Research and Submissions

2015 - Volume 18 Number 1 Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Laudato Si’, subtitled ‘On Care for Our Common Home’ underscores its main message: that we share a small interconnected planet which can only become...

2013 - Volume 16 Number 5 The coral atolls and other low-lying islands that dot the Pacific Ocean are just a few meters above sea-level. These islands will experience a higher sea level rise...

2013 - Volume 16 Number 3 To our North and East of Australia lie the Pacific Islands, a vast region that is at the forefront of human induced climate change. Within this collection of...

2013 - Volume 16 Number 2 It is little known the extent to which palm oil is a part of our everyday diet. In our supermarkets, pharmacies and convenience shops it is almost impossible...

2011 - Volume 14 Number 1 The concept of ‘disaster capitalism’ was conceived by extreme neoliberals at the University of Chicago dedicated to eliminating the public sphere so that business would be free and...

2010 - Volume 13 Number 6 Papua’s abundant natural resources have made it another focus of the ‘resource curse’ – the curse of being resource rich. Significant natural resources often give rise to power...

2010 - Volume 13 Number 5 Climate change is happening, is primarily caused by human activity and is complex. Studies of various scenarios of temperature rise predict that Australia will experience increasing difficulties with...

2010 - Volume 12 Number 5 At the height of political dog-whistling in 2002 the Edmund Rice Centre led an important effort to bring clarity to the national debate through the publication of the...

2009 - Volume 12 Number 4 There is nothing new about torture. It has always occurred either directly or by proxy, but the unthinkable becomes possible during times of crisis or fear. In 1975...

2008 - Volume 11 Number 8 When we reflect on indicators of health on our planet – global warming, wealth distribution, social unrest, war – very few would think of Dreamtime stories. But perhaps...