A new report prepared by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for Australia’s Chief Scientist and the National Science and Technology Council has been released. The report was commissioned by Government and overseen by an Expert Working Group of Fellows and other leading scholars. It found that cultural and community institutions and structures,…
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia’s Federal Election Series holds up a mirror to Australia’s evolving democratic system and the unique electoral landscape resulting from compulsory voting and preferential ballots. By convening leading researchers and political practitioners, the Academy has helped foster a collaborative space for in-depth analysis of the past 10 Federal elections, from 1996…
Australia’s Data-Enabled Research Future:The Social Sciences The aim of this project was to identify recent developments, opportunities, and priority gaps in Australia’s social science research data ecosystem. This ecosystems includes Research Data Commons (large-scale data storage and computation infrastructure along with analytic tools and interoperability protocols) as well as the workforce andgovernance arrangements required to…
Academy statement on Australian action needed to address climate change Statement on the need for a price on greenhouse gas emissions Principles of Effective Policy Reform: Lessons for Australia’s Climate Change Policy Impasse The second report from the Academy’s climate change program follows a roundtable discussion in early 2021 in which research and policy experts…
The devestating bushfires over the summer of 2019/2020 have brought into sharp focus the need for the whole of Australian society to proactively mitigate, manage and prepare for the impacts of climate change. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has some of our countries leading researchers and policy makers working on these pressing…