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The next TG funding round closes today 1 March 2018, 5pm. Applications must be submitted to the Thematic Group Portfolio Leader at thematicgroups@tasa.org.au prior to that time. Applicants must address the criteria stipulated in the TG manual.

Employment Opportunities

Lecturer in Sociology

University of New England: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

Continuing, full-time
$ 93,336 to $ 110,619 per annum (Level B)
Plus 17% employer superannuation. Salary packaging options are available
Relocation assistance provided

About the role: The Discipline of Sociology at UNE seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Sociology, Level B, who will teach and have expertise in social research methods and a research and publication record in one or more core areas of the discipline.

Skills & Experience: Applicants must have a PhD (awarded or submitted) in Sociology or an area relevant to the sociology programs at UNE. Specifically, this post requires teaching and research expertise in social research methods and aspects of social structure and social change. Other essential criteria include a demonstrated research trajectory in relevant sociological fields, demonstrated excellence in teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level, and good communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to teach sociology online and face-to-face.

Closing date: Sunday 5 March. Read on...

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Human Services

A full-time, continuing, position is available at The University of Canterbury, New Zealand in the School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, College of Arts. They are looking for a focussed, research active academic proficient in teaching and pedagogical practice. The ability to foster collegiality by developing links with other College academic units and research centres (including our Social Work programme), is highly desirable; as is the initiative to integrate technology into teaching, and the passion to engage and encourage students. Preference may be given to applicants with a PhD in human services, public sociology, development studies, criminal justice, or a similar critical social science discipline. Application deadline: March 11. Read on...

2018 Awards

Stephen Crook Memorial Prize - Closes April 30. Read on...
Raewyn Connell Prize - Closes April 30. Read on...
Outstanding Service to TASA - Closes May 31. Read on...
Distinguished Service to Australian Sociology - Closes May 31. Read on...
Sociology in Action - Closes June 15. Read on...
Outstanding Contributions to Teaching in Australian Sociology - Closes June 15. Read on...
Early Career Researcher – Best Paper Prize - Closes June 30. Read on...

Nexus

Doctoral completions

Have you completed a PhD, professional doctorate or similar degree in recent months? If so, we would like to publish details in Nexus. Please complete this form and forward to the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au for inclusion in the March issue of Nexus. Congratulations!

For details, please go to the Social Sciences Week website.

Obituary

Jan Branson, a former sociology colleague of many at Monash and LaTrobe universities (and partner of retired Monash anthropologist Don Miller, and prior to that Dave Mercer Monash Geography -- both strong intellectual partnerships), sadly passed away in the new year. Jan had had a long academic career in sociology, sociology of education and women's studies, with some decades in the Department of Anthropology & Sociology at Monash University where she carried out her PhD research, then moving to LaTrobe University where she became prominent for her applied academic sociology with the deaf community. Read more...

Members' Publications

Journal - Articles

Tang, Shawna & Quah, Sharon Ee Ling. (2017) Heteronormativity and sexuality politics in Singapore: the female-headed households of divorced and lesbian mothers. Journal of Sociology.

Ben Gook (2018). Backdating German neoliberalism: Ordoliberalism, the German model and economic experiments in eastern Germany after 1989. Journal of Sociology. Article first published online: February 19, 2018

Olga Maksimenko (2017). 'Ukraine's Euromaidan in Turkish Media', Ukrainian Sociological Review Named After Natalia Panina, 2014–2016, Issue 9, pp.108–124.

Katherine Carroll and Jessica Mesman (2018) “Multiple Researcher Roles in Video-Reflexive Ethnography”. Qualitative Health Research

Alphia Possamai Inesedy & Alan Nixon (2017). A place to stand: Digital sociology and the Archimedean effect. Journal of Sociology. Article first published online: December 18, 2017.

Podcasts

Nicholas Hookway, 'The changing face of charities and why some will struggle to survive'. ABC Radio, Perth

Blogs

Alan Scott, 'Applied Sociology Status'

Deborah Lupton, 'Critical art and design projects about digital data'

Videos

The final stages of writing up your PhD thesis is a busy time and candidates often underestimate how long it will take to prepare their thesis for submission. In this video, James Arvanitakis & Jack Tsonis highlight some of the most important steps to factor into your timeline, including formatting, proof-reading, editing and finalising the document.

PhD Final Stages - Preparing your Thesis for Examination

Zines

Ashleigh Watson, 'So Fi zine is currently accepting submissions for Edition #3.'

Family Secrets, Secret Families PhD research project participant callout

Fellow member and PhD student Katy Barbier-Greenland is exploring the impacts of family secrets on people's lives through her research project, 'Family Secrets, Secret Families'. Have you discovered a family secret? Do you know someone who has? Katy is currently seeking people aged between 18 and 35 who discovered a family secret of their own they are happy to share anonymously as part of this project! Participation will involve an interview or written exchange in which you'll reflect upon your secret and what it has meant for you.

Please visit the Family Secrets, Secret Families research project webpage for further details or contact Katy directly on kgreenland@swin.edu.au. You can also contact Katy via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/familysecrets.secretfamilies.

(Please note the project has received full ethics clearance, and Katy is being supervised by A/Prof Deb Dempsey and A/Prof Roger Cook at the School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at Swinburne University.)

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.

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Conferences

Power & Governance: Forms, Dynamics, Consequences Tampere, Finland, 27–29 August Submission deadline: March 30. Read on...

‘Social boundaries of work’. Organized by the Sociology of Work Section of the Polish Sociological Association 25th-26th, Gdansk, Poland Submission deadline: May 1. Read on...

European Sociological Association Research Network 29 Social Theory Mid-term Conference Refigurations of Society, Sociological Perspectives on Modernity in Transition September 5-6, Berlin, Germany Submission deadline: April 7. 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:

First name of gift recipient;
email address of gift recipient;
the membership category you are gifting (see the Membership Categories & Fees section of TASAweb);
the cost of the membership; and
who the Membership Invoice should be made out to;

Upon receiving the above details, TASA will email the recipient with full details on how they can take up the gift membership. You can view an example of that email in both Word (39kb) and Pdf (159kb) formats. You will receive an invoice, via email, after the recipient completes the online membership form.

Newsletter Submissions

We encourage you to support your colleagues by sharing details of your latest publications with them via this newsletter. No publication is too big or too small. Any mention of sociology is of value to our association, and to the discipline, so please do send through details of your latest publication (fully referenced) for the next newsletter, to the TASA Office. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning.

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