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Statement on US Government moves to limit international research collaboration
Statement on US Government moves to limit international research collaboration
Academy representatives join delegation to French Polynesia
Academy representatives join delegation to French Polynesia
Academy Joins Global Dialogue at ISC Meeting in Oman
Academy Joins Global Dialogue at ISC Meeting in Oman
Victorian Fellows unpack the future of higher education
Victorian Fellows unpack the future of higher education
Academy Fellows recognised with 2025 Order of Australia honours
Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours
Australia’s Chief Scientist Reflects on Social Sciences at the 2024 Shape the Nation Lecture
Australia’s Chief Scientist Reflects on Social Sciences at the 2024 Shape the Nation Lecture
2025 Academy Workshops Program Grants announcement
2025 Academy Workshops Program Grants announcement
Academy announces 20 distinguished social science leaders as 2024 Fellows
Academy announces 20 distinguished social science leaders as 2024 Fellows
Seriously Social makes a splash at AGTA Awards
Seriously Social makes a splash at AGTA Awards
Paul Bourke Award winners 2024
Outstanding Early Career Scholars Honoured in 2024 Paul Bourke Awards
Academy supporting Aboriginal social science researchers leading critical research 
Academy supporting Aboriginal social science researchers leading critical research 
The Great Debate: Does social media unite or divide us?
The Great Debate: Does social media unite or divide us?
Decades-Long Wait Ends as Indigenous Communities Gain Access to Historical Field Notes
Decades-Long Wait Ends as Indigenous Communities Gain Access to Historical Field Notes
NAIDOC Week 2024 and the social sciences
NAIDOC Week 2024 and the social sciences
Three Fellows of the Academy have been recognised for their contributions in the 2024 King's Birthday Order of Australia awards.
Fellows recognised in King’s Birthday honours
2025 Academy Workshop Grant Applications Now Open
2025 Academy Workshop Grant Applications Now Open
Nominations open for 2024 Paul Bourke Awards for Early Career Research
Nominations open for 2024 Paul Bourke Awards for Early Career Research
Read the Academy's analysis of the 2024-25 Federal Budget
Welcome focus on higher education and research in Budget 2024
Decadal Plan for Social Science Research Infrastructure launches
Decadal Plan for Social Science Research Infrastructure launches
Rechnitz Fund grants now open
Rechnitz Fund grants now open
Four teams of social scientists have been selected to receive funding for the 2024 Australia-France Collaborative Research Program.
2024 Australia-France Collaborative Research Program
Driving International Research: Australian and Chinese Social Scientists Secure Funding for Collaborative Research
Driving International Research: Australian and Chinese Social Scientists Secure Funding for Collaborative Research
Pre-Budget Submission 2024-25
Pre-Budget Submission 2024-25
Eight Fellows recognised with 2024 Order of Australia honours
Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours
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Elevating Social Sciences in the Indo-Pacific
Distinguished Professor Susan Danby delivers the 2023 Cunningham Lecture
2023 Cunningham Lecture with Distinguished Professor Susan Danby
A new approach to policy that works for young people
Shaping the Future: A new approach to policy that works for young people
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia welcomes 21 new Fellows
Celebrating excellence: 21 new Fellows inducted into the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Getting density right
Getting density right
Fellows receive ARC Discovery Projects
Fellows receive ARC Discovery Projects
Watershed: The 2022 Australian Federal Election book launch
Watershed: The 2022 Australian Federal Election book launch
2024 Workshops Program grants announcement
2024 Workshops Program grants announcement
Academy of the Social Sciences Recognises Australia's Brightest Emerging Scholars
Academy of the Social Sciences Recognises Australia’s Brightest Emerging Scholars
Academy statement on the Voice referendum
Academy statement on the Voice referendum
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Who does Australia lock up?
Trust: How to build, maintain and recover it
Trust: How to build, maintain and recover it
Rechnitz Fund Grant recipients set to further First Nations knowledge in the social sciences
Rechnitz Fund Grant recipients set to further First Nations knowledge in the social sciences
Social sciences are everywhere: Social Sciences Week 2023 is here
Social sciences are everywhere: Social Sciences Week 2023 is here
Academy President address to the National Press Club
Academy President address to the National Press Club
The Great Debate 2023: Does Sport Unite or Divide Us?
The Great Debate 2023: Does Sport Unite or Divide Us?
International Grants Programs now open
International Grants Programs now open
Workshops Program: ‘Absolutely do it!’
Workshops Program: ‘Absolutely do it!’
What’s the plan for social sciences infrastructure?
What’s the plan for social sciences infrastructure?
Seriously Social investigates the rise of plant-based meats and the responsibility of food regulators
Seriously Social investigates the rise of plant-based meats and the responsibility of food regulators
Life and Seoul of AASSREC
Life and Seoul of AASSREC
Six Academy Fellows receive Australian Laureate Fellowships
Six Academy Fellows receive Australian Laureate Fellowships
NAIDOC Week 2023 and the social sciences
NAIDOC Week 2023 and the social sciences
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Five lessons for academics wanting policy impact
Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
How AI is changing treatment of eating disorders
How AI is changing treatment of eating disorders
Submission: Measuring what matters
Submission: Measuring what matters
Academy Calls for Comprehensive Reforms in Early Childhood Education and Care
Academy Calls for Comprehensive Reforms in Early Childhood Education and Care
The Academy has released a statement in support of the Voice referendum
The time for the Voice is now
Applications for the 2023 Rechnitz Fund grants program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers are open; closing 15 May.
New grants program for early- and mid-career Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social science researchers
2023 Australia-France Social Science Collaborative Research Program winners announced
2023 Australia-France Social Science Collaborative Research Program winners announced
Former President among Academy Fellows recognised in 2023 King’s Birthday Honours
Former President among Academy Fellows recognised in 2023 King’s Birthday Honours
New ARC College of Expert members appointed for 2023
New ARC College of Expert members appointed for 2023
2023 Australia-China Joint Action Program winners announcement
2023 Australia-China Joint Action Program winners announcement
Academy Fellow Tom Calma named 2023 Senior Australian of the Year
Academy Fellow Tom Calma named 2023 Senior Australian of the Year
Six Fellows recognised with Order of Australia honours
Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours
ARC Centres of Excellence in 2023
ARC Centres of Excellence in 2023
Academy 2023 Workshops Program recipients announced
2023 Workshops Program winners announced
34 leading social scientists elected to the Academy
34 leading social scientists elected to the Academy
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Academy Fellows awarded $11 million ARC funding
Emerging leaders recognised with Academy award
Emerging leaders recognised with Academy award
Challenging budget makes a promising start, with positives for social welfare and higher education, but serious reform still required.
Academy Statement on the October 2022 Federal Budget
Visit the SHAPE Futures Network website at: www.shapefutures.com.au
SHAPE Futures: A new network for early and mid-career researchers in the humanities, arts and social sciences
Annual Paul Bourke Lecture: What are the economic implications of a changing climate?
Annual Paul Bourke Lecture: What are the economic implications of a changing climate?
Academy Fellows recognised with 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Seriously Social schools program launches
Seriously Social schools program launches
Academy statement on Federal Budget
Academy statement on Federal Budget
Academy statement on Ukraine
Academy statement on Ukraine
Four teams of social scientists will receive a boost towards interdisciplinary research projects tackling major societal issues, thanks to $20,000 in funding.
2022 Australia-France Social Science Collaborative Research Program winners announced
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Joint statement from Learned Academies re ARC grants veto
2022 Australia-China Joint Action Program winners announced
Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours
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Academy calls for legislative reform to ensure independence from political interference in research funding decisions
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia welcomes new President
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia welcomes new President
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Academy statement on the proposed changes to the Australian Research Council
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Workshops Program winners for 2022 announced
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Australia’s top experts tackle the nation’s biggest issues: 60 speakers across two days
Australia’s top experts tackle the nation’s biggest issues: 60 speakers across two days
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Joint Academies Statement on COP26
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Rising researchers win prestigious Academy prizes
SHAPE Futures EMCR Network Launching early 2022
SHAPE Futures EMCR Network Launching early 2022
A select group of leading social scientists have been elected as new Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
37 Leading Social Scientists elected as Academy Fellows
21 Fellows recognised by The Australian's 2021 research report as among the global and national leaders in their field
Academy Fellows recognised as top Australian researchers in 2021
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia seeks to facilitate and enable international reseach collaboration. It does this through active involvement with the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC; the Academy’s International Secretary has recently been elected President, and the Academy hosts the secretariat), and through collaborative research funding programs with international social science Academies and governments.
Two international grants now open for 2022 funding
From 6-12 September we celebrated the fourth annual Social Sciences Week with over 70 events across Australia
That’s a wrap! Social Sciences Week 2021 biggest one yet
The Paul Bourke Awards for Early Career Research are named in honour of the Academy’s past president Paul Francis Bourke (1938–1999) who was a product of the History school at the University of Melbourne and went on to become one of the first Australian historians to obtain American style doctoral training.
Nominations open: 2021 Paul Bourke Award
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Reconciliation Action Plan
Celebrating the launch of our inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan
In 2021, the Academy marks its 50th anniversary.
Happy 50th birthday to the Academy!
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Academy 2022 Workshops Program: Applications open now!
Academy 2022 Workshops Program: Applications open now!
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Read the Academy June newsletter
Academy Fellows recognised with 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Academy calls for stronger action on climate change
Read the Academy's May newsletter with updates including our Reconciliation Action Plan, Fellows dine and discuss, opportunities and more.
Read the Academy May newsletter
Four teams of social scientists will receive a boost towards interdisciplinary research projects tackling major societal issues.
2021 Australia-France Social Science Collaborative Research Program winners announced
Social scientists from Australia and China will receive additional funding to progress collaborative research projects
2021 Australia-China Joint Action Program winners announced
Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours
Congratulations to recipients of the Academy's 2021 Workshop Grants
2021 Workshops Funding
Congratulating the recipients of the 2020 Paul Bourke Awards
Paul Bourke Award recipients 2020
A select group of leading social scientists have been elected as new Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
38 Leading Social Scientists elected as Academy Fellows
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Australia’s leading social scientists: Independent MP’s climate Bill deserves bipartisan support
21 Academy Fellows have been recognised in a special report by The Australian on Australia's top researchers.
Fellows recognised in Australia’s Top Researchers list
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Leading Australian Economists on the COVID-19 Crisis
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COVID-19 – Counting the cost to our mental health
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Connected but lonely: How COVID rebooted compassion and community
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Devaluing humanities and social science education will leave Australia worse off
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How the virus made politics mutate
Academy Fellows recognised with Queen’s Birthday Honours
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COVID and the health gap
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Menace or saviour? Artificial intelligence and coronavirus
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Professor Anthony Elliott elected Fellow of the United Sigma Intelligence Association
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Corona Care Package: from tech expert Anthony Elliott
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Baby Boomers, Gen-X, Millennials… ‘Generation COVID’?
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Corona Care Package: from Sociologist Dan Woodman
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EMCR Researcher spotlight: Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh
One of 2019's Paul Bourke Award winners, Dr Melissa Day, is an expert in pain psychology. She splits her time between teaching and research, and works hard to make a difference to the lives of people with chronic pain. Learn about Melissa (and her love for The Far Side) in this Early to Mid Career Researcher profile.  
EMCR Researcher spotlight: Dr Melissa Day
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EMCR Researcher spotlight: Dr David Frazier
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Do we save lives or save the economy?
A grounded Qantas Airbus A380
Planes, trains and a whole lot of pain: tourism and COVID-19 
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(Wo)Men at work: Could COVID-19 shake up inequalities at home and work?
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Corona Care Package: From Economist Richard Holden
Spanish flu in Australia
5 things history teaches us about coping with COVID-19
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Women on the frontline: how COVID-19 will impact work and home into the future
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Academy co-hosts launch of Australian Social Progress Index
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Corona Care Package: from tourism expert Sara Dolnicar
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Tipping Point: the quiz that provides a fresh take on global crises
Professor Bruce Chapman is an economist at the ANU and Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences. He says
Academy Fellows: HECs style loans could help reduce COVID-19 economic shock
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Corona Care Package: From Historian Frank Bongiorno
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History repeats: how lessons from the past can help us navigate today’s Corona crisis
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Academy Fellow Professor Bruce Scates wins Fulbright 70th Anniversary Scholar Award
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Academy welcomes special research initiative on Australian culture, history and society
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2020 Australia-France Social Science Collaborative Research Program winners announced
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2020 Australia-China Joint Action Program Winners Announced
Academy Fellows recognised with Australia Day Honours
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Academy Fellows win Economics Society Awards
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Academy Fellows awarded $8.1 million ARC funding
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37 Leading Social Scientists elected as Academy Fellows in 2019
Rising research stars win prestigious Paul Bourke Awards
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Academy Fellow Anthony Elliott Wins European Union Funding
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Craig Jeffrey and Frank Bongiorno elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Academy Fellows appointed to the ARC College of Experts
Academy Fellows appointed to the ARC College of Experts
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Academy Fellows recieve Australian Laureate Fellowships
Farewell Bob Hawke
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2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours
New ASSA Executive Director
The Call for Applications for the 2020-21 Workshop Program is Now Open
Brian Head Routledge Prize
Professor Brian Head wins 2019 Routledge Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Public Management Research
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2019 Australia Day Honours for Professor Lynette Russell FASSA
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2019 Australia Day Honours for Professor Frank Bongiorno FASSA
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2019 Australia Day Honours for Professor Melanie Wakefield FASSA
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2019 Australia Day Honours for Professor Mark Dodgson FASSA
Helen Christensen
2019 Australia Day Honours for Professor Helen Christensen FASSA
Sharon Friel Climate Change and the Peoples Health
Sharon Friel | Climate Change and the People’s Health
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Anthony Elliott | The Culture of AI: Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution
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Dennis A Ahlburg et al | The Changing Face of Higher Education: Is there an International Crisis in the Humanities
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Warwick Anderson Et Al Ed.s | Pacific Futures: Past and Present
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Frank Bongiorno et al | Elections Matter
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The publication game leads to trivial pursuits
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Professor Anthony Elliott wins prestigious European Union grants
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Jane McAdam, Fiona Chong | Refugees: Why seeking asylum is legal and Australia’s policies are not
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Peter J Rimmer & Booi Hon Kam | Consumer Logistics
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2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for Professor John Freebairn
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2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for Professor Shurlee Swain
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2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for Emeritus Professor Geoff Harcourt
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Garry Rodan | Participation without Democracy
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ASSA Fellow Professor Jacqui True awarded Honorary Doctorate
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Marcia Langton | Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia
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Tim Rowse | Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901
Peter Sutton The politics of suffering
Peter Sutton | The Politics Of Suffering
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Australian social scientists pioneer open regionalism in Asia-Pacific
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Top marks for Australia’s HECS System
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Fellow Meredith Edwards at the United Nations

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