Exchange Program - Australia & France

History

In April 2002, the Academy of the Social Sciences and the French Embassy in Australia agreed on a strategy to form stronger research relationships between scholars in the two countries. One expression of this agreement is to provide a funded program to initiate and/or enhance joint research activity through an annual joint call for proposals.

Special attention will be paid to projects of interest to both French and Australian scholars and to those relevant to Pacific Island studies where research into matters surrounding indigenous and non-indigenous contact is topical and important. The funding is available to support visits from cooperating scholars travelling to Australia or to France (including French overseas territories).

Download 2009 application form

Applications for travel in 2009 have now CLOSED. Applications will reopen in 2009.

For more information and application forms contact:

• The French Embassy in Australia: michel.thibier@diplomatie.gouv.fr on 02 6216 0133; or,
• The Academy of the Social Sciences: William Douglas at or, 02 6249 1788

Australia-France Social Sciences Collaborative Research Projects (SSP)

Representatives of the International Program Committee and the French Embassy short-listed the following four projects for funding support in 2007. Integration Challenges for Muslim Minorities in Western Liberal Democracies: France and Australia; Enhancing emergency incident management teamwork through intelligent workplace design; Concepts of skills and competence: A comparative analysis of France and Australia; Socio-economic determinants of country risk: International comparison and application to the Asia-Pacific region.