Rethinking Tomorrow: Emerging Research for Social Change

We live in a time of precarity, uncertainty and unrest: the climate emergency is escalating, far-right ideologies are mainstream, political and social systems and society is becoming increasingly post-digital and artificially intelligent. How are we – as researchers, professionals, advocates, activists – responding to the challenges of our time? What innovations could enable a more equitable and sustainable society for younger generations? How might we imagine, foster, and enable social changes that are lasting, resilient, and sustainable? How might we share and collaborate to build what Pierre A. Lévy calls our collective intelligence, that is our capacity as human communities, to cooperate in creation, innovation, invention and we should add, interventions? And importantly, how might we communicate our creation, innovation, invention and interventions?

Rethinking tomorrow: Emerging research for social change provides a platform to tackle these questions and have robust discussions.

This is a jam-packed two-day event being held at AUT's Sir Paul Reeves Building. Our three keynotes are Dr Gary Payinda, Dr Emmy Rākete and Professor Mohan Dutta. And, across the two days, over 60 presenters will showcase their research, their insights and their perspectives on how we can RETHINK TOMORROW.

Conference registration

• The cost of attending in-person is $170. This includes registration for the event as well as food and refreshments throughout both days. Please note: the conference dinner (held Monday 1 December) is yet to be confirmed and will be an additional charge.
• Online attendees can register for $50 (inclusive of both days)​