Library Blog - February 2026

News and articles

This month's articles of interest:

• What makes difficult conversations possible? Seven uncomfortable questions that can help: Next25
• From inclusion to structural change: Australia’s support to disability equity and rights: OECD
• Generative AI and Labor: Power, Hype, and Value at Work: Data & Society
• Marana Dyargali: A collection of zines on Indigenous research ethics and the intersection of protocols and practice from UTS ePRESS
• How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it: ABC News
• The Verification Ladder: A Framework for Evaluating Video When You Can’t Tell What’s Real: Card Catalogue
• From tokenism to transformation: Lived experience in child and family systems: Children Australia

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Academic journals provide a platform for research articles by specialists (academics or practicing professionals) within a discipline to present, scrutinise and discuss research. Recent Journal issues from some of the major publishers are provided below, as an opportunity to inform colleagues about new content.  

This month there are new issues of:

• Social Sciences (Volume 14, Issue 11 November 2025)
• Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy (Volume 44, Issue 3)
• Children and Youth Services Review (Volume 180, January 2026)
• Social Policy & Administration (Volume 60, Issue 1, January 2026)
• Journal of Social Policy (Volume 55, Issue 1, January 2026)
• Evaluation Review (Volume 50, Issue 1, February 2026)
• Futures of Work (January 2026, Issue 34)

Podcasts & Streaming

• Modern slavery in Australia? | PALMed Off: The Australia Institute
• Promoting disability inclusivity in the ASEAN region: Rosemary Kayess, Disability Discrimination Commissioner
• AI Assistant or AI Boss? w/ Data & Society: Computer says maybe
• Aunty Muriel Bamblett in Conversation with Children’s Commissioners and Guardians: SNAICC Yarns
• Amy Remeikis on Bravery, Power & Australian Politics: Future Perfect

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PD & Events

• PWDA Two Years on from the Disability Royal Commission National Online Forum: 6 February 2026, online.
• Melbourne Conversations: Ethics in the Age of AI, 11 February 2026, The Edge, Melbourne, Free
• International Conference on Social Policy and Inequality (ICSPIE - 26), Melbourne, 12-13 February 2026, hybrid Event
• Developing Policy Acumen, ANZSOG, 5 March and 2 June 2026 (1 day), from $1750, online
• Getting Started: Analysing HILDA with Stata 2026, 8 April, Melbourne
• Introduction to the HILDA survey (online), 3,5 March, 4, 6 August 2026, online, free
• ISPCAN Melbourne Congress, August 24-26, 2026, Melbourne
• AIFS Conference: Changing Families in Changing Times, 9 to 11 September 2026, MCEC
• Australian Social Policy Conference 2026, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 30 September-2 October 2026. 

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Current Display

This month the book display in the library is on AI. Please see the current display list for information about these items. 
For more AI related resources in the library catalogue see our additional subject matter lists below:

• AI (in education)
• AI (in employment & economics)
• AI (in energy & environment)
• AI (in governance & policy)
• AI (in society)