- STRENGTHENING CIVIL SOCIETIES
International Sites
- Arena
- Centre for Civil Society, India
- Centre for Civil Society, LSE, UK
- Centre for Civil Society, UKZN, Sth Africa
- Focus on the Global South
- Salzburg Research
UTS Sites
- CACOM
- CPE
- Institute for Cultural Diversity (opens an external site)
- Shopfront
- TfC
- The 4Rs Conference (opens an external site)
Research Sites
- Australian Opinion
- Australian Policy Online
- Communitybuilders.nsw
- FECCA (Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia)
- New Matilda
- Reconciliation Australia
- S.A.V.E. Australia
- Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
- The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
- The Centre for Cultural Research (CCR)
- The Mercury Centre
- The Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives (ICEPA)
- The Industrial Relations Research Centre (IRRC)
- The Racism Project
