Blogs & Speeches
Videos, text and recordings of speeches that Amanda Tattersall has given, and written pieces exploring new and established research work written for a popular audience.
Big Ideas Podcast – Living out your mental illness in public paves the way to lasting change with Amanda Tattersall
Amanda Tattersall, co-founder of the campaigning organisation Get-Up, speaks powerfully about her experience of living with bipolar disorder…
Endure or peter out? Here’s what Northern Rivers organisers and Stop Adani can teach us about organising climate groups
Over the last decade, several groups in Australia have successfully mobilised against fossil fuel interests. But which ones have gone…
Why Organizers need Mobilizers and Mobilizers need Organizers
In an “ecosystem” approach, different theories of change – like mobilizing and organizing – can reinforce and strengthen…
To get to net zero, policymakers need to listen to communities. Here’s what they can learn from places like Geelong
Learning lessons from building a community-led climate transition agenda in Geelong.
Our mental health debate needs a proper dose of crazy to get it on the right track
A radical idea to transform how we think about mental health – and make mental health policy.
Scale is the most confusing word in social change
What does the word scale mean when it comes to social change? This piece explores four different ways…
Our collective mental health is stuffed, and its more than just a medical problem
Turning how we think about mental illness upside down to find a new way through.
Why the ALP should DLP the LNP
What coalition building strategies have to teach modern political parties.
Scaling Change – Negotiating the challenges of big and small
Over the last decade, several groups in Australia have successfully mobilised against fossil fuel interests. But which ones have gone…
We need to start talking about the explosive culture of sexual assault and rape in high schools
What it might take to be a “changemaker” when it comes to sexual assult.
We can build a more inclusive government and economy out of the pandemic – this blueprint shows us how
A short conversation piece about the Real Deal report produced in 2020.
University under siege: a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests
A look at the Hong Kong protests in 2019 as the contest around democracy entered the university space.
