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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · 20d

Dr Aidan Craney facilitated an online workshop hosted by the Australia Awards Women Leading and Influencing Initiative.
A repeated theme was the need to recognise young people not just as beneficiaries of development initiatives, but as crucial partners.

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Youth Activism in the Pacific

The DFAT-funded Women Leading and Influencing initiative recently hosted an online Learning & Networking event exploring youth activism in the Pacific.

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Centre for Human Security and Social Change Director Lisa Denney will speak on this webinar on 10 September:

Navigating Crisis with Insight: Why the future of development cooperation needs political economy analysis

Register here: asiafoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Sep 1

⚠️ New from CHSSC – Aug 2025 Newsletter: shifting power in INGOs, women’s leadership in the Pacific, Vanuatu report launch, the future of aid, upcoming events + more. Read here: mailchi.mp/f03711a17d6f...
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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join the International & Comparative Law Cluster’s 2025 Annual Lecture delivered by UN Special Rapporteur Professor Ben Saul. His lecture will explore the challenges facing international law today.

International & Comparative Law Cluster 2025 Annual Lecture

Join La Trobe Law School at our annual lecture, delivered by UN Special Rapporteur, Professor Ben Saul.

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Aug 20

In response to criticism they are self-interested and neo-colonial in nature, INGOs are pursuing localisation. CHSSC's Dr Glenn Bond and co-authors draw on a multi-year case study to explore how power relations and interests shape these day-to-day practices.

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Claiming agency and creating change: shifting power in international non-government organisations

Historical criticisms of self-interest among international non-government organisations (INGOs) have recently gone further, suggesting INGOs are neo-colonial in nature. To address these concerns an...

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Aug 6

Have a read of our own Centre Director, Lisa Denney, responding to Development Intelligence Lab’s Intel question this week.

“It is likely that radical simplification has a role to play in some of what future development cooperation looks like – but not all of it”

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The Intel • Development cooperation needs to be reinvented. Is radical simplification the answer?

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 30

Curious about the future of aid in the Asia Pacific? Join us on 14 August when CHSSC, together with La Trobe Asia, will host a discussion on the role of multilateralism, Australian INGOs & decolonisation in the Asia-Pacific. Register for either in person attendance or livestream: shorturl.at/1nGsm

The Future of Aid in the Asia-Pacific

Register on Humanitix - The Future of Aid in the Asia-Pacific hosted by La Trobe Asia. La Trobe University City Campus, 360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3008, Australia. Thursday 14th August 2025. Find e...

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 14

⚠️ See the latest news from CHSSC - June 2025: shorturl.at/U7mf1 ⚠️

In this Newsletter

➡️ Lowitja Institute International Health and Wellbeing Conference

➡️ Integrating climate resilience into development programming.

➡️ Evaluation of the INKLUSI program in Indonesia

...and more!

Latest News from CHSSC - June 2025

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 11

We are pleased to share the CHSSC’s Annual Report 2024. The report draws on several of our projects in Indigenous Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific highlight how embedding evidence and learning in development programs leads to better development practice and outcomes.

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 2

➡️ Contributing to the development of a Pacific Youth Development Framework on behalf of the Pacific Commission (p.28)

For more information about these and other CHSSC research and evaluation projects, please visit our website: shorturl.at/ltCG5

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La Trobe University Institute for Human Security and Social Change.

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 2

➡️ Undertaking a UNDP-funded political economy analysis of accountability ecosystems in the Pacific (p. 28). More information: shorturl.at/ptdv3

Accountability Ecosystems in the Pacific

Project description - Research on Accountability Ecosystems in the Pacific for UNDP.

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 2

➡️ Preventing gender-based violence in Timor-Leste through UNFPA-funded research and training (p. 14)

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our featured projects include:

➡️ Supporting Aboriginal-led tracking and learning with the Walpiri Education and Training Trust (p. 6). More information: shorturl.at/1zge4

Tracking and learning WETT

Supporting tracking and learning with the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re very pleased that four of our projects have been featured in La Trobe University’s 2024 Impact for Sustainable Development Report.

The report showcases the university’s transformative contributions to global and local challenges: shorturl.at/2BAzi

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Emergent ethics? A Pacific approach to research ethics requires continual negotiation.

Read more from Vani Nailumu from Balance of Power here:https://www.developmentstudies.asn.au/2025/06/27/the-emergent-nature-of-ethics-in-research-a-pacific-researchers-experience/

The Emergent Nature of Ethics in Research: A Pacific Researcher’s Experience - Development Studies Association of Australia

By: Vani Nailumu, Research Coordinator, Balance of Power (a DFAT-funded multi-country initiative working to increase the legitimacy of women’s leadership in the Pacific). Engaging and reflecting on th...

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jun 20

This week, the Lajamanu Good Life Project presented at the Lowitja Conference. Glenda Wayne, Raelene Jigili and Mildred Spencer, supported by Alex Gyles, shared Warlpiri ways of assessing impact—how Yapa define and pursue a good life. The project is a 5-year partnership with CLC. 🔗 shorturl.at/FpkCZ

Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jun 11

Lis Jackson & Thushara Dibley travelled to Jakarta to meet research partners, Saraswati & Cakra Wikara Indonesia, for the INKLUSI project. This was the first time face-to-face since 2022!

After reflecting on what we all have learnt in the project, we spent the week identifying stories of change.

Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Jun 6

Why does accountability work look the same everywhere despite different contexts? In this newsletter Lisa Denney and Glenn Bond reflect on findings from their Political Economy of Accountability Ecosystems report

➡️ Read it here: shorturl.at/pHmcY

May-June 2025 Newsletter

Bringing you the latest news and updates on all things TWP this June!

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · May 29

Our partners The Voice Inc. in PNG have shared a fascinating read out from their first Learning Event on what helps coalitions succeed.

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#tvi #llcap #pngauspartnership #localleadership #coalitions… | The Voice Inc.

In March, TVI hosted its' first learning dialogue with five other organisations supporting coalitions and collective action in PNG and the region. The learning dialogue provided an avenue for the ...

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · May 29

How many political economy fields do you see? Centre Director Lisa Denney and Mark Moran reflect on the multiple layers of political economy at play in Australian aid programs.

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The four political economy fields of development programming - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Political economy analysis should encompass the aid allocation and distribution process, not just partner-country dynamics, say Mark Moran and Lisa Denney.

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · May 14

How do foreign interests actually play out on the ground? In Timor-Leste, aid and investment don’t land neatly: they’re reshaped by local politics, power networks and community responses.

➡️ Read the new blog here: devpolicy.org/unpacking-th...

Unpacking the local impacts of foreign interests in Timor-Leste - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Jostling foreign actors must better understand local political dynamics if they are to achieve intended local impacts, say Rajalingam, Denney and Soares.

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · May 14

⚠️ JOB OPENING⚠️

Join the Central Land Council as a Community Development Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator based in Alice Springs. Help monitor and strengthen Aboriginal-led development initiatives across Central Australia.

Closing Date: 22 May 2025

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CD016 - Community Development Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning C...

Competitive salary + benefits package, 5 weeks leave + paid Christmas shutdown Temporary accommodation and relocation assistance available Professional devel...

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · May 5

The Warlpiri-led Yitaki-maninjaku, warririnin-jaku, payirninjaku manu pina-jarrinjaku (YWPP) project - grounded in community - was recently featured in Practice Insights Magazine. This project sits under the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust (WETT)

Read it here: shorturl.at/3KNHZ

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · May 5

The Northern Land Council is hiring a for a Community Planning & Development Manager.

The role requires providing strategic and operational leadership to grow the impact of the NLC’s Community Planning & Development program

Apply here ➡️ shorturl.at/a0wM1

| Community Planning & Development Manager | Careers at Northern Land Council

Location: Darwin Status: Full-time Step into a career that blends strategic impact with self-determination and grounded delivery. At the Nort

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