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Social Sciences Week
Join us from 6-12 September 2021 for the annual celebration of the social sciences.
Discussion Papers
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Upcoming & Recent Events
Each year The Academy hosts and supports a wide range of social science or policy-focused events
2021
Reconciliation Action Plan Launch
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia is proud to launch its inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has a vision for a society in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their continuing knowledge, including their languages, and their ongoing ownership and custody of lands and waters, […]
2021
2021 Annual Events | Celebrating 50 Years
In 2021, the Academy is celebrating its 50th anniversary. To mark this milestone, the Academy is planning a year-long 50th anniversary program celebrating the history of the Academy and reflecting the legacy and role of the social sciences in contemporary Australian society. Celebrating 50 Years will explore these themes through a diverse range of events, […]
2021
International Webinar: Digital Scholarly Communication
AASSA – AIPI International Webinar on DIGITAL SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION Jakarta, 31 March 2021 Jointly Organized by: Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) Supported by: InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) The Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) in collaboration with AASSA (Association […]
2020
2020 Annual Events | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Every year the Academy runs a number of significant events for Academy Fellows, those interested in Social Science policy, and the wider public. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Academy’s 2020 annual events will be held online. The majority of events will take place on Wed 25 November 2020. Register by clicking on the link […]
2020 New Fellows Presentations
Each year, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia elects the most distinguished social scientists in Australia as Fellows. These New Fellows will join the ranks of over 700 of Australia’s leading researchers and professionals across the social science disciplines. This event will provide an opportunity to welcome the 2020 New Fellows and to […]
2020
Professor Raewyn Connell: 2020 Cunningham Lecture
2020 Cunningham Lecture: ‘Do We Need Intellectuals?’ Delivered by Professor Emerita Raewyn Connell FASSA There is a sense of crisis in the university world, produced by the COVID-19 epidemic, the casualization and layoffs of academic and professional workers, and governments with little interest in truth, knowledge or education. In 2020 we must re-think familiar ideas. […]
2020
Professor Maggie Walter: 2020 Fay Gale Lecture
2020 Fay Gale Lecture ‘Delivering Indigenous Data Sovereignty’ Presented by Professor Maggie Walter FASSA The Academy’s 2020 Fay Gale Lecturer Professor Maggie Walter FASSA is a Palawa woman from Lutruwita, Tasmania. She is a founding member of the Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty Collective and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. She is Distinguished Professor […]
Latest Publications
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Position Statements
Statement on Australian action needed to address climate change
Academy statement on Australian action needed to address climate change
Featured Books & Articles
The Spectre of Afghanistan | Security in Central Asia
By Amin Saikal and Kirill Nourzhanov Bloomsbury Aiming to connect a number of divergent perspectives on the current state of Afghanistan, this book outlines the country’s past and present instability and how this impacts and is conceptualised by its neighbours as well as by international heavyweights such as Russia, China and the United States. Given […]
Academy Papers
State of the Social Sciences 2021 – Discussion Paper
Have your say on the state of Australian social sciences. Consultation open to 5 March 2021
Featured Books & Articles
Judging and emotion: A socio-legal analysis
By Sharyn Roach Anleu and Kathy Mack Routledge This book investigates the place of emotion in judicial work. Grounded in empirical data—interviews, observations and surveys—it shows how judicial officers understand, experience, display, manage and deploy emotions in their everyday work, in light of their fundamental commitment to impartiality. A key insight is that emotion, emotional […]
Academy Papers
Changes in public sentiment in relation to data privacy during COVID-19
A briefing to Government on changes in public sentiment regarding data privacy during COVID-19
Position Statements
The Importance of Languages in a Global Context
Joint statement from five leading Academies
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