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The Melbourne Interdisciplinary Research Institutes strengthen and spark interdisciplinary research at the University in existing and developing areas of importance to society. They work with industry, government and not-for-profit organisations in Australia and overseas to challenge current thinking and offer new solutions that change our world.

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  • Melbourne Disability Institute

    Focusing on equality of opportunity for people with disability; quality of life for people with disability, their families and carers; harnessing markets to serve people with disability; inclusive communities; and optimising disability (and human services) policies.

  • Melbourne Energy Institute

    An access point for industry, government and community groups seeking to work with leading researchers on innovative energy solution.

  • Networked Society Institute

    Undertake interdisciplinary research on the connectivity between people, places and things to solve the problems facing the networked society.

  • Melbourne Neuroscience Institute

    Draws on the astounding breadth of neuroscience research activity at the University and is charged with bringing together cross-disciplinary research in the neurosciences.

  • Melbourne Social Equity Institute

    Supports interdisciplinary research on social equity issues across the full spectrum of social life including health, law, education, housing, work and transport.

  • Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute

    Facilitates and enables research linkages, projects and conversations leading to increased understanding of sustainability and resilience trends, challenges and solutions.

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  • AEMO Q4 Quarterly Dynamics Seminar

    Access the slides from the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) presentation of their latest Quarterly Dynamics report.

    26 Feb 2019 News
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    Spotlight on a Student: PhD Candidate Meghalim Phukan

    Mineral precipitation from C02-saturated water in basalts and its potential for self-sealing of fractures and joints

    21 Feb 2019 News
  • AEMO's Quarterly Energy Dynamics Reports - Why they matter

    MEI interviewed AEMO’s Farhad Billimoria and Dr Jonathan Myrtle about why their Quarterly Energy Dynamics reports are critical to decision making, planning and policy in Australia.

    30 Jan 2019 News
  • Professor Pierluigi Mancarella awarded 2018 Newton Prize

    Professor Pierluigi Mancarella, Program Leader for Energy Systems at MEI, has been awarded the 2018 Newton Prize for an international project on power system resilience.

    29 Jan 2019 News
  • Spotlight on a Student: PhD Candidate Thomas Moore

    Immobilised Solvent Systems for Carbon Capture

    25 Jan 2019 News
  • Tips for a zero-waste festive season

    It is the most wonderful - but wasteful - time of year. Christmas is a time to be grateful and celebrate, and for some, a time to reflect on how to live more consciously. Here are some helpful practical tips that Dr Amy Prendergast shared with us, to help you celebrate Christmas a little more sustainably...

    20 Dec 2018 News
  • Spotlight on a Student: PhD Candidate Stephen Pollard

    Imagining the carbon neutral city: Conceiving, designing and enacting low carbon urban transitions

    19 Dec 2018 News
  • Hydrogen: Has its time come?

    The promise of a hydrogen economy has waxed and waned, but the falling cost of renewable energy could be the game changer that makes hydrogen fuel economic.

    19 Dec 2018 News
  • MEI Symposium

    On 12 December, graduate students, research staff and energy industry professionals from across the country met to exchange ideas and explore collaborations at the MEI Symposium.

    19 Dec 2018 News
  • How the suburbs hold the key to a better future

    Suburban affluence is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire.

    17 Dec 2018 News
  • Networked Society Institute to close in 2019

    After almost a decade of catalysing and nurturing interdisciplinary research at the University of Melbourne, the Networked Society Institute will close its doors in 2019.

    14 Dec 2018 News
  • PhD Scholarship Opportunity – In Partnership with the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture

    A new scholarship is being offered to investigate educational engagement and outcomes for refugee background students in Victoria. How does/can classroom and broader school practice support recovery from trauma, social inclusion and educational outcomes more broadly?

    11 Dec 2018 News
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  • Wednesday 13 Mar 2019 5:30pm - 7pm
    Climate Change, Water Security, and National Security for Jordan, Palestine and Israel
    Dead Sea
    Event
  • Monday 4 Mar 2019 5pm - 6pm
    Unsteady Turbomachinery Flows – A Dynamical Systems Perspective
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  • Thursday 21 Feb 2019 3:30pm - 5pm
    AEMO Quarterly Dynamics Seminar
    Event
  • Thursday 5 Jul 2018 6pm - 6pm
    Energy Systems Seminar Series
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  • Monday 16 Jul 2018 6:30pm - 2:30pm
    Energy Systems Short Course
    Event
  • Wednesday 21 Nov 2018 8:30am - 4:30pm
    Data and Inequity: Who is missing in Big Data?
    Event
  • Thursday 15 Nov 2018 2pm - 3pm
    Combustion Research for Chemical Processing
    Event
  • Wednesday 21 Nov 2018 4:30pm - 6:30pm
    No-Bell Prize
    No-Bell Prize
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  • Wednesday 12 Dec 2018 -
    Melbourne Energy Institute Symposium
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  • Wednesday 22 Mar 2017 6:30pm - 8pm
    Energy Futures Seminar: The Future of Clean Coal?
    Energy city at night lightning
    Event
  • Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 6pm - 7:30pm
    National Electricity Market Review – Preliminary Report
    Twilight poles & wires
    Event
  • Tuesday 5 Dec 2017 -
    Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference
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