For more than a decade, the Scanlon Foundation and the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute has been conducting and leading research on social cohesion in Australia via the Mapping Social Cohesion Research series. The Mapping Social Cohesion Report will be delivered online by the report author, Emeritus Professor Andrew Markus AO of Monash University, on 30 November 2021.
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Negative attitudes about Muslims in Australia remain high, survey finds
The annual Scanlon Foundation report has found negative attitudes about Muslims remain high, while concerns about climate change have almost doubled. The vast majority of Australians agree multiculturalism has been good for Australia, but a significant minority still express negativity towards Muslims, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Do Polls equal “Lies, damned lies, and statistics”?
There has been much conversation, interaction and discussion in multifaith and interfaith circles along with formal responses to an Essential Opinion poll about Muslim immigration. Professor Andrew Markus of the Monash – Scanlon Index of Social Cohesion examines the poll, the various methods of polling, and what results certain types of polling deliver. Due his nation-building work on social cohesion, we reproduce (with permission) this examination of this poll by Prof. Andrew Markus.
