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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-China Joint Action Program winners announcement
New ARC College of Expert members appointed for 2023
Academy Fellow Tom Calma named 2023 Senior Australian of the Year
Order of Australia Medal
Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours
ARC Centres of Excellence in 2023
2023 Workshops Program winners announced
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
Academy Statement on the October 2022 Federal Budget
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?
Order of Australia Medal
Academy Fellows recognised with 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Academy statement on Ukraine
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
Order of Australia Medal
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
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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
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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
37 Leading Social Scientists elected as Academy Fellows
Academy Fellows recognised as top Australian researchers in 2021
Two international grants now open for 2022 funding
That’s a wrap! Social Sciences Week 2021 biggest one yet
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
Happy 50th birthday to the Academy!
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Academy 2022 Workshops Program: Applications open now!
Read the Academy June newsletter
Order of Australia Medal
Academy Fellows recognised with 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Academy calls for stronger action on climate change
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2021 Australia-France Social Science Collaborative Research Program winners announced
2021 Australia-China Joint Action Program winners announced
Order of Australia Medal
Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours
2021 Workshops Funding
Paul Bourke Award recipients 2020
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
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
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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
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?
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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
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
Order of Australia Medal
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
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Academy Fellows recieve Australian Laureate Fellowships
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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
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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
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2019 Australia Day Honours for Professor Helen Christensen FASSA
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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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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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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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