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.
Application closing date extended to 27 December 2009
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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 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...
September 10, 2009 Announcement
Fellows Only Online Survey for Review of ASSA's Structure, Systems and Processes ASSA
As you may recall ASSA is in the process of conducting a review to assess the organisation and structure of the Academy. The review is concluding with a survey for Fellows. This survey should take no more than 10 minutes of your time to com...
September 9, 2009 Announcement
Call for Nominations for Fay Gale and Keith Hancock Lectures Now Open ASSA
ASSA is calling for nominations for both the Fay Gale and Keith Hancock Lectures which are scheduled to be held in March and April 2010 respectively. Both the Keith Hancock and Fay Gale Lectures honour scholars who have achieved excellen...
August 24, 2009 Announcement
HASS on the Hill registrations now open online ASSA
HASS on the Hill has become a landmark event for building awareness for the humanities, arts and social sciences with Ministers, Members of Parliament and Senators with registrations for 2009 now open online. The two day event will highligh...
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: 17 December 2009.