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Congratulations

Our warm congratulations are extended to the following recipients of the recent Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project 2018 grants round:

• Deb Dempsey and Fiona Kelly: The socio-legal implications of donor linking
• Katherine Carroll and Catherine Waldby: Lactation after loss in contemporary motherhood and healthcare delivery
• Ben Wadham and James Connor: Institutional abuse and organisational reform in the Australian defence force
• David Moore, Helen Keane, Kathryn Graham and Mats Ekendahl: Analysing gender in research and policy on alcohol-related violence

If you were awarded an ARC grant recently, please do email the details to admin@tasa.org.au so that we can share your news with members next week.

Applied Sociology - Geek Speak session

The Applied Sociology Thematic Group invites you to participate in a 1 hour Sociology Geek Speak session via Skype on Thursday 16 November 7:30pm AEDT. TASA Continuing Education Officer, Alan Scott, will be available to discuss his latest piece on language titled 'What you say/what you write' which can be found here. Please nominate your interest by emailing appliedsociology@tasa.org.au . 

Members' Publications

Books

Book Chapters

MATTHEWMAN, S. (2017) ‘Theorising Personal Medical Devices’, in Conor Farrington and Rebecca Lynch (eds) Quantified Lives and Vital Data: Exploring Health and Technology through Personal Medical Devices, London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 17-43.

Cebulla, A. and I. Katz (2017) Un(der)employment, poverty and the future of work after the GFC, in Klaus Serr (ed.) Thinking about Poverty, Fourth Edition. Sydney: The Federation Press.

Journal Articles

Cebulla, A. and S. Whetton (2017) All Roads leading to Rome? The medium term Outcomes of Australian Youth’s Transition Pathways from Education, Journal of Youth Studies. 

MATTHEWMAN, S. (2017) ‘Mobile Disasters: Catastrophes in the Age of Manufactured Uncertainty’, Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, 7(3): 6-22

Nafiseh Ghafournia and Patricia Easteal, ‘Spouse Sponsorship Policies: Focus on Serial Sponsors,’ Laws 6, 24; doi:10.3390/laws6040024.

Helen Forbes-Mewett & Rebecca Wickes (2017). The neighbourhood context of crime against international students, Journal of Sociology 

Alexandra Caruso & Steven Roberts (2017). Exploring constructions of masculinity on a men’s body-positivity blog, Journal of Sociology 

Anderson, A. (2017) Toward a genealogy of the liberal government of youth. Journal of Youth Studies

Informed News & Analysis

Andrew Jakubowicz: How social conservatism among ethnic communities drove a strong ‘no’ vote in western Sydney, The Conversation

Stewart Lockie & Maxine Newlands: Adani aside, North Queensland voters care about crime and cost of living, The Conversation

Larissa Nicholls, Halley McCann, Karyn Bosomworth & Yolande Strengers: High energy costs make vulnerable households reluctant to use air conditioning: study, The Conversation 

Luke Gahan & Geraldine Donoghue: Same-sex marriage: The Yes campaign, from the Howard years to headbutts​, ABC News

Podcasts

Nicholas Hookway: Talking kindness for World Kindness Day, ABC News 

Members' Keynote Invitations

Have you been invited to give a keynote? If so, we'd love to hear about it so that we can list the details in the weekly newsletter here. 

Thematic Group Events

Emotions and Social Theory Workshop 

The Social Theory thematic group of TASA and the Contemporary Emotions Research Network (UOW) are running a collaborative workshop on emotions and social theory.  November 27, University of Wollongong.

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Public Lecture

Flinders Sociology 40th Anniversary Raewyn Connell Public Lecture  Flinders Victoria Square, Adelaide. Tuesday November 21, 5:30pm                                                Space is limited, RSVP is essential. Read on...

Workshop

HASS Centres of Excellence workshop for the forthcoming ARC Centres of Excellence rounds.                                                                                                          Monday, 11 December, 10:00am–4:00pm,  ACT                                                                     Free Admission: Bookings essential. RSVP: by 4 December. Read on...

Symposiums

New: Advancing the Public Benefit of Universities. Universities exist to serve society, but what does that look like in the 21st century?                                              Keynote: Raewyn Connell                                                                                                     Friday, 1 December, 9am – 5pm, University of Technology Sydney                                        For program and registration details, please read on...

New: Australian Mothering in Contemporary and Historical Perspective             15-16 Feburary, 2018, The University of Melbourne. Read on...

Health Inequities, Trade and Global Governance Research Symposium           La Trobe University's Centre for Health Law and Society                                                               30 November                                                                                                                       Registration is free but essential. Read on...

Working with Communities: Alcohol & Other Drug Intervention & Policy Research                                                                                                                             National Drug Research Institute 30th Anniversary Symposium                                 Thursday 30 November, 8:30am-5pm                                                                          Registration free but essential. Read on...

Conferences

Power & Governance: Forms, Dynamics, Consequences                                  Tampere, Finland, 27–29 August 2018                                                                                          For session and paper proposal deadlines, please read on...

Abolitionist Approaches to Social Problems                                                                    The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)                                                         August 10-12, 2018, Philadelphia                                                                            Submission deadline: January 31, 2018. Read on...

Exit, Voice and Loyalty:  Alternative Economic Models and Responses to Decline in Contemporary Society                                                                                          21-22 May 2018 in Warsaw, Poland                                                                                                      Submission deadline: December 10. Read on...

Call for Papers

New: Following the success of the Crime and Governance ‘Politics and Crime Control’ symposium, The Journal of Applied Youth Studies (JAYS), along with guest editors Joel McGregor and Xanthé Mallett, are now welcoming abstract submissions for a special issue to be published in early 2018.                                                                                        Abstract submission deadline: December 7. Read on...

New: Breastfeeding in Public thematic series                                               International Breastfeeding Journal                                                                                     Abstract submission deadline: November 30. Read on...

Consumer Vulnerability: Advancing a multidisciplinary perspective of vulnerability                                                                                                                                    The Editors are looking for interdisciplinary perspective on consumer vulnerability. Submission deadline: 12 February, 2018. Read on...

Gift Memberships

Gift memberships are available with TASA.  If you would like to purchase a gift membership, please email the following details through to the TASA Office:

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