Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

2010
Children of the Recession: The social consequences of an economic downturn
Project Directors: Professor Michael Bittman, Professor Dorothy Broom AM, Associate Professor Duncan Ironmonger and Professor Sue Richardson.

The ASSA Research Committee was pleased to announce in early 2010 that the Academy's proposal to the ARC for Learned Academies Special Projects (LASP) funding for the proposal Children of the Recession: The social consequences of an economic downturn was approved. The project will be lead by Professor Michael Bittman, with Associate Pr...   Learn more

2009
Reconceptualising Human Security: Its uses and limitations for developing Australian foreign policy
Project Directors: Professors Dennis Altman AM, Robyn Eckersley and Joseph Camilleri OAM

Following the approval in mid 2009 by the ARC and the Office of Minister for Innovation of funding for the Learned Academies Special Projects proposal submitted by Dennis Altman, Joseph Camilleri and Robin Eckersley in late 2008, the Academy commenced the project titled Reconceptualising human security: Its uses and limitations for developin...   Learn more