The image of the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi washed ashore on a beach in Turkey in 2015, caused worldwide outrage and changed humanitarian policy across Europe.
7 July 2021
Four University of Queensland researchers have been admitted to The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) in recognition of their outstand research contributions to their areas of disciplines.
14 September 2017
UQ political science experts are exploring the ways in which images shape our views and understanding of humanitarian crises.
29 August 2011Internationally renowned experts in international relations, political science and security studies will come together at UQ to mark the 10th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
23 August 2011Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.
17 May 2011Dr Sebastian Kaempf, from UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies, says he believes that digital new media technology has altered the nature of war.
20 September 2010The University of Queensland is taking its award-winning international studies program to the world thanks to a new e-learning course.
23 April 2009
UQ students and alumni will be able to put their photography skills to good use and engage with the world around them when a new competition opens next month.
26 February 2009
Trauma may be the key to healing the world, according to UQ researcher and Shorncliffe local Dr Emma Hutchison.
23 December 2008The University of Queensland is attracting large numbers of undergraduate and postgraduate students to programs on terrorism issues and related problems of international security and conflict resolution.
27 September 2001The planned Rotary Center for International Studies at the University of Queensland will shape future world leaders and conflict resolution experts, according to the Rotary Foundation's Tamara Simek.
1 December 1999
