Events

Thank you to Melbourne Law School for its generous support of this event

On Thursday 13 November 2025 Melbourne Social Equity Institute will host a one-day conference exploring migration, refugee studies and statelessness.

This event builds on the tradition of the Researchers for Asylum Seekers Conference , which first ran at the University of Melbourne over 15 years ago. It provides an opportunity for graduate and early career researchers, as well as practitioners and policy makers working in the field, to present their work, meet with other researchers and to discuss their research with an engaged, interdisciplinary audience.

Registration is free and a light lunch will be provided at no cost. Bookings are essential.

For two decades now, the European Union has integrated environmental matters into its free trade agreements. This integration is evolving, with international trade law increasingly being seen as a powerful apparatus for protecting the planet. However, the links between the environment and trade are ambivalent. On the one hand, the strength of international trade law could be borrowed for environmental protection; on the other, an increase in international trade comes together with an increase in environmental impacts.

As the European Union and Australia are currently negotiating a free trade agreement, this MCF seminar proposes an overview of what to expect from the climate and biodiversity provisions of the future deal.