What is the Workshops Program?
The Academy Workshops Program offers Australian social scientists financial assistance to host multidisciplinary workshops which aim to advance research and policy agendas on nationally important issues. The Academy supports up to eight workshops each year with funding to a maximum of $9,000 (excl GST).
Its purpose is to be a catalyst for innovative ideas in social science research and social policy, to build capability amongst young researchers and to foster networks across social science disciplines and with practitioners from government, the private sector, and the community sector on issues of common concern.
“Their purpose is not to educate the public or general body of Fellows but to bring together small groups of expert and highly motivated scholars to consider and foster the development of research in a particular area of great importance to society.”
Professor Peter Karmel AC, Academy President 1987 – 90
Over the past 30 years the Academy is pleased to have been the catalyst for over 185 workshops involving thousands of leading experts across Australia.
Workshops Program Applications
Applications to the Workshops Program 2022 have now closed. To view the recipient announcement click here.
Keep me informed of future rounds:
Workshops funded in the current round
| Date | Workshop Title | Convenors and Institution | Keywords | Workshop Round | Discipline | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022_09 | Global Orders: Past and Present Workshops Program 2022 | $9,000 | George Lawson with Iain MacGillivray and Christian Reus-Smit | Australian National University | East/West global order | 2022 | Australian National University | |
| 2022_09 | Policy responses to the experience of refugee and asylum seeker women in Australia: A political values perspective Workshops Program 2022 | $7,770 | Bomikazi Zeka with Heba Batainah, Linda Botterill, and Michael Walsh | The University of Canberra | Refugees, Women, Policy | 2022 | The University of Canberra | |
| 2022_07 | Building the recovery: Creating decent working futures in Australia Workshops Program 2022 | $8,950 | Ariadne Vromen with Rae Cooper, Brendan Churchill, and Josh Healy | Australian National University | Future of work, Workplace, Pandemics | 2022 | Australian National University | |
| 2022_07 | Building education systems for equity and inclusion Workshops Program 2022 | $9,000 | Scott Eacott with Eileen Baldry | UNSW Sydney | School education, Equity, Educational outcomes | 2022 | UNSW Sydney | |
| 2022_10 | Co-creating a policy pathway to assist Australia in meeting its commitment of halving food waste by 2030 Workshops Program 2022 | $9,000 | Gamithri Karunasena with David Pearson, Sarah Wheeler, and Francesca Goodman-Smith | Central Queensland University | Food futures, Food waste, Policy | 2022 | Central Queensland University | |
| 2022_06 | Computational social science in Australia: Approaches, capabilities, and opportunities Workshops Program 2022 | $8,928 | Olga Boichak with Nick Enfield and Simon Jackman | The University of Sydney | Social sciences, Research capabilities, Digital futures | 2022 | The University of Sydney | |
| 2022_07 | From Theory to Practice: Leveraging Feminist Approaches to Care at a Time of Crisis Workshops Program 2022 | $9,000 | Megan Warin with Chris Beasley and Sophie Chao | The University of Adelaide | Crises, Gender, Women, Care, Pandemic | 2022 | The University of Adelaide | |
| 2022_11 | Post Pandemic Positions: Australian NGOs and education in a century of internationalism - students, experts and friends Workshops Program 2022 | $7,796 | David Lowe with Kate Darian-Smith, Jon Piccini, and Melanie Oppenheimer | Deakin University | International students, Education exports, Australia, Pandemics | 2022 | Deakin University | |
| 2022_04 | Age Friendly Universities and Age-Aware Curriculum Developmentin the Decade of Healthy Ageing Workshops Program 2022 | $2,382 | Nancy A Pachana with Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Stephen Birch, and Peta Cook | The University of Queensland | University education, Ageing, Age-friendly | 2022 | The University of Queensland | |
| 2021_06 | Global food supply chains in a world on the edge Findings Workshops Program 2021 | $9,000 | Dr Victoria Stead, with Professor Jon Altman and A/Professor Melinda Hinkson | Deakin University | Food systems, supply chains, global market, food crises, food shocks, consumer ethics, resilience | 2021 | Deakin University | |
| 2022_02 | Tackling Gender Inequality through the Law: Improving Accountability for Gender-Responsive Laws at the Domestic Level Findings | Policy proposal Workshops Program 2020 | $9,000 | Prof Diane Kirkby FAHA FASSA, with Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa | University of Technology Sydney (UTS) | Law and gender, women, domestic law, migration, gender-based violence, international women's rights, reproductive control, politics, gender legislative index | 2020 | University of Technology Sydney |
For more information contact:
Isabel Ceron, Policy Analyst
Email: isabel.ceron@socialsciences.org.au
Phone: 0418 909 233