Dr Susan Carland

Keynote Speaker

Dr Susan Carland is an academic, writer, and social commentator. She completed her PhD at Monash University's School of Political and Social Inquiry and is now the Director of the Bachelor of Global Studies. She was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for 2020, and an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) in 2020.

Susan is an ambassador for UNICEF Australia and has been a panellist at the United Nations in Geneva as a guest of The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement. She is the host of SBS quiz and documentary series Child Genius, which follows the lives of gifted children and their families.

She regularly guest hosts on ABC Melbourne radio, hosted the ABC Radio National series Assumptions and is a regular Friday panellist on ABC TV's News Breakfast. She was a co-creator and presenter of SBS's Salam Café and has appeared on the Agony series, Lateline, Q&A, The Project, 7:30, The Drum, and Home Delivery to name a few.

Susan Carland has been named on the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World list, and The Age's 20 Most Influential Australian Female Voices.