Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
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.
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 advocate for Indigenous rights.
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 strategic planning and policy advice to the CEO of the ARC.
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.
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 amongst the best of Australian authors.
February 11, 2010
Professor Jane Stapleton
Professor Jane Stapleton, FASSA, from the ANU College of Law has been elected as
an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn. The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn is one the
four Inns of Court, a professional association for barristers and judges located in
London.
May 20, 2009
Emeritus Professor Meredith Edwards AM to address CRCA conference in Canberra
Professor Meredith Edwards, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences, will be speaking at the upcoming conference of the Cooperative Research Centres Association in Canberra on Wednesday 27th May.
May 6, 2009
Borland named as Chair of Australian Studies, Harvard University
Professor Jeff Borland (FASSA) has been named as the next chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University. Professor Borland will take up the position in 2010, following on from Nicolas Jose, Alison Bashford and Stuart Macintyre (FASSA), and is the first economist to hold the chair since 1986 (Max Corden, FASSA).
Last modified: 22 February 2010.