Recent Publications

2017

• Women in migration: empowering for new challenges.
• Australia: Immigration and Multiculturalism, Krakowskie Studia Miedzynarodowe, Cracow (in print).
• Reforming Australian Human Rights Commission, The Australian, 19 January 2017.).

2016

• Relevance of Australian Immigration and Multicultural Experience to Poland and Contemporary Europe. Published by Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. ISBN 978-83-63047-95-5.
• Racism, Equality and Civil Liberties in a Multicultural Australia. In Globalisation, Human Rights Education and Reforms. pp. 187-220. ISBN 978-94-024-0870-6, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
• How Australians are dealing with immigration problems – Sugar on the table (Interview in Polish). Jak Australijczycy radza sobie z problemem migracji – Cukier na stole (PDF, 249.98 KB) (opens in new window). Marek Ostrowski’s interview with Dr Sev Ozdowski published in Polish weekly magazine “Polityka” in Warsaw, 12 July 2016.
• Reclaiming Australian Multiculturalism: policy and practice in a shifting landscape. Krakowskie Studia Miedzynarodowe nr 4, 2016, Cracow.
• Submission to the Inquiry into Freedom of Speech in Australia, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Parliament House, Canberra, 7 December 2016.

2015

• Australia on Multiculturalism (opens in new window). Interview in Nation Branding / Australia. April 2015, pp 52-54. Published by Inter Media Japan K.K.
• Moss Review released. ON Line Opinion (opens in new window), 24 March 2015.
• Fraser was a prodigious supporter of human rights. ON Line Opinion (opens in new window), 23 March 2015.
• Human rights education in Australia In Zajda, J. (Ed.), Second international handbook on globalisation, education and policy research, pp 537-555. Dordrecht Springer.

2014

• Australian multiculturalism now. ON Line Opinion (opens in new window), 29 December 2014.
• Racism in Australia: Our Past, Present and Future. Racial Prejudice and Discrimination. pp. 38-40, edited by Justin Healey. ISBN 9781922084415. The Spinney Press.
• Human Rights Education in Australia. In J. Zajda (Ed.), The New international handbook of globalisation, education and policy research. Dordrecht Springer.
• Polska – Australia – “Solidarnosc”. Spoken biography of Dr Sev Ozdowski (in Polish) by Patryk Pleskot.
• Proposed Changes to Racial Vilification Laws. Submission to Human Rights Policy Branch, Attorney-General’s Department, 28 April 2014.
• Developments in Human Rights Education in Australia (co-author Nina Burridge), to be published in the 5^th Volume of Human Rights Education in Asia-Pacific
  https://www.hurights.or.jp/english/
•  Kids in detention: new AHRC inquiry. ON Line Opinion, 7 February 2014.
  https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15999

2013

• Fourth International Conference on Human Rights Education, Shiow Duan Hawang and Sev Ozdowski, FOCUS December 2013 Volume 74, https://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/focus/section2/2013/12/fourth-international-conference-on-human-rights-education.html
• Appointment of Mr Tim Wilson as Human Rights Commissioner. ON Line Opinion, 23 December 2013. https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15858
•  Australian Multiculturalism. The Roots of its Success. Promoting Changes in Times of Transition and Crisis: Reflections on Human Rights Education, pp. 109–136. Edited by K Mazur, P Musiewicz & B Szlachta. ISBN 978-83-7638 365-1. Ksiegarnia Akademicka: Krakow. www.akademicka.pl
• Commission missing in action when it comes to human rights. The Australian, 17 June 2013. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/commission-missing-in-action-when-it-comes-to-human-rights/story-e6frgd0x-1226664697467, and ON LINE Opinion, 18 June 2013. https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15138niversity of Western Sydney Equity and Diversity Strategic Action Plan 2013-2018.  UWS Press, March 2013
• University of Western Sydney Equity and Diversity Strategic Action Plan 2013-2018.  UWS Press, March 2013
• Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Democracy – the Case of Australia. Keynote address at the 4th International Human Rights Education Conference: Global Convergence and Local Practice: The Scope and Depth of Human Rights Education Re-examined. Centre for the Study of Human Rights, Soochow University, Taipei from 21–26 November 2013.
• Developments in Human Rights Education Nationally and Internationally. National Human Rights Conciliation, Legal & Education Officers Conference Program, Canberra, 24-25 October 2013.
• Heritage and participation in a new society – a personal journey. Sydney 2013 Quo Vadis Conference “Connecting Tomorrow’s Future”, Rydges Hotel, 4-6 October 2013.
• Commission missing in action when it comes to human rights. The Australian, 17 June 2013. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/commission-missing-in-action-when-it-comes-to-human-rights/story-e6frgd0x-1226664697467, and ON LINE Opinion, 18 June 2013. https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15138
• True acceptance of diversity – Is awareness enough? Keynote Address at Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities (CALD) Conference, Melbourne, 9–10 May 2013.
  https://www.uws.edu.au/equity_diversity/equity_and_diversity/tools_and_resources/reportsandpubs/true_acceptance_of_diversity_-_is_awareness_enough

2012

•  Fighting Racism and Discrimination in Multicultural Australia. FECCA’s Mosaic, 2012.
• University of Western Sydney, Australia – a Case Study in Equity and Diversity. 2012.
  https://www.uws.edu.au/equity_diversity/equity_and_diversity/tools_and_resources/speeches_-and-_articles_by_dr_sev_ozdowski/university_of_western_sydney_-_a_case_study_in_equity_and_diversity
•  Submission to Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, Sydney 16 July 2012.
• Underperforming Governments Should be Afraid. ON LINE Opinion, 26 June 2012.
  https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13785\
• PM should revisit Howard’s Pacific Solution. The Australian, 3 June 2012.
  https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/pm-should-revisit-howards-pacific-solution/story-e6frgd0x-1226068214376
•  Twenty years after mandatory detention, kids still being detained. ON LINE Opinion, 29 May.
  https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13669
• Free Children in Detention. The Australian, p. 14, 25 May 2012.
  https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/free-children-in-detention/story-e6frgd0x-1226366145878
•  Human rights and the Beijing Olympics. Activating Human Rights and Peace Theories, Practices and Contexts , pp. 119-141. Edited by Goh Bee Chen, Baden Offord & Rob Garbutt; Ashgate Publishing, England, 2012.
• Asylum seekers – the solution. ON LINE Opinion, 11 January 2012.
  https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=1310

2011

• Real Solution is Asia-Pacific Pact, p.12 The Australian 26/12/2011.
• High Court Decision A Chance for Refugee Rethink, The Australian.
• Child Detention A Festering Sore, p. 14 in The Weekend Australian, 16-17/4/2011.
• University of Western Sydney Disability Action Plan 2011-2015, UWS Press, 2011.

• If we are going to teach ethics in schools, let’s do it properly, The Punch, 5/11/2010.

• An Absence of Human Rights: Children in Detention, Pp.39-72 in Political Crossroads, Vol. 16, Number 2, 2009.
• Human Rights and the Beijing Olympics, Pp.51-74 in Political Crossroads, Vol.16, Number 1, 2009.
• Submission to The National Human Rights Consultation Committee, National Human Rights Consultation Committee, June-2009.

2008

• Changing Australia’s Human Rights Culture address to W(h)ither Human Rights?.The 25th Annual Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, The University of Sydney, 10-12 December
• Sixty years of Human Rights in On Line Opinion. Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate; published on 10 December
• Submission (and oral evidence) to Inquiry into Immigration Detention in Australia by the Joint Standing Committee on Migration, Sydney, 24 October
• Mental Health and Human Rights, Address to the Anglicare Canberra Goulbourn Litmus Program Launch, Canberra, 9 October
• Mental Health, Human Rights and Inclusive Workplace in a Multicultural Australia., Keynote address to the “Opportunities not Vulnerabilities; An Australian Agenda for Social Inclusion” Anglicare Australia Conference. Sydney 2 September
• Abusing the Olympic Spirit in On Line Opinion. Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate; published on 25 July
• Human Rights And The Beijing Olympic, Keynote address delivered at The Activating Human Rights and Peace International Conference Byron Bay, 1-4 July
• An absence of human rights: Children in Immigration Detention, Keynote at the Human Rights Law and Policy Conference, Melbourne, 16 – 17 June
• The Beijing Olympics and Human Rights, Address to The International Forum: Human Rights in China and 2008 Olympics, in Taipei, Taiwan, 21 February

2007

• Mental Health, Human Rights and Minorities in Australia. Keynote to the Conference on Cultural Approaches to Health Care: Exploring Mental Health and Wellbeing at Bankstown Campus, University of Western Sydney, 28 November
• Australian Citizenship and Prejudice, Paper presented at the Immigrants as Citizens: Trans Nationalism and Incorporation as Future Directions in Turkish Relations with Australia, Europe and North America Conference, The University of Sydney, 6 October
• Why We Need an Australian Bill of Rights Now, pp. 22-25 in Just Policy. A Journal of Australian Social Policy, Issue 43, April
• Protecting Democracy in Australia, pp.30-31 in Independent Education, Vol. 37/1, March
• Human Rights and Mental Health, pp. 55-62 in New Paradigm. The Australian Journal of Psychological Rehabilitation. Special Issue, March
• Access, Inclusion and Success: Muslim Students in Australian Universities, conference papers co-edited jointly with A/Prof. Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Political Crossroads, pp. 33-37 volume 14, Number 1
• What Kind of Australia Do We Want?, ACTU Journal, Melbourne

2006

• Social Work and Changing the National Agenda, Inaugural Alumni Lecture to The University of Western Australia Social Work Alumni Fund, 27 July, Perth
• How Human Rights are protected in Australia? presented at the Law Faculty, University of Warsaw, 15 March, Warsaw
• Human Rights and Mental Health in Australia address presented at the International Seminar ‘Making the Connection: Human Rights and Mental Health”, the British Council,  5-8 March, Edinburgh
• The Australian System of Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities – the Laws and Practices, keynote presented at the National Conference on Disabled Rights, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, 22-24 February, Colombo

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