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Journal of Sociology

Special Edition 2019 - Call for Editors

Papers featured in special editions are subject to the normal process of peer review. Selection of papers and coordination of the peer review process will be the responsibility of the Guest Editors. Papers may be selected either on the basis of invitation or via a general ‘call for papers’. Final copy for this special edition is due on the fourth of September, 2018 and publication will be in March 2019.                                                           Expression of Interest deadline: July 31, 2017. Read on...

'Where sociologists work' pilot project

EoI for postgraduate consultancy work 

Expression of Interest for postgraduate consultancy work for the ‘Where sociologists work’ pilot project TASA is looking to hire a postgraduate member as a consultant to write a 1000 word report for the TASA blog highlighting the contribution of applied sociology in diverse workplaces outside of academe. To inform the report, the consultant will conduct and record an interview with an applied sociologist and where possible visit their workplace.                                                                                                              Expression of Interest deadline: Friday May 26. Read on...

EoI for applied sociologists/sociologists working outside of academe

Under the Applied Sociology portfolio, TASA is piloting a project to highlight the contribution of applied sociology in diverse workplaces outside of academe. We’re calling for expressions of interest from applied sociologists working outside of academe willing to have their work profiled in the project. They will be interviewed by a sociology postgraduate student about the uses and challenges of applying sociology in their workplace.                                                                                                                                                    Expression of Interest deadline: Friday May 26. Read on...

Members' Publications

Books

Journal Articles

Theresa Petray & Rowan Collin (2017). Your Privilege Is Trending: Confronting Whiteness on Social Media, Social Media & Policy

Greg Marston, Marcus Banks & Juan Zhang (2017). The role of human emotion in decisions about credit: policy and practice considerations, Critical Policy Studies

Informed News & Analysis

Erika Altmann: Why Chinese investors find Australian real estate so alluring, The Conversation

Deborah Lupton: The ABC’s Ask the Doctor sends mixed messages about obesity, The Conversation

David Rowe: Live odds ban debate exposes sport and gambling's uncomfortable mutual dependency, The Conversation

Blogs

Deborah Lupton: Tips for qualitative researchers seeking funding – what NOT to leave out of your grant applications

Videos

James Arvanitakis discusses the 5 reasons for doing a Confirmation of Candidature in the below video:

Podcast

Ashley Barnwell et al: Memory, Socbites

Socbites is a sociology radio show – this month they talk music and memory. They discuss Ed Sheeran's nostalgia for his idyllic countryside youth; Sufjan Stevens' musical memorial to his mother; and Eric Bogle's waltzing ANZAC counter-memories. University of Melbourne students share which three songs they would put on the mixtape of their lives. Fellow TASA member, Ben Gook, sheds light on the Berlin rave scene and German national memory. 

Sociological Zine

Fellow member and Postgraduate Portfolio Leader, Ashleigh Watson, is launching a sociological fiction zine. Ashleigh is accepting submissions, of 1000 words,  until May 31. Read on...

TASA Events

TASA 2017

Submissions focussing on the conference theme of ‘Belonging in a Mobile World’, as well as other areas of interest to TASA thematic groups, are invited. The mobilities turn in sociology has generated questions about different modes of belonging in a world characterised by global flows and precarities. The media report growing levels of permanent and temporary migration, undocumented migration, and movements of people seeking asylum. Governments respond, opening borders, curtailing movement. While becoming hypermobile, superdiverse, and cosmopolitan, immobility is a lived reality for many.                                                                                                                                                       Submissions deadline: June 1. Read on...

Youth Symposium

Research Methods in Youth Studies: Doing ‘Difference Differently’  Wednesday 22 November, 2017, University of Melbourne                                                        Invited speakers: Greg Noble, Anita Harris,  Pam Nilan,  Julia Coffey,  Brady Robards Submission deadline: July 31. Read on...

Crime & Governance Symposium

Politics and Crime Control in the 21st Century: Controversies and Challenges The symposium will be held at the UoN Sydney campus (Elizabeth St, Sydney) on the 22nd September 2017.                                                                                                                                           Keynotes: Eileen Baldry & Lana Sandas                                                                                                      Some travel bursaries to postgraduates or casual and unwaged staff to attend the symposium are available.                                                                                                                     Submission deadline: June 2. Read on...

Sociology of Economic Life and Work, Employment and Social Movements Workshop

Ten years since the global financial crisis: Social movements, labour & the crisis last time                                                                                                                                     Concurrently in Perth - Melbourne - Sydney                                                                                           Fri 1st December, 2017                                                                                                                         Keynote: Dick Bryan                                                                                                                         Submission deadline: June 1. Read on...

Public Awareness Project 

Fellow member Dina Bowman is part of a public awareness project Job Hunter #NotDoleBludger - tackling stereotypes of unemployed young people If you (or your organisation/networks) want to get involved,  please share the Buzzfeed story and or content being rolled out on Brotherhood Twitter/Facebook/instagram.
Please use the hashtag #NotDoleBludger when you post the content on social media to build online momentum.

Workshop Grants

Academy of Social Sciences                                                                                                                        The call for proposals for workshops to be held in 2018- 2019 is now OPEN. The Workshop Program is a competitive program bestowing grants to assist social sciences researchers to convene a two-day, multidisciplinary research workshop. Workshops will be funded to a maximum of $9,000 which includes provision for $1500 towards the cost of a digested analysis paper.                                                                                                                          CLOSING on Friday 29 September 2017. Read on...

CHASS Prizes

2017 will mark the fourth year of the annual Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Australia Prizes. The Australia Prizes honour distinguished achievements by Australians working, studying, or training in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) sectors, including academics, practitioners, philanthropists, policy makers, and students.                                                                                                                                 Submission deadline: June 30. Read on...

Other Events

ECR Workshop

The Sociological Review ECR Workshop: Social Transformation Within and Beyond the Academy                                                                                                                   26th September 2017 at the University of Sydney                                                                                 The Sociological Review are accepting submissions from PhD students and ECRs wishing to participate in this symposium, and have 6 x $150 travel bursaries available. Further details and submission instructions are here. Submission deadline: June 3.

Public Lectures

New: The Politics of Postgenomic life; By Dr Maurizio Meloni                                      Thursday 29 June, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, Docklands, Melbourne                                                         This is a free event. Read on...

Children's and young people's narratives of gender and sexuality in an era of global conservatism                                                                                                Kerry Robinson
TODAY Thursday 18th May at 6pm, Flinders in the City (Adelaide)                                           For more details and to register, read on...

Symposiums

Tourism: The phenomenon and its socio-economic consequences              November 28-30,    Tunisia                                                                                                                          Submission deadline: June 30. Read on...

Religion and the Humanitarian Challenge                                                           The Religion and Global Society Symposium 2017, Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia      August 9th & 10th                                                               Abstract Submission: May 31.  Read on...

Digital Food Cultures symposium                                                                                                  Friday 20 October, University of Canberra                                                                                                   This symposium is directed at the social, cultural, political and ethical dimensions of representations and practices related to using digital technologies for food production, consumption, preparation, eating out, promoting healthy diets or weight loss, marketing, ethical consumption, food activism and environmental and sustainability politics.             Abstract submission deadline: June 1. Read on...

TASA 2017 Conference

TASA's Annual Conference                                                                                   Belonging in a Mobile World, 27 - 30 November, Perth                                                                Submission deadline: June 1. 13 DAYS TO SUBMIT. Read on...

ISA World Congress, Torronto, 2018

Sociology, Theory and Complementary and Alternative Medicine                      XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology                                                                                                     Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018.                                                                                                            RC15 Sociology of Health (host committee)                                                                                                  Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Forms of Collectivity Among Contemporary Youth 
XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology                                                                                                     Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018.                                                                                                         RC34 Sociology of Youth (host committee)                                                                                                    Submission deadline: September 30. Read on... 

War, the Military and Societal Transformation                                                  XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology                                                                                                     Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018.                                                                                                             RC16 Sociological Theory (host committee)                                                                                          Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Continuity and Change in the Family Life Course (9895)                             Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018.                                                                                                           RC06 Family Research (host committee)                                                                                         Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Experiences of and Responses to Disempowerment, Violence and Injustice within the Relational Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Two Spirited (LGBTQ2) People                                                                       XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology                                                                                                     Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018.                                                                                                              RC06 Family Research (host committee)                                                                                         Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...  

Other Conferences

Inaugural Oceania Ethnography and Education Network Conference             Deakin Downtown (24-25 August 2017)                                                                                           Submission deadline: May 29. Read on...

Migrating Concepts: Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism and Conviviality across the Asia Pacific                                                                                        Journal of Intercultural Studies Biannual Conference                                                                           Singapore 23–25 February 2018                                                                                                          Submission deadline: July 26. Read on...

10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Conference to review progress and challenges                                                     October 20, London                                                                                                                            Submission deadline: May 29. Read on...

21st International ECO-Conference & 12th  ECO-Conference on environmental protection of urban and suburban settlements
27th  - 29th  September, Novi Sad, Serbia.  Read on...

Indigenous Conference Services (ICS) are jointly hosting with the Indigenous Wellbeing Centre (IWC) to stage The 2017 National Indigenous Drug & Alcohol Misuse Conference                                                                                                                        21 – 23 August, Brisbane. Read on...

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