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Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member Julia Cook who was recently awarded the CHASM Research Fellowship. Read on...

Doctoral completions

If you, or someone you know, has completed a PhD, professional doctorate or similar degree in recent months we would like to publish the details in Nexus. To submit the details, please complete this form and forward to the editor at nexus@tasa.org.au for inclusion in the March issue of Nexus. 

Jean Martin Award 

Self-nominations welcome

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:          Annetta Mallon

Annetta Mallon is a social researcher, Thanadoula, with a strong track record of positive academic outcomes combined with both teamwork and independent task completion within parameters. Dr Mallon is currently conducting an international research project with End Of Life (EOL) Doulas in four countries. She teaches and writes lectures/courses in the areas of social research methods; health, illness and biomedicine; risk and change in the 21st century; diversity, sexualities and gender; and end of life.

Dr Mallon's area of expertise also include Ageing, Arts, Bodies and Embodiment, Communication, Community Research, Development and Social Change, Family, Intimacy and Relationships, Feminism, Health, Knowledge, Language and Society, Media, Communication, Information and Public Opinion, Medicine, Mental Health and Illness, Methodology, Qualitative research, Risk, Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change, Teaching Sociology, Visual Sociology, and Women in Society.

Dr Mallon, who has experience in unit coordination, teaching, and research, is looking for work in teaching (tutorials, seminars, lectures, marking), research (qualitative experience) and consultancy.

You can email Dr Mallon find out more details via her website.

Employment Opportunities

New: Casual Survey Manager                                                                                                  Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship & Globalisation, Deakin University (Burwood): ‘Youth Mobility, Aspirations and Pathways’ Project                                               Application deadline: 4 March. Read on...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology                                                                 School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences                            University of Sydney                                                                                                                  Applications close: 6 March. Read on...

Research Assistants                                                                                                          Young and Resilient Strategic Research Initiative                                                                    Institute for Culture and Society and the Translational Health Research Institute at Western Sydney University                                                                                                          Application deadline: February 28. Read on...

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: TOMORROW 22 February, 5pm. Read on...

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...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

New: Multiculturalism, Migration and Youth
Two PhD scholarships, Deakin University                                                                                    Application deadline: May 31. Read on...

Knowledge-Making in Australian Society: Sociology and its Social Impact.        Sydney University                                                                                                          Application deadline: March 15. Read on...

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

Informed News & Analysis

Lisa Denny (20 February, 2019) Choosing a career? These jobs won’t go out of style. The Conversation.

Hannah McCann & Lucy Nicolas  (18 February, 2019) Gender troubles​. Inside Story.

Kate Huppatz, JaneMaree Maher et al. (17 February, 2019) 'Another level': Why Meghan has been cast as a villain. The Sydney Morning Herald. 

Podcasts

Dina Bowman (20 February, 2019) Economic Security - 45+ is when age discrimination starts to creep in to the workforce. ABC Radio (from 1:35.35 mark)

Greg Martson (18 February, 2019) Income Management in Context: An Introduction to Conditional Welfare. Income Management Study.

Keith Jacobs (February 2019) Housing and Financialisation (from 1:31 min) International Journal of Housing Policy.

Websites

Greg Martson et al. Income Management Study You can follow the team on Twitter too. 

Renata Kokanović Health Network

Zines

So Fi Zine is a sociological fiction zine for arts-based research, creative sociology, and art inspired by social science. It publishes short stories, poetry, photography, photo essays, cartoons, and other creative works. Edition #5 will be published in June 2019. Submission information is at sofizine.com

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. 

Michael Flood will be the keynote at the following events:

• Canadian Women in Management Conference, Toronto, Canada
• Leading Change Summit (Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters), Alberta, Canada

Amy Thomas has been invited to give a keynote at the Australian Council of Adult Literacy conference (ACAL) in October 2019 in Sydney - the conference theme is 'Critical re-imagining: adult literacy and numeracy practices for sustainable development'.

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

Conversations/Discussions

New: Interdisciplinary mental health research: Why and for whom?                     Three stimulating talks for the launch of the RMIT Health Network                                           12 March, 1:oopm - 4:00pm, RMIT University, Melbourne                       

1. Interdisciplinary experiments in the medical humanities and the social sciences
2. Complexities, challenges and cool ideas about engaging with lived experience        
3. Creative arts-based approaches to mental health research                                                Register (free) here.        

Workshop

Re/imagining Personal Data                                                                                     University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1 October 2019                                                                                                                              Registration and lunch are free, but places are strictly limited. Please contact Deborah Lupton as soon as possible with an email noting that you’d like to register to secure your place. Read on...

Seminars

New: 'First Fridays' Deakin GSS Seminar Series - LGBT Conversion therapy: Sex, Religion and Human Rights                                                                              A seminar by Timothy Willem Jones                                                                                                    1st March, at Deakin Downtown (at 727 Collins St, near Southern Cross Station). Register (free) here. 

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. 

Forum

ARC assessment processes                                                                                                         25 February, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, The University of Melbourne                                      Bookings essential. Read on...

Social Sciences Week - Save the Date

Social Sciences Week is an opportunity for social scientists to engage non-academic audiences with cutting edge social science research, to showcase the diversity and relevance of social science. It will include interactive community and school-based events, bringing the social sciences to life, particularly for the next generation of university students, social scientists and citizens. We encourage you to plan an event/s for Social Sciences Week this year - 9 - 15 September, 2019.

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...

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...

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

Rural sustainability in the urban century                                                                          XV World Congress of Rural Sociology, 8-12 July 2020, Cairns, Australia                        Session proposals deadline: April 26. 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...

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...

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.

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

Gift Memberships

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