Diversity, inclusion and collaboration in Australian screen production policy and education: ASPERA special issue introduction

The Australian Screen Production Education & Research Association (ASPERA) is a professional association representing Australian screen production tertiary education institutions. The 2023 ASPERA conference was held at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, with the prompt ‘what does the future look like for screen education and research?’. A key theme that emerged organically through the conference proposals and presentations was diversity, inclusion and collaboration. This special journal issue comprises some of these papers presented at the conference, which consider diversity in the classroom, in the screen industry workforce, and on the screen.