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Jean Martin Award

TASA's Jean Martin Award (JMA) recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate. The 2019 JMA round is for theses for which a PhD has been formally awarded between the period March 1st 2017 to 28 February 2019. Nomination deadline: March 1. Read on...

Looking for Work Register

Spotlighting sociologists for hire: Christian Mauri

Christian Mauri’s research deals with the employment and work situations of sessional academics, and has been published in the Journal of Time and Society, and in the soon to be released edited collections, “The Postdoc Landscape” and “The Social Structures of Global Academia”. Christian has years of experience in both the disability sector and in higher education, and has taught in a variety of fields at different levels. He was the 2017 recipient of Murdoch University’s Early Career and Teaching Excellence citation.

Christian’s area of expertise also includes comparative sociology, critical disability studies, education, knowledge, occupations and professions, organization, precarity and the precariat, social class and social stratification, social theory, teaching sociology and work. Christian is looking for work in both teaching (online/face-to-face tutorials, seminars, lectures) and online marking and research assistance (qualitative).

You can contact Christian Mauri by email.

Employment Opportunities

New: Senior Research Officer Contribute to research into service offerings for young people experiencing disadvantage The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Fitzroy, Melbourne Applications close: Wednesday 13 February, 5pm. Read on...

New: Senior Research Officer Undertake research and evaluation of systemic, program and practice responses to youth unemployment. The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Fitzroy, Melbourne Applications close: Wednesday 13 February, 5pm. Read on...

New: Senior Research Officer Build on BSL’s research and policy work on Youth Foyers and to support the development of an impact measurement, monitoring and evaluation framework across Youth Foyers nationally. The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Fitzroy, Melbourne Applications close: Wednesday 13 February, 5pm.. Read on...

New: Research Officer Undertake a comprehensive mapping of programs related to employment of young people who experience disadvantage, including young people with a disability. The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Fitzroy, Melbourne Applications close: Friday 22 February, 5pm. Read on...

New: Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow The Centre for Social Impact, University of New South Wales Application deadline: February 18. Read on...

New: Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender Studies University of Stavanger Applications close: 15 February. Read on...

New: Assistant Professor The Institute of Sociology of the Pontifical Catholic, University of Chile Application deadline: March 31. Read on...

Postdoctoral Fellow The University of Melbourne Application deadline: February 28. Read on...

Senior Lecturer Monash University, Clayton Application deadline: March 5. Read on...

Lecturer in Dementia The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre (Wicking Centre) University of Tasmania Applications close: 18 February. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

Nottingham Trent University are offering over 50 fully-funded PhD studentships that are open to international students. Application deadline: February 25. Read on...

Call for applications to the PhD program at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy. They have 17 fully funded PhD grants (for 4 years). The program is entirely held in English and the call has
no restriction of nationality.
Application deadline: 28 February. Read on...

Members' Publications

Books

Andrew Peterson, Garth Stahl and Hannah Soong (2020) (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education. Springer International Publishing.

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This Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the current field of citizenship and education. It draws on insights from a range of disciplines to explore historical, philosophical, theological, sociological and psychological ideas on how the two concepts intersect and is international in scope, authorship and readership.

Five sections provide a clear outline of:

Foundational thinkers on, and the theories of, citizenship and education;
Citizenship and education in national and localised contexts;
Citizenship and education in transnational contexts;
Youth, advocacy, citizenship and education;
Contemporary insights on citizenship and education

Book Chapters

Lohmeyer, Ben Arnold. 2019. "Informal Educational Infrastructure: Citizenship Formation, Informal Education, and Youth Work Practice." In The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education, edited by Andrew Peterson, Garth Stahl and Hannah Soong, 1-15. Cham: Springer International Publishing

Noh JE. (2018) Global Citizenship Education in South Korea: The Roles of NGOs in Cultivating Global Citizens. In: Peterson A., Stahl G., Soong H. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

Book Reviews

Rebecca E. Olson (2019) Book Review: Amy Chandler, Self-injury, Medicine and Society: Authentic Bodies. Journal of Sociology.

Journal - Articles

Harvey, Andrew, & Mallman, Mark (2019). Beyond cultural capital: Understanding the strengths of new migrants within higher education. Policy Futures in Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210318822180

Joel Windle (2019) Neoliberalism, imperialism and conservatism: tangled logics of educational inequality in the global South, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2019.1569878

Joel Windle & Quentin Maire (2019) Beyond the global city: a comparative analysis of cosmopolitanism in middle-class educational strategies in Australia and Brazil, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2019.1573905

Schermuly, A. C. and Forbes-Mewett, H. (In press) Police legitimacy: Perspectives of migrants and non-migrants in Australia. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice. (Accepted 29 January 2019)

Naidoo, Yuvisthi (2019). Comparing the Implications of Expanded Income-Based Measures of Living Standards with an Application to Older Australians. Journal of Social Policy. 48(1). DOI: 10.1017/S0047279418000296

Saunders, Peter and Naidoo, Yuvisthi (2018). Mapping the Australian Poverty Profile: A Multidimensional Deprivation Approach.Australian Economic Review, vol. 51, pp. 336 - 350, DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.12266

Nicole S. Cohen, Andrea Hunter & Penny O’Donnell (2019): Bearing the Burden of Corporate Restructuring: Job Loss and Precarious Employment in Canadian Journalism, Journalism Practice, DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1571937

Yu, Ting-Fai. 2019. “Reconfiguring Queer Asia as Disjunctive Modernities: Notes on the Subjective Production of Working-class Gay Men in Hong Kong.” Journal of Homosexuality. DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2018.1560126.

Molnar, L. and Walters, P. (2019) ‘Community, Aesthetics, and Authenticity: The Retail Curatorship of a Rapidly Gentrifying Australian Streetscape’, Space and Culture. doi: 10.1177/1206331218821283.

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Malcolm Smith, Harriet Fraser, Michelle King (2018), "Non-Medical Sex Selection in Australia: Public Views and Bioethical Concerns, QUT Law Review 18 (2), pp.44-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/qutlr.v18i2.759

Reports

The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University has released the results of the first Australian study to examine LGBTI+ experiences of crisis support services. The study, Understanding LGBTI+ Lives in Crisis, led by TASA member Dr Andrea Waling found that 71% of LGBTI+ Australians did not use a crisis support service during their most recent personal or mental health crisis. The findings note that the fear of discrimination is a major deterrent for LGBTI+ people seeking support, and recommends an increased focus on raising awareness that support services exist, that LGBTI+-specific services exist, and that mainstream crisis support services are LGBTI+-inclusive.

Waling, A., Lim, G., Dhalla, S., Lyons, A., & Bourne, A. (2019). Understanding LGBTI+ Lives in Crisis. Bundoora, VIC & Canberra, ACT: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University & Lifeline Australia. Monograph 112.

Informed News & Analysis

Kathleen Flanagan, Chris Martin, Julie Lawson & Keith Jacobs (February 6, 2019) Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter. The Conversation.

Natalier, K. (2019). Australia’s Child Support System Facilitates Economic Abuse. Power to Persuade.

Waling, A. (2019). Fear of discrimination stops LGBTI Australians from seeking mental health support. Star Observer.

Waling, A. (2019). Better supporting LGBTI people in crisis. The Courier. 05.02.2019.

Ana-Maria Bliuc, Andrew Jakubowicz & Kevin Dunn (January 30, 2019) Racism in a networked world: how groups and individuals spread racist hate online. The Conversation.

Blogs

Kirsten Harley (5 February, 2019) The NDIS. Kirsten Harley, Living with MND.

Ruth Jeanes, Ramón Spaaij & Jonathan Magee (5 February, 2019) Football, Healing, and Mental Health Recovery. Sportsocs.

Lesley Pruitt & Erica Rose Jeffrey (4 February, 2019) Dancing through the dissonance: The body politic in 2019. BroadAgenda.

Kirsten Harley (8 January, 2019) Six years! Kirsten Harley, Living with MND.

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.

Promotions

Have you been promoted recently? If so, we'd love to hear about it so that we can share the details in the weekly newsletter here.

Fellow member Anna Halafoff was recently promoted to Associate Professor.

Fellow member Yuvisthi Naidoo was recently promoted to Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW.

Acknowledgements

Helen Forbes-Mewett has just been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of International Students.

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Public Lecture

New: Automation and the World of Work 21 Feb, 9:45 am for 10-11 am, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Seating is limited. Please RSVP by Tuesday 19 February. Read on...

Funding Opportunity

Funding of up to $7,000 for humanities sector women available. Women & Leadership Australia is administering an initiative to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s humanities sector. Expression of Interest deadline: March 15. Read on...

Free Journal Access - Limited Time

Enjoy free access to the Theory, Culture & Society Annual Review through to February 10. Read on...

Call for Chapters

Social theory, digital education and the Global South: Critical perspectives The book aims to explore the interplay between digital media practices and education (in primary, secondary, further, higher, and adult and community education, as well as informal education) in the context of the Global South. Submission deadline: June 30. Read on...

Call for Papers - Journals

Nationalism’s Futures Sociology Special Issue Deadline for submission of full papers: 10 June 2019. Read on... For any queries regarding this special issue, please contact:
Bridget Byrne, Helen Holmes, Vanessa May, Shaminder Takhar.

2019 Special Issue Call for papers: Disability and Children's Rights. The Canadian Journal on Children’s Rights (CJCR) Submissions deadline: April 1, 2019. Read on...

Symposiums

Symbolic Objects in Contentious Politics British Sociological Association Early Career Event Saturday 6th April, University of Aberdeen Submission deadline: March 11. Read on...

TASA Youth 2019 Symposium. Organised by TASA’s Sociology of Youth thematic group with support from TASA and the Youth Research Centre The Ethics of Engagement, Participation and Representation University of Melbourne, 21st February Registration is now open. Read on...

Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
Monday 28th – Wednesday 30th October 2019 Hear insights from experts who are working to improve mental health services within rural and remote areas and discover what you can do to provide and advocate for equal mental health care for all Australians Submissions deadline: June 28. Read on...

Rural Issues Symposium - The future of rural sociology in Australia, 2019 La Trobe, Bendigo, Friday 28th June, 2019. Keynote presentations from Professor Barbara Pini, Griffith University and Professor Robyn Eversole, Deputy Director of the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology. In recognition of the unique social experiences of rural, remote, and regional residents, the symposium aims to bring together students, researchers, applied sociologists, community and social services professionals and academics engaging with a range of issues pertinent to rural, remote and regional Australia. Abstracts and scholarship applications due: Friday 22nd March, 2019. Read on...

Conferences

New: 2020 ISA Forum of Sociology Research Committee 22: Sociology of Religion Call for Session Proposals "Challenges of the 21st Century for Sociology of Religion" Proposal deadline: March 15, 2019. Read on...

DEADLINE EXTENSION to Feb 15: EUROPE AND BEYOND: BOUNDARIES, BARRIERS AND BELONGING
14th ESA Conference, 20-23 August 2019 to be held in Manchester / UK. Read on...

Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 15 - 17 July, Queensland Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

17th Polish Sociological Congress 11-14 September, Wrocław Me, Us, Them? Subjectivity, Identity, Belonging Registration & submission deadline: March 15. Read on...

Rethinking ‘change’: New theories, new topics, new questions, new methods 5th Contemporary Drug Problems Conference 4-6 September, Prato, Italy Submission deadline: March 1. Read on...

Excellence and Gender Equality: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences Australian National University, 26-28 June Submission deadline: March 6. Read on...

2019 International Conference and Workshops on Survey Research Methodology 7-9 August,Taipei Taiwan Submission deadline: March 5. Read on...

SAANZ Conference 2019 - SAVE THE DATE The Disciplinary Areas of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Auckland will host the 2019 Sociological Association of Aoteroa New Zealand conference. The conference will house a dedicated stream of the Asia-Pacific Science, Technology & Society Network. We also welcome the Gender and Sexuality Group. The conference will be held at the city campus, 3-6 December, 2019. The theme is: Sociology for Everyone. The conference will commence with a pōwhiri (welcome ceremony) at Waipapa marae. The first keynote speaker will be Linda Tuhiwai Smith. There are several more confirmed keynote speakers. Details will follow in the new year.

Political Emotions Conference Sociology of Emotions and Effect Thematic Group conference 22 July 2019, Adelaide, Australia Scholars from any discipline who are thinking about politics and emotions in a social context are invited to send an abstract of 150 words, plus a short biography, to political.emotions@gmail.com by 5pm, Monday 18 February 2019, AEST. Read on...

International Conference on Survey Research Methodology 8-9 August 2019․Taipei Taiwan Submission deadline: March 5. Read on...

7th International and Interdisciplinary Emotional Geographies Conference 17-19 July 2019 Keynote speakers include fellow member, & incoming Applied Sociology Portfolio Leader, Catherine Robinson. Themed Sessions submission deadline: December 10. Abstract submission deadline: 4 March 2019. Read on...

Accessing Online Materials

From March last year, the list of available Sage Sociology full-text collection online journals jumped from 36 to 91 peer-reviewed journals encompassing over 63,000 articles.

To access those journals, as well as the Sage Research Methods Collection & the Taylor and Francis Full Text Collection, please click here for instructions, if needed.

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