Andrew Jakubowicz is Professor of Sociology and co-director of the Cosmoplitan Civil Societies Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney. He has taught at universities in the USA, Europe and Asia, and was the foundation director of the Centre for Multicultural Studies at the University of Wollongong.
Andrew has published widely on social policy, cultural diversity issues, disability studies and media studies. In 1994 he led the research team that produced ‘Racism, Ethnicity and the Media’ (Allen and Unwin), and more recently has been involved in multimedia online productions such as ‘Making Multicultural Australia in the 21st Century’ (2005/2009) and ‘The Menorah of Fang Bang Lu’ (2001-2002). He is also involved with the Institute for Cultural Diversity, a national NGO committed to promoting the benefits of a culturally diverse society within a framework of civil rights.