Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
February 11, 2010
Professor Jane Stapleton, FASSA
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.
September 9, 2009
ERA, overview and implications: the academic perspective
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
June 27, 2009
Vale Jerzy Zubrzycki
Jerzy (George) Zubrzycki, AO, CBE, who died in Canberra on 20 May, was among
the longest serving Fellows of the Academy, elected in 1967. He was known as a
prominent academic, intellectual father of Australian multiculturalism, and the
founding professor of sociology at the Australian National University. He was
also one of a few remaining witnesses of the stormy and tragic events of the 20th
century.
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 14, 2009
ASSA encouraged by Federal Budget commitment to higher education, research and research training
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia [ASSA] welcomes the strategic investment in research, research training and tertiary education which the policy measures for the higher education sector introduced in Tuesday's Federal Budget represent.
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).
April 17, 2009
Group of Eight supports research links with Germany
The Go8 has announced a call for applications for researchers to collaborate with partners in Germany. The program welcomes applications from the HASS sector and has a priority targeting early career scholars.
December 4, 2008
CRC research better connects to public interest
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia applauds the Federal Government's quick and positive response to the recommendations of the review conducted by Mary O'Kane that will reduce barriers to research collaborations between the Science and Engineering sector and the Social Science and Humanities researchers
November 12, 2008
Tall poppy blooms again
Learned Academy honours early career researcher with Paul Bourke Award for a body of work including the development of the brain in adolescence, the emergence of depression, and the long-term effects of substance abuse.
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