2022

Articles

02 February 2022

Beijing Olympics: How will China handle COVID-19 and protests?

David Goodman, Director of the China Studies Centre and Professor of Chinese Politics examines the dual threat of COVID-19 and potential political protests at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
31 January 2022

Lunar New Year: What does the Year of the Tiger mean?

Associate Professor Xiaohuan Zhao shares the history of Lunar New Year, its calendar, and explains what it means to be born in a Year of the Tiger.
28 January 2022

Building a strong future for our Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Following extensive consultation with staff, FASS has announced changes to its organisational structure that will support its strategic objectives for education and research excellence.
25 January 2022

University of Sydney to host inaugural Summer Institute in Computational Social Science

International program brings together social scientists and data scientists from Australia and New Zealand for two weeks of world-class training and collaboration.
21 January 2022

Should Indonesia relocate its capital?

Sydney experts comment on Indonesia's rapid-fire plan to move its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, Borneo by 2024.
20 January 2022

A scholarship celebrating Italian culture and language

The Frances Merenda Travelling Scholarship helped to provide access to extraordinary research material held only in Venice.
19 January 2022

COVID-19 and schools: we're heading into a teacher shortage crisis

Associate Professor Rachel Wilson in Education and Dr Giuseppe Carabetta in Business argue for a long-term plan for recruiting and retaining teachers.