Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
ISL Joint-Action Bilateral Research Programs
The Program provides seed funding for early career and other scholars who wish to collaborate internationally on a new joint research activity.
Applications will open in April, 2010
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The Heartland: Voices from Central Australia
Dialogue Volume 28 Number 2. This edition, and the next, are about Central Australia.
February 19, 2010 Announcement
Applications open for the 2010-11 Visiting Professor in Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo ASSA
Applications for the 2010-11 Visiting Professor in Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo are now open. Applications are invited from highly qualified Australians with a significant academic achievement, including those who have move...
February 18, 2010 Announcement
Professor Patrick McGorry (FASSA) named Australian of the Year 2010 ASSA
Professor Patrick McGorry (FASSA), from the ORYGEN research centre has been named Australian of the Year in 2010. Professor McGorry is a leading international researcher, clinician and advocate for the youth mental health reform agenda.
February 16, 2010 Announcement
The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science - Nominations for 2010 now open ASSA
The Australian Government awards five prizes annually for outstanding scientific achievements and excellence in science teaching. Nominations are now invited for these awards, which are offered to Australian citizens or those who hold perma...
February 5, 2010 Announcement
Fay Gale Lecture ASSA
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, in conjunction with the University of Western Sydney, the University of Adelaide, and the University of Wollongong is pleased to present the Fay Gale travelling Lecture in 2010.
January 29, 2010 Occasional Paper
Designing the Structure for Australia’s Health System ASSA
Public hospitals and their performance was the major health issue in the 2007 national election. The now Prime Minister, as Opposition leader, announced that he would develop a national reform plan ‘designed to eliminate duplication and o...
January 29, 2010 Occasional Paper
Cunningham Lecture 2009 ASSA
The contemporary prominence of climate change confirms the democratic and ecological deficits of global governance. When authority migrates from states into the international system, democracy does not usually follow, causing problems in a ...
December 16, 2009 Announcement
State Based Fellows Event Initiative ASSA
The ASSA state based Fellows initiative will fund a Fellow or Fellows from an Academy branch to convene dialogue-orientated events addressing a state based issue. This initiative aims to facilitate includes, but are not limited to, workshop...
November 9, 2009 Occasional Paper
Living alone in Australia: Trends in sole living and characteristics of those who live alone ASSA
Written by David de Vaus and Sue Richardson, this is the fourth in a series of essays based on data from the 2006 Census, produced in cooperation with the Australian Bureau of Statistics
October 14, 2009 Announcement
ARC Peer Review Processes ASSA
The ARC is currently conducting a review of the peer review processes employed for its competitive schemes, the consultation period for which will close at 5pm Monday 19th October. Should you wish to make a response to ARC on the matter of...
September 28, 2009 Annual report
ASSA Annual Report 2009 ASSA
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Annual Report 2009 is now able to be viewed online. To view, please click one of the links below.
September 15, 2009 Announcement
ERA, overview and implications: the academic perspective ASSA
A paper written by Stuart Macintyre, President of ASSA, presented at the NAF Workshop on Excellence in research evaluation: impacts on scholarship, research funding and publications, Wednesday 9 September 2009.
September 10, 2009 Announcement
Grants for Australian participation in European IRSES Marie Curie Actions ASSA
The Australian Academy of Science invites applications from Australian research organisations that are partners of a European-led consortium already selected in 2009 to receive funding from the European Commission’s International Research...
Australia: The State of Democracy, 2009.
By Marian Sawer, Norman Abjorensen and Phil Larkin
Special Minister of State, Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig, launched Australia: The State of Democracy on 14 October 2009. This is the capstone book of the Democratic Audit of Australia, written by Marian Sawer, Norman Abjorensen and Phil Larkin. The Audit began with an indicators workshop sponsored by the Academy in 2002.
Last modified: 4 March 2010.