Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
April 11, 2012
ASSA fellow to deliver 2012 Hourani Lecture Series at University of Buffalo
Noted Moral Philosopher Michael Smith , an ASSA Fellow, to Deliver 2012 Hourani Lecture Series at University of Buffalo.
February 6, 2012
ASSA Fellows recognized in the 2012 Australia Day Honours
The Academy is proud to announce that four of its Fellows were recognized with various awards as part of the Australia Day 2012 Honours, including Officer (AO) in the General Division, Professor Stuart Macintyre, Victoria
August 15, 2011
Leon Mann was awarded Hononary Fellowship of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Academy Fellow Professor Leon Mann was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in recognition of his outstanding contributions to scholarship and knowledge and in tribute to his steadfast devotion to the Hebrew Uni...
June 14, 2011
Academy Fellow Professor Graeme John Davison has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia
Academy Fellow Professor Graeme John Davison has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for his distinguished services to the community as a leading scholar and commen...
June 14, 2011
Academy Fellow Professor Susan Richardson has been appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia
The Academy Fellow Professor Susan Richardson has been appointed as a member of the Order of Australia for her services to the social sciences, particularly in the field of labour market economics as an academic and researcher, and throu...
February 10, 2011
Professor McDonald is the winner of the of the World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Professor Peter McDonald , Director of the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, has been named the winner of the World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Award was given for The Fe...
February 10, 2011
The Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professorship of Legal Science goes to two Academy Fellows
The University of Cambridge has given one of its highest academic honours to two Academy Fellows. Professor Peter Cane and Professor Jane Stapleton have been elected to the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professorship of Legal Science, o...
November 2, 2010
Professor Geoff Harcourt has been awarded the 2010 Veblen-Commons Award
Professor Geoff Harcourt has been awarded the Veblen-Commons Award by the Association of Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) in 2010. The award is presented annually by the AFEE to a scholar who in the view of the organisation has subst...
September 7, 2010
ASSA Fellows secure $12.7 million for ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research
Professor John Piggot, Professor Hal Kendig, Professor Peter McDonald and Professor Alan Woodland are members of a research team which has been successful in securing $12.7 million over 7 years from the ARC to establish a Centre f...
September 1, 2010
Emeritus Professor Geoff Harcourt returns to Australia after 28 years at Cambridge
Emeritus Professor Geoff Harcourt has returned to Australia after 28 years at Cambridge in the Faculty of Economics and Jesus College. He has been appointed...
September 1, 2010
Professor Bryan Turner appointed Presidential Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York
Professor Bryan Turner has recently been appointed as Presidential Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. In his role as the Director of the Committee on Religion, he will be responsible...
September 1, 2010
Professor Adam Graycar appointed Director of the Research School of Social Sciences
Professor Adam Graycar, ASSA Fellow since 1998, has been appointed as Director of the Research School of Social Sciences at ANU. He will commence his new role on 1 October, 2010. He is Professor of Public Policy and the Director...
September 1, 2010
Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod awarded 2010 Charles A. Lindbergh Chair at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod has been awarded the 2010 Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. The Chair is a competitive twelve-mon...
August 24, 2010
Stewart Clegg receives IMPACT Award for Good Practice of Impactful Management Scholarship
Earlier this month, ASSA Fellow Professor Stewart Clegg was awarded the IMPACT Award for his good practice of impactful management including teaching, research and leadership development. Professor Clegg is a leading international research...
July 21, 2010
International Dobrushin Prize awarded to Professor Anna Wierzbicka
Professor Anna Wierzbicka, ASSA Fellow since 1996, has recently been awarded the International Dobrushin Prize for 2010. Although this is traditionally a prize for mathematics, on this occasion the jury decided to award it to Professo...
July 6, 2010
ASSA Fellows awarded Australian Laureate Fellowships for outstanding research
ASSA Fellows Professor Hilary Charlesworth and Professor Margaret Jolly have each been awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship for their world-class research. Professor Charlesworth and Professor Jolly were two of only fifteen resea...
June 16, 2010
The Honourable Michael Kirby awarded prestigious Gruber Justice Prize
ASSA Fellow, the Honourable Michael Kirby, was announced co-winner of the prestigious Gruber Justice Prize. The announcement was made in New York, making Justice Kirby the first Australian to win a Gruber Prize in the field of Justice...
June 15, 2010
ASSA Fellows Recognised in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours
The Academy is proud to announce that six of its Fellows were recognised with various awards as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours for 2010, including: Officer (AO) in the General Division: Professor Pa...
June 2, 2010
Professor Anthony Elliott appointed Visiting Research Professor and awarded Distinguished Visiting Fellowship
Recently elected ASSA Fellow, Professor Anthony Elliott, has recently been appointed Visiting Research Professor at the Department of Sociology at University College in Dublin, and has also been awarded a Distinguished Visiting Fellowship a...
May 31, 2010
Senior Research Fellowship awarded to Professor Richard Bosworth
Professor Richard Bosworth has recently been awarded a Senior Research Fellowship at Jesus College, Oxford University, for the period 2011-2014. Professor Bosworth’s research interests focus largely on modern European history, histori...
May 27, 2010
Professor Keith Dowding elected Fellow of Human Development and Capabilities Association
Professor Keith Dowding has recently been elected Fellow of the Human Development and Capabilities Association for his significant contributions to the Association's fields of interest. Professor Dowding is currently the Director of Researc...
May 6, 2010
Professor Simon Marginson co-authors a study pinpointing causes of 2009 International Student Crisis
ASSA Fellow Professor Simon Marginson has co-authored a recent study diagnosing some of the failures of Australia's international education industry, many of which contributed to the 2009 international student crisis. Professor Margin...
April 21, 2010
Emeritus Professor Max Coltheart receives Honorary Doctorate
Emeritus Professor Max Coltheart, Fellow of ASSA, has been awarded a Doctor of Letters honoris causa by Macquarie University in NSW. Professor Coltheart is one of Australia's best known and highly-regarded cognitive scientist...
March 31, 2010
Felix Klein Medal for 2009 goes to Professor Gilah Leder
The Academy is proud to announce that the 2009 Felix Klein Medal has been given to ASSA Fellow Professor Gilah Leder, in recognition of her more than thirty years of outstanding achievements in mathematics education research and development...
March 23, 2010
Professor Neil Gunningham heads new Climate and Environmental Governance Network at ANU
ASSA Fellow Professor Neil Gunningham has become Director of the new Climate and Environmental Governance Network at the Australian National University (ANU). This recently established group of researchers will form a specific part of...
March 18, 2010
Mental health system overhaul: Professor Patrick McGorry interviewed on Lateline
Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry (FASSA) was interviewed on Lateline last Thursday evening to discuss his call for a complete overhaul of Australia's mental health system. Professor McGorry is a renowned expert on youth-focu...
March 16, 2010
Harvard University appoints Professor Mick Dodson
ASSA Fellow and former Australian of the Year, Professor Mick Dodson, has recently been appointed as the next Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University. Professor Dodson was elected as an ASSA Fellow in 2009, and is a well-known ad...
March 15, 2010
Professor David Siddle appointed to the ARC Advisory Council
Professor Emeritus David Siddle, a Fellow of ASSA, has been named as one of two new appointments to the Advisory Council of the Australian Research Council (ARC). The ARC Advisory Council has been in operation for two years, and provides s...
March 14, 2010
Professor Jeffrey Borland appointed as Visiting Professor at Harvard
Professor Jeffrey Borland has been selected as the 2010-2011 Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University, following the conclusion of his term as Chair of Australian Studies. Prior to his appointment as an ASSA Fellow in ...
March 13, 2010
Adelaide Festival Award for Literature goes to Professor Jill Roe
Professor Jill Roe was recently named winner of the 2010 Adelaide Festival Literature Award for non-fiction. Professor Roe's Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography was selected from 166 entries, and the prize honours Professor Roe as ...
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