The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Workshops Program grants. Over $70,000 has been allocated to eight teams of researchers to host multidisciplinary workshops to develop innovative approaches, foster network connections and tackle critical issues in national research and policy. The funded workshops will bring…
Shaping Australia’s policy and future: Academy announces 20 distinguished social science leaders as 2024 Fellows The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has announced the election of 20 new Fellows. These scholars have made outstanding contributions across a diverse range of fields, including early childhood mental health, gender equity, Indigenous studies and economic policy. Each year,…
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia is proud to announce that its Geography education resource Water in the World has won the Not-for-profit Generated Resource category at the 2024 Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA) Awards. The awards, held during the 2024 AGTA conference in Darwin on 3 October, recognise outstanding achievements in the creation of educational materials…
The Politics of Gender Equality: Australian Lessons in an Uncertain World This open access book provides the first in-depth study of the development of federal gender equality politics and policy in Australia from the 1970s to the present day. Australia has a history of gender equality innovation, including granting women’s suffrage long before equivalent countries.…
Edited By Jaime García-Iglesias, Maurice Nagington, Peter Aggleton This book explores the relationship between COVID-19 and AIDS. It considers both how the earlier HIV pandemic informed our engagement with COVID-19, as well as the ways in which COVID-19 has changed how we remember and experience AIDS. Individual sections focus on sexual and intimate relationships, inequalities and injustice, the…
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has announced the winners of the 2024 Paul Bourke Awards, recognising four of the nation’s most exceptional early-career researchers in the social sciences. Academy President Professor Richard Holden congratulated the awardees for their impactful contributions across diverse disciplines and the role their work plays in advancing our…
Ross Garnaut A new path for Australia, by eminent economist and author of the bestselling Superpower Could Australia become a full-employment, renewable-energy superpower? Ross Garnaut says yes, and it starts with taxing carbon. A levy on the big polluters will help fund Australia to become a carbon-free energy giant, lower the cost of living and…
Alan Petersen From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Each outbreak presents new challenges but the responses are often similar. This important book by Academy Fellow Professor Alan Petersen explores the dimensions, dynamics and implications of emerging pandemic societies. Drawing on ideas from sociology…
Steven Hamilton, Richard Holden In many ways, Australia handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as any country in the world – but what did we get wrong? Australia’s economic policy response to the pandemic was as effective as any other country’s – and dramatically better than most. Was this inevitable? Was it luck? Was it the…
Dr Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, Professor Corrinne Sullivan, Ms Jacinta Walsh and Dr Bep Uink; recipients of the Academy’s 2024 Rechnitz Fund grants for early- and mid-career Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social science researchers. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (the Academy) has announced over $75,000 in research funding to four outstanding recipients of…
Monday 5 August 2024 | Melbourne This invitation-only roundtable was organised by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) to discuss challenges and opportunities for the field of education research in Australia going forward. The program and background papers were developed by a working group…
A Social Sciences Week special eventTuesday 10 September | 5pm arrival for 6pm startNational Library of Australia In an era where social media shapes our interactions and perceptions, the lines between connection and division have never been more blurred. With rising concerns about misinformation, online bans and the impact of digital echo chambers, we must…
In August 2024, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (the Academy) and the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) convened a Roundtable discussion of priorities and future directions for education research. The roundtable was attended by more than thirty representatives from universities, peak bodies and professional organisations, education unions and education research agencies. Attendees…
Algorithms of Anxiety: Fear in the Digital Age Anthony Elliott Machine learning algorithms are widely presumed to herald a world in which the crippling burdens of anxiety can be left behind. The digital revolution promises a brave new world where individuals, communities and organizations can at last take control of the future – anticipating, designing…
The Development of University Teaching Over Time: Pedagogical Approaches from 1800 to the Present By Tom O’Donoghue Examining two centuries of university education, this book charts the development of pedagogical approaches since the year 1800 and how they have transformed higher education. While institutions for promoting advanced learning in various forms have existed in Asia,…
Bina: First Nations Languages, Old and New Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams, Felicity Meakins The incredible story of the resilience and recovery of Australia’s First Nations languages Australia’s language diversity is truly breathtaking. This continent lays claim to the world’s longest continuous collection of cultures, including over 440 unique languages and many more dialects. Sadly, European…
First Nations descendants are celebrating the end of a 30-year embargo on a vast collection of anthropological field notes compiled by renowned anthropologists and Academy Fellows Catherine and Ronald Berndt. This significant development grants Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities access to over 45,000 pages of detailed cultural and family records previously withheld from public…
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia proudly celebrates NAIDOC Week. Please find below information and resources to engage and celebrate this important week. ➡️ Learn about the meaning of NAIDOC Week and the 2024 theme: Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud and Proud in a short informative video with Academy Fellow and…
This book provides a comprehensive overview of ‘societal deception’ – how and why people are deceived and led to believe fake news. Coherently blending critical political economy and sociology, the author provocatively examines how corporations, political parties, the media, think tanks and assorted ‘influencers’ seek to manipulate public opinion to achieve their goals. This book…
An incisive, authoritative account of the West’s failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul In 1958, Richard Nixon described Afghanistan as “unconquerable.” On 15 August 2021, he was proven right. After twenty years of intervention, US and NATO forces retreated, enabling the Taliban to return to power. Tens of thousands were killed…
Australian social science researchers with a plan to host multidisciplinary workshops have until Friday 9 August 2024 to apply for grants supported by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. The Academy’s workshop program aims to advance research and policy agendas on nationally important issues by awarding up to $9000 in financial support to…
Three Fellows of the Academy have been recognised for their contributions in the 2024 King’s Birthday Order of Australia awards.
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2024 Paul Bourke Awards for Early Career Research in the social sciences are now open. Named in honour of distinguished past-President Paul Francis Bourke, these prestigious awards celebrate outstanding contributions from early career researchers within the social sciences. Each…
Australian Roadmap for Open Research Thursday 13 June 2024 | Canberra A nationally significant conversation to initiate design of an Australian Roadmap for Open Research. Australia needs a clear vision and co-ordinated leadership for Open Research. This invitation-only policy roundtable connected a diverse group of stakeholders from across government, research funding bodies, peak bodies, the…