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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
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Social Sciences
The Victorian branch of the Academy will hold a special Symposium during Social Sciences Week to mark the Academy’s 50th Anniversary. The Symposium, titled ‘The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Social Sciences’, will discuss the COVID-19 Pandemic and the role of the Social Sciences in theory, policy, practice and understanding. It will be held at the […]
2021
Celebrating 50 Years – 50th Birthday Party (Postponed)
NOTICE: This event has been postponed due to the developing COVID-19 situation. A new date and time will be announced soon. In 2021, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia marks its 50th anniversary. This milestone provides an opportunity to celebrate the significant contributions of the Academy and its Fellows to the advancement of the […]
2021
50th Anniversary WA Fellows Dinner
In 2021, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia marks its 50th anniversary. This milestone provides an opportunity to celebrate the significant contributions of the Academy and its Fellows to the advancement of the social sciences. The Academy was established on the 7th of July, 1971 in Canberra, Australia. We hope to have as […]
2021
50th Anniversary QLD Fellows Dinner
In 2021, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia marks its 50th anniversary. This milestone provides an opportunity to celebrate the significant contributions of the Academy and its Fellows to the advancement of the social sciences. The Academy was established on the 7th of July, 1971 in Canberra, Australia. On the 7th of July, […]
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 […]
Latest Publications
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Featured Books & Articles
Indigenous Legal Judgements: Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making
This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people’s stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews. In this groundbreaking work, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars have collaborated to rewrite 16 key decisions. Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of […]
Featured Books & Articles
Crossroads of Rural Crime: Representations and Realities of Transgression in the Australian Countryside
Rural-oriented scholarship in criminology is growing, in part motivated by governmental, community and academic recognition that, despite stereotypes of the ‘rural idyll’, crime and justice are significant issues in the rural landscape. Using the notion of ‘crossroads’ to provide a unique lens through which to examine realities of rural crime, Crossroads of Rural Crime: Representations and […]
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
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