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Employment Opportunities

New: Research Fellow B – Mental Health The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) Applications close: 5pm Sunday 29th September. Read on...

Research Fellow (Level B) in Migration, Diversity and Inclusion Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre, Monash University, Clayton campus Applications close: October 2. Read on...

Visiting Professor in Australian Studies 2020-21 or 2021-22 (two terms) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Centre for Pacific and American Studies, The University of Tokyo Application deadline: 5pm on 18 October . Read on...

The Institute for Culture and Society and the Young and Resilient Strategic Research Initiative have identified key research areas where Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellows could join the Institute and work with them. Applications close 8:30pm (AEST), 22 September. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

Fostering Global Digital Citizenship: Diaspora Youth in a Connected World A PhD scholarship opportunity is for a 3 year project attached to ARC Discovery. The opportunity is for a domestic student who would be able to commence in January 2020. They will be located in Sydney, and supervised by Dr Amelia Johns (UTS, School of Communication). Applications close November 1st. Read on...

Interdisciplinary PhDs working on 'The biosocial shaping of conservation and biodiversity practices in Australia’s capital'. Interested individuals are invited to submit an expression of interest to Gavin Smith (gavin. smith@anu.edu.au; 02 6125 0323) by October 1. Read on...

Empowerment Approaches for People Seeking Asylum and Refugees This scholarship is offered by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute in partnership with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
University of Melbourne
Application Deadline: 27 September. Read on...

Empowerment Approaches for People Seeking Asylum and Refugees This scholarship is offered by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute in partnership with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
University of Melbourne
Application Deadline: 27 September. Read on...

Indigenous Land & Justice Research Hub PhD scholarship University of Technology, Sydney Application deadline: September 30. Read on...

Spotlight

Sociologist looking for work

Na'ama Carlin

Na'ama Carlin is an award winning teacher with a PhD in Social Sciences (Sociology), UNSW. She has experience with excellent course and curriculum design and teaching cohorts ranging from 30 - 120 students. Na'ama has taught social theory, technologies, gender, race, human rights, policy, and culture and research. Her research areas include sociology of religion, health and illness, embodiment and the body.

Na'ama also has NGO/NFP experience, including policy and comms/marketing. Public speaker and writer. Her areas of expertise are applied sociology, bodies and embodiment, communication, culture and cultural policy, digital media, digital sociology, feminism, gender and sexuality, health, history of sociology, human rights and global justice, language and society, media,information and public opinion, political sociology, religion, social theory and teaching sociology.

Recently, Na'ama launched the new podcast, 'You Kant Say That!

Na'ama is interested in teaching (tutorials/seminars, lectures, online) research assistance and consultancy. She has had experience working in all of these areas as well as marking & qualitative research. Na'ama resides in Sydney but can relocate for work. You can contact her via email: n.carlin@unsw.edu.au.

Note: the Looking for Work registry is there to help sociologists looking for work but it is also there to assist those looking to employ a sociologist. The registry of members can be accessed on TASAweb here. If you would like to add yourself to the registry, please click here. If you are currently listed on the registry and no longer need to be, please remove yourself or contact TASA Admin to be removed.

Meet Postgraduate Portfolio Leader Ben Lohmeyer

Ben Lohmeyer is a critical youth sociologist and youth worker. He is Head of Youth Work and Deputy Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tabor. Ben is also an Adjunct Research Fellow with Flinders University.

Ben’s research interests include youth, governance, violence (personal, structural and neoliberal) and youth work practice.

If you haven't met Ben yet, you will be able to at TASA 2019 in November, Sydney. In the meantime, you can follow Ben on Twitter: @LohmeyerBen and read his inaugural Conversation article here.

CLICK HERE for information on Postgraduate Day 2019

Ben has worked across a range of youth work settings including alternative education, alternative accommodation and peacebuilding. He has experience in facilitating restorative justice processes, designing and facilitating peacebuilding programs as well as grant and policy writing.

Ben completed his PhD in Sociology at Flinders University in 2018 focussing on youth and neoliberal violence. He also has a Master of Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts (Major: Youth Work, Minor: Counselling) from Tabor.

Ben teamed up with fellow member Zoei Sutton last year as hosts of their “2-Minute Truths” – quick-fire interviews with remarkable academics about their research and academic lives.

Recently, Ben released a new Podcast called: Exploring Violence and Society. This podcast explores the problem of violence in contemporary society through a sociological lens in which “personal troubles” are connected to “public issues” (C.W. Mills, 1959, The Sociological Imagination).

Note: Ben is supported in his TASA portfolio role by a sub-committee of postgraduate members who will feature here next week.

Meet Environment & SocietyThematic Group Convener Andrew Glover

The Environment and Society thematic group aims to bring together TASA members who have an interest in environmental issues and to stimulate wider interest in the field of environmental sociology

Andrew Glover is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Media & Communications at RMIT. He currently works in the Sustainable Urban Precincts Project (SUPP), researching academic air travel, mobility, and remote presence as part of contemporary academic work life ecology. More broadly, his research interests lie in sustainability, theories of practice, consumption, reuse, and waste. Prior to his current research at RMIT, Andrew completed his Phd at the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures on the topic of household material divestment. He is a member of the Australian Sociological Association.

Andrew recently had an article published in The Conversation: Andrew Glover & Tania Lewis (September 12, 2019) Fancy an e-change? How people are escaping city congestion and living costs by working remotely.

If you haven't met Andrew yet, you will be able to meet him at TASA 2019 in November, Sydney. In the meantime, you can follow Andrew on Twitter: @theandrewglover

Members' Publications

Journal Articles

Alba, B., Lyons A., Waling A., Minichiello, V., Hughes, M., Barrett, C., Fredriksen-Goldsen, K., Blanchard, M., & Irlam, C. (2019). Health, Well-Being, and Social Support in Older Lesbian Women and Gay Men who are Caregivers. Health and Social Care in the Community. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12854.

Haw, A. L. (2019). ‘Manufactured hysteria’: audience perceptions of sensationalism and moral panic in Australian news representations of asylum seekers. Media International Australia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X19876093

Michelle Peterie, Forced Relocations: The Punitive Use of Mobility in Australia’s Immigration-detention Network, Journal of Refugee Studies, , fez069, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fez069

Ravn, S., & Churchill, B. (2019). Making pathways? A mixed methods analysis of young women who have left school early in ‘the new work order.’ Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783319869831

Signe Ravn, Julia Coffey & Steven Roberts (2019) The currency of images: risk, value and gendered power dynamics in young men’s accounts of sexting, Feminist Media Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2019.1642229

Sharp, M., & Threadgold, S. (2019). Defiance labour and reflexive complicity: Illusio and gendered marginalisation in DIY punk scenes. The Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119875325

Williams Veazey, L. (2019). Glocalised Motherhood: Sociality and Affect in Migrant Mothers’ Online Communities. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 3(1-2), 09. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/5915

Informed News & Analysis

Ben Lohmeyer (September 18, 2019) If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the ‘invisible violence’ in our society. The Conversation.

Waling A. Quoted in “More orgasms for women: It’s time to close the masturbation gap. (Aug 27). ABC Life: Sex & Relationships. By Kellie Scott.

Waling A. Quoted in “WIRED takes a good hard look at dick pics” (Aug 14). Wired Magazine. By Emma Ellis Grey

Blogs

James Arvanitakis (September 14, 2019) Arvanitakis on American politics: The third Democratic debate. Open Forum.

Podcasts

Naama Carlin (September 12, 2019) Labour pains. You Kant Say That!

Videos

Joint Editor-in-Chief of Health Sociology Review Sarah MacLean speaking with Sociologist Kevin Dew about his paper 'Ascertaining patients’ understandings: Dealing with contradictory norms in cancer specialist consultations'.

Health Sociology Review

2021 Special Issue - Call for Expressions of Interest

Health Sociology Review (HSR) is an international peer-reviewed journal, which publishes high quality conceptual and empirical research in the sociology of health, illness and medicine. We encourage sociologists to submit proposals to develop and edit special issues within their field of expertise. Note, those who have previously submitted an expression of interest are welcome to submit again for this call. W Proposal submission deadline: October 4. Read on...

2020 Special Issue - call for papers

Sex, Health & Technology Special Issue The Role of Bio-medical, Bio-mechanical, and Bio-digital Technologies in Sex, Sexual Health, and Intimacy. Full papers due: January 17th 2020. Read on...

Members on the Move

Changing jobs, department or location? Let us know and we will list the details here.

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.

Dr Andrea Waling was recently invited to present research on bisexuality, mental health and perceptions of being in ‘straight’ relationships at the “What does it mean to be Bisexual or Pansexual” workshop by Rainbow Network, ARCSHS, La Trobe University.

Members' 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.

Thematic Groups

TASA Health Day

Data, Technology and Sociology in the Age of Digital Health Keynote speaker: Professor Alan Peterson, Monash University Keynote workshop: Professor Deborah Lupton, UNSW Sydney November 29, University of Western Sydney Registration deadline: November 22. Read on...

NextGen Migration Ethnicity and Multiculturalism Symposium

A one-day research symposium. Thursday, 3 October, 8.30am-4.30pm Immigration Museum, Melbourne. NextGen MEM offers postgraduate students and early career researchers the opportunity to engage with contemporary migration and inclusion challenges as they set out to become the next generation of migration ethnicity and multiculturalism scholars, policy influencers, and practitioners. For full event details, please read on...

Other Events, News & Opportunities

2021 Journal of Sociology - Special Issue

Call for Papers

Imagining rural futures in times of uncertainty and possibility: Progressing a transformative research agenda for rural sociology. This Special Edition offers a critical opportunity to imagine the futures of rural societies and rural sociology at a time when, across the world, there has been an awakening of diverse publics to the reality that current and historical social and economic structures are leading to the demise of planetary health and human survival. Read on...

Book Launch

New: Celebrate the launch of a new book by Dr Andrea Waling, ARCSHS, La Trobe University! Food provided, cash bar! October 1, 5:30 - 8:30pm, Melbourne City. Read on...

Funding

New: End of year funding grants are currently available to women who work in the humanities sector to support their participation in a professional development program through Women & Leadership Australia (WLA). Up to $7,000 scholarships available
Application deadline: November 22nd. Read on...

Forum

New: 2019 Shepparton Indigenous Women in Lead:rship - Leading the Change 10 October, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Shepparton :La Trobe University, Shepparton. For the full details and to book, read on...

Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program

The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) is seeking applicants for its 2020-2021 Early Career Work and Family Fellowships. To be eligible, candidates must have received their doctorate in 2016 or later and have yet to progress into tenured or secure senior level positions. The deadline for applications is October 1. Read on...

Symposiums

Capabilities and Capitals: Implications for Students’ Persistence and Success at University November 21 - 22, University of Wollongong Fellow member Dina Bowman is one of the speakers. Registration is free but essential. Read on...

Beyond the quick fix: migration, multi- and interculturalism in regional and rural Australia One-day inter-disciplinary Symposium, Tuesday 12th November, La Trobe Art Institute in Bendigo Regional Migration and Multiculturalism research cluster at La Trobe University Submission deadline EXTENDED: TOMORROW September 20. Read on...

Conversations

Shifting paradigms: Conversations on developing a transformative agenda for future mental health research, policy and practice Join in on an afternoon of stimulating conversation on approaches to meaningful engagement with experts by experience to transform the agenda for mental health research, policy and practice. 10th October, 4 – 5.30 pm, RMIT University (City Campus) This event is free but registration is essential. Read on...

Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities: PhD Short Course

Hosted by the Community Economies Strategic Initiative, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University 15-17, 20-22 January 2020, Parramatta City Campus, Western Sydney University, Sydney Registration deadline: September 27. Read on...

Study Group

Tensions at the front line of risk work: implications for policy and practice A BSA Risk and Society Study Group Event 9 – 10 December 2019
BSA London Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf , London. Submission deadline: TOMORROW September 20. Read on...

Public Lectures

10th Annual South Australian Women's Studies and Gender Studies Public Lecture: The Financial Future of Older Women in Australia: Beyond Poverty, Pity and Parity. Professor Kathleen Riach (Monash University) will move beyond the well-known statistical accounts of gender and ageing to explore the complex cultural, structural and political reasons why women continue to become unequal and forgotten members of our society as they grow older. TODAY 19 September, 5.30 - 7.00pm, Flinders at Victoria Square, Adelaide This is a free event but there are limited places. For full details and to register, read on...

Seminars

Trust, Young People and Digital Media 4th Annual Meeting of the Young Creative Connected (YCC) Research Network 30 September to 1 October, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland There is no fee to participate in this seminar, and lunches will be provided. There are a limited number of registrations though. If you are interested in attending, please contact Michael Dezuanni.

Conferences

Advancing Equality at Work and Home: Strengthening Science and Collaboration Work and Family Researchers Network Conference June 24-27, 2020, New York Midtown Manhattan Hilton Submission deadline: November 11. Read on...

Transforming Contexts, Transforming Selves: Gender in New Times Gender Work and Organization conference 24-26 June 2020
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Submission deadline: November 1. Read on...

Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 14- 18 July 2020 Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Islam and Society: Challenges and Prospects. AAIMS Second Conference on the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies September 30th- October 1st, Western Sydney University Parramatta South Campus. Read on...

Dr Rose Butler (Deakin University) and Dr Victoria Stead (Deakin University) are hosting a session on the theme: ‘Locals’, ‘newcomers’ and relations of belonging in the rural Global North’ at the 2020 XV World Congress of Rural Sociology in Cairns next year. Further details about the session and abstract submission details (closing Sept 27, 2019) are available here: http://www.irsa2020.com/program/session-themes/

2019 AASR Conference: Religion and Violence 4-6 December 2019, Sydney city campus, University of Newcastle The 2019 AASR Conference will be held from 5-6 December and include a free full day workshop for postgraduates and early career researchers on 4 December. Four postgraduate bursaries are offered (worth $500 each). Application deadline:30 September 2019. Early bird conference registration ends 30 September 2019; last day to register 27 November 2019. This conference is co-hosted by the AASR and the University of Newcastle's Centre for the Study of Violence and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. More info: https://www.aasr.org.au/2019-conference1

Re-creating Landscape and Culture in a Time of Global Change International Association for Society and Natural Resources Cairns, Australia, June 23-26, 2020. Read on...

Activism at the Margins: Stories of Resistance, Survival and Social Change 10 - 12 February 2020 RMIT University, Melbourne Submission deadline: October 1. Read on...

Rural sustainability in the urban century XV World Congress of Rural Sociology 8-12 July 2020, Cairns, Australia Submission deadline: September 27. Read on...

SAANZ Conference 2019 - Sociology for Everyone. University of Auckland, 3-6 December SAANZ has 5 great keynotes lined up for this year’s conference, including our very own Raewyn Connell, and they are pleased to announce a sixth: Professor Roger Burrows. Futher details are available here. Abstract submission closes September 20th (and early bird rego runs until October 4: TASA members pay the SAANZ member rate). Submission deadline: 5pm TOMORROW September 20. Read on...

ISA Research Committee 22 (An international scholarly organization for the Sociology of Religion) IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 14- 18 July 2020 Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

The 28th American Men’s Studies Association Annual Conference ‘Masculinities in Transition.’ 19-22 March 2020. Greeley, Colorado, USA. Abstract submission deadline: 15 November 2019. Read on...

Advancing Equality at Work and Home: Strengthening Science and Collaboration June 25-27, 2020, New York Hilton Midtown in New York City. Submission deadline: November 1. Read on...

Data Futures Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
30 September, 9 am – 5 pm, followed by drinks and the launch of the SAM Media Futures Lab. Read on...

TASA Documents and Policies

You can access details of TASA's current Executive Committee as well as documents and policies, including the Constitution, Code of Conduct, Grievance Procedures & TASA's History, via TASAweb here.

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.

Gift Memberships

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The theme of the forthcoming Congress (July 2022) is Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies. We welcome, and encourage, you to spread the word using this flyer.

Save the date: XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, 2022

The International Sociological Association has undertaken the development of the Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) to create the global database of sociologists.

GMSSI aims to identify, connect, and enable global collaborations in sociology, and support sociologists who encounter multiple barriers, economic and political, which impede participation in global exchanges.

GMSSI aims to increase the visibility of sociologists and their knowledge production and also be an important resource for sustained interaction with the media on a range of issues.

Your participation is important to the success of GMSSI in building this global sociological community.

To start: Go to https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/gmssi/callforparticipants.cgi where ISA briefly explain what the site is about and where there is a link to sign in or sign up. You do not need to be an ISA member to be listed on the GMSSI