The rape of women and little girls as a strategy by rival factions in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a shocking reality for a Charles Sturt University academic.

John Howard asked him to judge the inaugural Prime Minister’s History Prize, the Deputy Prime Minister launched his biography of Harold Holt, and the new Leader of the Opposition often engages him in vigorous debate. He is The Right Reverend Dr Thomas Frame, the new Head of Charles Sturt University’s School of Theology in Canberra.

Dialogue between the major religious faiths, especially Christianity and Islam, is crucial to building understanding and reducing tensions in the Australasia-Pacific region, according to Charles Sturt University Professor of Theology, Reverend James Haire.

Debate is sweeping the corporate world on the nature of leadership and the qualities needed to best engender trust in an increasingly volatile business climate. A senior CSU researcher believes emotional intelligence is a key factor in providing effective management.

Free speech receives much attention in academic and public arenas as an important right in liberal democratic societies, especially on political issues. New research from Charles Sturt University suggests, however, that free speech in the Australian workplace may be more limited than we think.

With the unsettled start to an uncertain century, the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics seeks to provide some answers to ethical problems in the modern world.