Scroll2Action
About the Project &
About Us
Equipping Students for the Digital and Social World
The objective of the Scroll2Action program is to prepare students to thrive in a fast-changing digital age. Not just as consumers of content, but as active, purpose-driven ethical leaders, critical thinkers, and bridge-builders. Through a blend of education, dialogue, and execution, students explore issues that matter, build solutions, and present their work on national platforms. Scroll2Action is built on two core pillars that every young person needs today:
- Digital Media Literacy
- Teaching students how to critically engage with digital content, recognise misinformation, and use social media for positive activism.
- Delivered through interactive modules, real-world case studies, workshops, webinars, digital literacy toolkits, co-designed classroom activities and custom-made support by allocated mentors, students build the confidence to become responsible digital citizens and influencers for good.
- Finding Common Ground Skills
- Building students’ capacity to listen across differences, respect diverse perspectives, and collaboratively solve real-world challenges.
- Delivered through cross-school curricular and extracurricular activities, custom-made mentoring support training and skill development workshops, Cross-school encounters and engagement, gives students the skills to become bridge-builders and changemakers in a divided world.
Together, these pillars ensure students are prepared to lead with empathy, resilience, and purpose in a complex world.
What outcomes and student attributes will Scroll2Action deliver?
By the end of the program, students will:
- Demonstrate critical media literacy (recognising misinformation, analysing sources).
- Excel in online safety design and effective digital content production and delivery
- Develop and execute effective dialogue and collaboration skills across cultural, religious, and social differences.
- Design solution-oriented collaborative projects to real-world projects that promote positive change.
- Drive confidence, emotional intelligence, and purpose-driven digital citizenship.
How will we deliver the program?
Scroll2Action is delivered through a dynamic, staged approach aligned to our 3Es Framework:
- Educate – Equip students and teachers through webinars, workshops, curriculum-aligned packages (HSIE, Welfare, English), and co-designed learning experiences.
- Engage – Foster participatory learning through conferences, stakeholder collaboration, mentor programs, and cross-school projects.
- Execute – Support students in leading real-world projects, promote public engagement, and celebrate outcomes through summits and awards.
In a world fractured by polarisation, echo chambers, and rising hate, the ability to disagree respectfully, listen across differences, and build common ground has become a survival skill – both online and offline.
By making civic education digital, relatable, and action-oriented, Scroll2Action helps students realise their agency and assert their agency effectively with the skills demanding digital and social skills gained through Scroll2Action program at a relatively young age.
Led by Experts. Trained by Mentors. Guided by Purpose.
About Us
Scroll2Action is a joint initiative of the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy (ISRA) and Charles Sturt University. We are educators, community leaders, and youth mentors dedicated to building a more informed, connected, and inclusive Australia.
Our approach is faith-inclusive, community-focused, and student-led — with mentoring support and thought leadership from across sectors.
Meet the Team
The project is led by Assoc Prof Derya Iner (Scroll2Action Program Lead) and Hishaam Sayed (Scroll2Action Program Director) and executed in collaboration with the mentors trained for the Scroll2Action project goals and experienced headteachers and teachers from English, HSIE, and Welfare Departments.
Assoc Prof Derya Iner
Derya Iner is Associate Professor and Research Coordinator at the Centre for Islamic Studies at Charles Sturt University, where she teaches and researches contemporary issues related to Islam, Muslim communities, and cultural identity. With a PhD in Cultural and Gender Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Dr Iner brings a powerful blend of academic insight and social impact to her work.
As a leading voice on Islamophobia, racism, and religious discrimination in Australia, Dr Iner is deeply committed to promoting social cohesion, interfaith dialogue, inclusion, and justice. She is the chief investigator and editor of the landmark Islamophobia in Australia reports I–IV (2017–2023). As the Research Head and Deputy Chair of the Islamophobia Register Australia, Dr Iner has also actively contributed to the establishment and growth of community organisations and projects.
Iner’s professional roles extend beyond academia. She serves as an expert panel member for Meta (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp), the Australian Human Rights Commission, and the Diversity Council Australia’s "Anti-Racism at Work" and "RISE" projects. She was appointed in 2023 to the Anti-Discrimination Board NSW by the Attorney General of NSW.
Iner has organised and participated in numerous community resilience and wellbeing, interfaith, democratic resilience, and civic education events. She incorporates deliberative democracy principles to bring diverse stakeholders and communities together to design solution-oriented projects collaboratively, aiming to mobilise communities to effectively utilise democratic processes in partnership with official, academic, and civic stakeholders.
As a mother of three and a parent of two teenagers, her passion is to equip young people with the essential digital, social, and life skills needed in today’s world, generously offering her years of experience and expertise in the field. As a community-driven researcher and leader, Iner believes effective and lasting change comes through investing in younger generations. Scroll2Action is an outcome of research, community advocacy, interfaith dialogue, the digital world, and collective action.
Hishaam Sayed
Hishaam brings a unique blend of leadership, technical expertise, and passion for youth development to his role as Program Director of Scroll2Action. A Mechanical Engineer, certified Project Manager (PMI), and Chartered Professional Engineer (Engineers Australia), Hishaam’s professional journey spans two decades across the oil & gas, mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors, where he has led major projects and advised senior leadership teams on strategy, governance, and risk.
While his professional roots lie in project delivery and advisory, he has always maintained a strong connection to education. He has tutored and lectured high school and university students in mathematics, applied mathematics, and physics, and has been actively involved in mentoring and coaching programs at both the secondary and tertiary levels. As a certified NLP Practitioner and Executive Life Coach, he brings a values-driven, student-centred approach to leadership and learning.
In his role with Scroll2Action, Hishaam leads the strategic delivery of the initiative and oversees school partnerships, ensuring each phase, from leadership training to student-led projects, is purpose-driven, inclusive, and impactful. Drawing on his expertise in project management and stakeholder engagement, he brings a strong focus on student empowerment, real-world application, and values-based leadership. Hishaam’s passion for youth development, digital responsibility, and civic engagement drives his commitment to shaping a generation of students who are not only digitally literate, but also grounded in purpose, resilience, and inter-community understanding.