University of Melbourne Events Calendar

Hosted as part of the Brotherton Fellowship program, Assistant Professor Joanne M Chung (University of Toronto Mississauga) will share her research journey, exploring how culture, race and ethnicity intersect with young people’s emotional lives and personality development.

Psychologists are deeply interested in how people change during key stages of development, such as young adulthood, but much remains to be understood about the experiences of people from minoritised groups in various contexts.

Throughout her talk, Assistant Professor Joanne Chung will discuss the benefits and challenges of integrating community-engaged research practices, particularly how she balances her existing research program with a shift toward more socially just, action-oriented research. She will also highlight how community-engaged approaches have the potential to make research not only more meaningful and impactful for participants, but also to create real change within the broader field of psychology.

Hear from University of Melbourne researchers about how they are contributing to helping build resilience and preparedness for climate change in both Australia and the Pacific Islands, and the scope for collective action to ensure all people in the region are better prepared for climate change.

This event is the first lecture of the Science at Melbourne Lecture Series for 2025.

The Science at Melbourne Lecture Series is the premier public event series from the Faculty of Science. The event program seeks to share our knowledge and love of science with the wider community, engaging them in current research and empowering them to ask questions and act for a better world. The series runs throughout the year covering scientific research, discoveries, and theories that play exciting or unexpected roles in shaping and advancing our society.