As a society, we are moving toward an ever more online presence. While some members of younger generations loathe using their phones to make a phone call, the importance of exploring other ways in which technology can be harnessed to link people with vital services, such as mental health support, cannot be understated. According to…
That’s the message from Professor Scott Eacott for anyone considering applying for a 2024 Workshop Grant from the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia before the deadline of 25 August 2023. Scott Eacott is Deputy Director of the Gonski Institute for Education, Professor in the School of Education at UNSW Sydney and an Adjunct…
Do the social sciences have the right infrastructures to drive ground-breaking research? What shared research capabilities could transform our disciplines? Consider a research project you are working on right now. Consider what you will be working on in 10 years. In 20 years. What research infrastructure would deepen understanding and amplify impacts? These are the…
Four Academy Fellows are among the 90 leading experts announced as new appointments to the prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts. Professors Cathy Coleborne (University of Newcastle), Bronwyn Fredericks (University of Qld), David Goodman (University of Sydney) and Gavan McNally (University of NSW) join eight other Academy Fellows on the 270-strong College responsible…
We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future. On 26 May 2017, after a historic process of consultation, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was read out. This clear and urgent call for…
Despite rising international tensions Greater China and Australia face many shared challenges in public administration. Based on decades of scholarship and workshops and written for a wider readership, ‘Dilemmas in public management’ confirms fundamental philosophical differences while also looking for common ground and opportunities for shared learning.
Whether it’s “low fat, no fat, full cream, high calcium, high protein, soy, light, skim, omega 3, high calcium with vitamin D and folate or extra dollop”, how can consumers tell if the health claims made on food labels are genuine? In our latest episode of Seriously Social, host Ginger Gorman delves into the world…
Co-authored by Academy Fellow Felicity Meakins, Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country is a fascinating, illustrated science book that takes kids inside the life of termites through storytelling from the Gurindji People. Did you know there are four types of termite poo? Or that a warm paste made from termite mound is used…
More than 150 delegates from across the Asia Pacific social science community met in Seoul on 14 and 15 June for the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC) 25th Biennial Conference. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of AASSREC, Past, Present and Future of Social Sciences in Asia, the Academy was represented by International Secretary Professor Fleur Johns,…
Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager gives every manager, regardless of their functional role, access to cutting-edge research and evidence-based recommendations so they can approach their people management responsibilities with confidence. Day-to-day people management is increasingly the responsibility of front-line managers, not HR professionals. But managers are often poorly prepared for these responsibilities; they receive little…
Looking for some brain food this NAIDOC week? We have a round-up of some unmissable reading, listening and viewing from some of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Academy Fellows below. WATCH LISTEN READ Read more about NAIDOC Week here.
Six Academy Fellows are amongst the list of 17 successful Australian Laureate Fellowships announced by the Australian Research Council (ARC) yesterday. The Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme reflects the Australian Government’s commitment to excellence in research by supporting world-class researchers to conduct research in Australia. The Academy extends its warmest congratulations to Distinguished Professor Xuemei Bai from ANU,…
Academy Fellow Professor Adam Graycar wrote this piece for The Mandarin on Sunday 18 June 2023 and it has been republished with permission. For as long as I can remember academics have lamented that their research does not have the policy impact they think it should have. Based on my long experience here are five…
This fifth edition of Looking for Information is redesigned to reflect the breadth of research across information behaviour studies, with a new streamlined, six-chapter structure, presenting a refreshed look at people’s information needs and seeking practices, while also embracing contemporary concepts such as information use, creation, and embodiment. This edition retains its core purpose by highlighting essential…
The Draft National Care and Support Economy Strategy is a huge leap forward in our national conversation on aged care, disability care and support, early childhood education and care and veterans’ care. However, we need to think beyond ‘market design’ to broader ‘systems design’ and consider the full range of stewardship levers governments can use…
Deborah Stevenson, Professor of Sociology and Urban Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, AustraliaThis unique and insightful book provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary cultural policy and its discourses, influences, and consequences. It examines the factors that have led to a narrowing of cultural policy and suggests new ways of thinking…
Six Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia have been recognised for their contributions to academic leadership, the social sciences, research and education in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours list. Among those honoured is former President of the Academy, Jane Hall AO, FASSA FAHMS. Officers of the Order of Australia Members of…
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) plays a crucial role in shaping the future of children and society. Recognising the need for comprehensive reforms, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has made a submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into ECEC. ECEC plays an important social and economic role in Australia. Alongside growing…
On 26 May 2023 the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences made a joint submission to the second consultation process for Measuring What Matters. Our Academies strongly support the Australian Government’s initiative to develop a stand-alone Measuring What Matters Statement. A wellbeing economy approach is an…
Volume Editors: Ricardo Roque and Warwick Anderson Imagined Racial Laboratories reveals the watermarks of science in the dynamics of racialisation in Southeast Asia, during and after the colonial period. Bringing together a set of critical histories of race sciences, it illuminates the racialised dimensions of colony and nation in the region. It demonstrates that racialisation took…
Submission to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources On 6 April 2023 the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia made a submission to Developing Australia’s Science and Research Priorities and National Science Statement – a National Conversation Starter. Our submission makes four recommendations aimed at ensuring the science and research priorities are an effective…
Australians will soon vote on ‘A Proposed Law: To alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice’. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia strongly supports this proposal. The Voice is needed and the time is right because of: Establishing the Voice will…
The Academy has released a statement in support of the Voice referendum
Relations between Australia and Japan have undergone both testing and celebrated times since 1952, when Australia’s ambassadorial representation in Tokyo commenced. Over the years, interactions have deepened beyond mutual trade objectives to encompass economic, defence and strategic interests within the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. This ‘special relationship’ has been characterised by the high volume of…