Academic members of the Griffith Asia Institute regularly publish journal articles and other documents based on their research and expertise in the field of Asian studies.
For a comprehensive list of publications, see Griffith Research Online or visit individual members' pages under the staff link on the left.
Since the late 1980s, there has been a growing realisation in Australia that our increasing integration with, and dependence on the Asian region requires a more comprehensive ability to understand and converse with the societies of Asia. Yet despite this, our levels of monolingualism remain stubbornly high, and our capacity to teach and research the major Asian languages is eroding.
Several participants in the Australia 2020 Summit believed strongly that further work was needed to promote the study of Asian languages and cultures. As a result, the Griffith Asia Institute convened a working group to develop a policy paper outlining a comprehensive plan to build Australia’s Asia literacy over the course of a generation.
The resulting report, the Australian Strategy for Asian Language Proficiency, addresses this skills shortfall.