ProfAmanda Wise

Consulting, Advising and Commissioned Research
Extensive experience with commissioned social research, consulting and advisory work in the not for profit sector and all levels of government on topics related to liveable cities; inclusive communities; informal care; cultural diversity; migration; refugee settlement; social inequalities, racism; social cohesion; social resilience; community resilience; social sustainability.     Expertise in participatory action research methods, evaluation, co-design, creative research methods, ethnographic research.   

Co-director of Sundays, We Play (available at www.informalsport.org)

KEYNOTES & MASTERCLASSES (Selected)
Millennium Nucleus on Insecurity and Urban Cohesion (NUMIC), The spaces, politics, and experiences of insecurity December 9-10, 2026 | Santiago, Chile TASA Migration Ethnicity Mobilities keynote (Nov 2026)

Invited speaker — ‘Resilient Societies’, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (April 2026)

 ‘Everyday Cohabitation’, Département d’anthropologie, Université de Montréal (July 2018)

Keynote — Conferencias Magistrales, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile, funded by CONICYT (November 2018)

Keynote — Pathways, Circuits, and Crossroads Conference: Ka Awatea: Diversity and Inclusion, Massey

University, Auckland (February 2018)

‘The Joking Relationship’: Masculinity, Humour and Everyday Multiculturalism at Work,

Università degli Studi di Milano (July 2016)

 Masterclass — ‘Academy of Superdiversity’, Berlin (April 2015)

 Keynote — ‘The Muslim Question’: Citizenship & Racism in Australia, Deakin University (December 2015)

Keynote — Race, Mobility & Imperial Networks, RMIT/La Trobe (November 2015)

 Keynote — Live-Diversity, Open University UK, London (October 2014)

 ‘Migration Methodologies’, Graduate Student Conference, National University of

Singapore (March 2013)

 ‘Conviviality’ conference, Max Planck Institute for Ethnic and Religious Diversity, Göttingen,

Germany (2012)

MEMBERSHIPS  

The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)

Australian Evaluation Society 

EXTERNAL ADVISORY ROLES 

National Islamophobia Index Subject Matter Expert Panel (SMEP) (current 2026-2027) Scanlon Foundation Research Institute)

Advisory Group — Global Migration Narratives Lab, UNSW (current)

Member — NESA Technical Advisory Board, redesign of HSC Society & Culture syllabus, NSW Department of

Education (2024–2026)

Sydney Panel — Australian Government Multicultural Australia Review (2024)

Sydney Biennale Advisor (2018)

NSW Government — Urban Growth NSW Academic Advisory Panel ‘Living Cities’ (2017–2018)

Australian Federation of Graduate Women, Jamieson Awards Selection Panel (2007–2013)

City of Ryde — Community Harmony & Multicultural Affairs Committee (2007–2009)

Ashfield Council — Multicultural Affairs Committee (2005–2009)

Evaluation Advisor — Victorian Government Localities Embracing & Accepting Diversity (LEAD) Program

Evaluation

Co-led (with Prof. Linda Briskman) review of the Centre for Multiculturalism & Community

Development at USQ (2007)