Situating Racism

Professor Hurriyet Babacan is the Director of the Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives (ICEPA) at Victoria University. Hurriyet has over 20 years of experience as an academic, public servant, community worker, researcher and trainer in the government, community and university sectors. She has published widely in national and international publications on the issues of racism, ethnic identity, nationalism, health, welfare, multiculturalism, immigration, social policy, gender, migrant settlement, child protection, and community development including two publications for UNESCO.
Narayan Gopalkrishnan is a multicultural consultant with extensive work experience in Australia and overseas working on issues of diversity, cross-cultural development, aid and human development policy and program and service development, leadership and organizational change. Narayan is currently a member of the Multicultural Community Ministerial Advisory Committee in Queensland, Australia and has written extensively on migration, globalization, refugees, fear, community and economic development and social rights.
Dr Alperhan Babacan is a senior lecturer in law at the School of Accounting and Law, RMIT University. Alperhan holds degrees in law and political science and has written widely in the areas of human rights, comparative asylum and refugee policy, counter terrorism and human security.