2003 Annual Symposium, Cunningham Lecture and Annual General Meeting

Youth in Transition

9 - 11 November 2003
University House, Australian National University.

C A N B E R R A

9 November (1930 - 2100): Sunday Evening Fellows' Colloquium.
10 November (0915 - 1745): Annual Symposium and Cunningham Lecture.
11 November (0900 - 1300): Annual General Meeting.

Sunday Evening Fellows' Colloquium - 9th November
(For Academy Fellows Only)

A Critical Review of the Government’s Higher Education Proposals
Convened by Professor Bruce Chapman, FASSA, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University.

1930 - 2100: Drawing Room, University House, Australian National University.

The Nelson reforms reviewed. Chapman offers a critique of the Government proposed changes to the financing of Australian higher education. Some alternative proposals are canvassed and analysed, before inviting questions, comments and discussion.

Symposium 2003 - 10th November
(Open to the Public)

Common Room, University House, Australian National University.

The transition from childhood and adolescence into adulthood is often difficult.

There are many decisions which young people have to make in a rapidly changing world in which there are many options and pathways but also numerous risks and uncertainties. Many of the traditional institutions and values of the society in which their parents grew up are under threat or have changed. There are also changes in the experience of growing up in families and communities as well as changes in beliefs and expectations about roles and opportunities for young men and women in a globalised world; the relationship between the individual and society; access to education, employment, careers, social support, and material well-being; and concepts of a just, equitable, and healthy social world. 

ASSA Symposium 2003, held in conjunction with the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC) 15th Biennial General Conference, will bring together social scientists from a range of countries and disciplines -- including psychologists, sociologists, demographers, anthropologists, economists, and social geographers -- to examine from their perspectives some of the challenges and opportunities young people face in different national settings and how the social sciences can anticipate and respond to the challenges faced by youth in transition.

Program

SESSION 1
Chair - Professor Leon Mann

0915 – 0925 Welcome to AASSREC delegates and ASSA Fellows by Professor Leon Mann, Pratt Family Professor of Leadership and Decision Making, University of Melbourne; President of ASSA.

0925 – 0935 Welcome by Professor Fay Gale, AO, FASSA, President of AASSREC.

0935 – 1005 Youth in Asia: Many Questions Few Answers. Professor Yogesh Atal, Indian Council of Social Science Research; Special Adviser to the Indian Institute of Education.

1005 – 1035 Emerging Adulthood: The New (and Longer) Transition to Adulthood. Associate Professor Jeffrey Arnett, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland.

1035 - 1100 Morning Tea

SESSION 2
Chair – Professor Graeme Hugo

1100 – 1125 A Demographic View of Changing Youth in Asia. Professor Graeme Hugo, FASSA,Director of Key Centre in Research and Teaching in Social Applications of GIS, University of Adelaide.

1125 – 1150 The Changing Status of Youth in Sri Lanka. Dr Siri T Hettige, National Science Foundation; Professor of Sociology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

1150 – 1215 Youth Migration and Change in Indonesia. Dr Aswatini Raharto, Lembaga Ilmu Pangetauhan Indonesia; Research Centre for Population, Jakarta.

1215 – 1230 Discussion

1230 – 1330 Lunch

SESSION 3
Chair: Professor Doreen Rosenthal

1330 – 1355 The Consequences of HIV/AIDS for Young People. Professor Doreen Rosenthal, AO, FASSA, Director, Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, University of Melbourne.

1355 – 1420 Global Cultural Changes and Young People’s Wellbeing. Mr Richard Eckersley, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University.

1420 – 1445 Youth: Creators of our Future. Dr Stephanie Fahey, Director, Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific, University of Sydney.

1445 - 1500 Discussion

1500 - 1515 Afternoon Tea

SESSION 4
Chair: Professor Margot Prior
Young speakers offer their perspectives on youth in transition

1515 – 1535 Indigenous Australian Young People - The Winds of Change. Mr Gregory Phillips, VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, University of Melbourne.

1535 – 1555 Ms Melany Tainui, Youth Representative, Culture Sub Commission, New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO.

1555 – 1625 Discussion and Symposium overview by Associate Professor Jeffrey Arnett.

1625 – 1630 Closing of Symposium by Professor Fay Gale.

1700 – 1745 Cunningham Lecture: Professor Leon Mann.

1900 – 2300 ASSA and AASSREC Dinner in the Great Hall, Australian National University.

Cunningham Lecture
(Open to the Public)

Leadership Observed: Roles, Relationships, Character, Decisions, and Journeys
Presented by Professor Leon Mann, President of ASSA.

10 November (1700 - 1745): Coombs Lecture Theatre, Australian National University.

The study of leadership is informed by five conceptual models which locate and identify leadership in a range of activities and behaviours, types of relationships, personal characteristics and values, crucial decisions, and formative events and experiences. Drawing on empirical research in the leadership literature, the Lecturer will examine implications of the different models for what is expected of leaders and how they are regarded, as well as implications for the study of leadership in different cultures and settings.

Annual General Meeting - 11th November
(For Academy Fellows Only)

0900 - 1045: Panel Meetings.
1100 - 1300: AGM, Common Room, University House, Australian National University.
1300: Close. Complimentary lunch will be provided after the AGM.

 

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Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Symposium 2003 is presented in conjunction with the 15th Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC) Biennial General Conference.