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If you plan on going to TASA 2019 and you missed Monday's submission deadline,  please email Ainslie Bishop for a special link to upload your submission. If you experience any issues, please do contact Sally in TASA Admin. 

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to Karina Heikkila who was Awarded her PhD recently: 'Could s 17 of the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 (Qld) represent a Derridean justice-based approach to animal protections?' - Victoria University. Supervisors: Dr Edwin Tanner, Emeritus Professor Neil Andrews. The thesis applies Derrida's propositions about the human-animal relationship to animal law and includes a deconstruction of a relevant appeal case.

TASA 2019 Awards

Nominations to the below Awards are closing soon:

1. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching in Australian Sociology (June 15)
2. TASA Sociology in Action Award (June 15)

3. Early Career Researcher – Best Paper Prize (closes June 30)

Journal of Sociology

2021 Special Issue - call for guest editors

Interested in being a guest editor of a 20121 special issue of TASA's Journal of Sociology?  Please submit expressions of interest of no more than 3000 words in length to Kate Huppatz and Steven Matthewman by Monday 24th June, 2019.  Read on...

Health Sociology Review

2021 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... 

TASA 2021

Host the 2021 TASA Conference:                              Call for Expressions of Interest

We are seeking expressions of interest for hosting the November 2021 TASA Conference.    Expressions of Interest deadline: Friday July 12. Read on...

Employment Opportunities

New: Research Officer / Research Fellow                                                                               The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS)                                      La Trobe University, Bundoora campus                                                                                Application deadline: June 30. Read on...

New: Senior Research Officer                                                                                             Brotherhood of St Laurence, Fitzroy                                                                                                    Application deadline: June 24. Read on...

New: Two postdoctoral research fellow positions are being advertised in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation to commence later in 2019 or early 2020.

1. Indigenous people and epigenetic science
2. Science and Indigeneity in Australia

Application deadline for both positions: July 31. Read on...

New: Research Fellow                                                                                                                      Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus                                                                  Bioethics in the Antipodes: A history of Australian bioethics since the 1980s'  Application deadline: June 30. Read on...

Project Support Officer, Institute for Culture and Society                             Western Sydney University                                                                                        Application deadline: TOMORROW June 7. Read on...

Programs and Partnerships Manager, Young and Resilient Research Centre, Institute for Culture and Society                                                                              Western Sydney University                                                                                                    Application deadline: June 17. Read on...

Senior Research Officer, Young and Resilient Research Centre, Institute for Culture and Society                                                                                                        Western Sydney University                                                                                                    Application deadline: June 17. Read on...

Assistant Research Scientist                                                                                                Center for Survey Research, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwanor.                                                                               Application deadline: June 30: Read on...

Sessional Teaching in Health Sociology                                                                            UTAS Sydney. Facilitate workshops with health profession students in second semester 2019. Please forward EOI and CV to: Dr Kim McLeod, 03 6324 5045.

DECRA Track Research Fellow                                                                                        Deakin University, Burwood                                                                                                  Application deadline: June 16. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

New: Intergenerational Equity and Well-being Within and Between Generations                                                                                                                                  UNSW                                                                                                                                            Expressions of Interest deadline: July 14. Read on...

PhD Scholarship in Sociology - Social Media & Employment                        Monash University, Clayton                                                                                                                It is important that you contact Brady Robards prior to submission of the EOI to discuss the project.                                                                                                                                          Submission deadline: June 30. Read on...

There are 2 PhD scholarships on offer (1 based in Sydney and 1 in Perth) as part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project: The African Diaspora and Pentecostalism in Australia: New Perspectives on Materiality, Media and Religion:

1. Religion and Society Research Centre, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney
2. School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth

Application deadline: June 30. Read on...

Looking to employ a sociologist?

Our 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 can be accessed on TASAweb here. 

Members' Publications

Book Chapters

Hegarty, K. 'Meanings in Everyday Food Encounters for Muslims in Australia', in CM Hall & G Prayag (eds.) 2019, The Routledge Handbook of Halal Hospitality and Islamic Tourism, doi: 10.4324/9781315150604-23

Saunders, Peter and Naidoo, Yuvisthi (2019), ‘Poverty as Relative Deprivation: Application, Analysis and Implications for Social Security’, in Peter. Saunders (ed), Social Security Reform: Revisiting Henderson, Poverty and Basic Income, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Melbourne, p. 189-213.   

Journal Articles

Franklin, A., Barbosa Neves, B., Hookway, N., Patulny, R., Tranter, B., & Jaworski, K. (2019). Towards an understanding of loneliness among Australian men: Gender cultures, embodied expression and the social bases of belonging. Journal of Sociology, 55(1), 124–143. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783318777309

Naidoo, Yuvisthi (2019), ‘A Multi-Dimensional Individual Well-being Indicator Framework - with an application to Older Australians’, Social Indicators Research, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-019-02132-w

Saunders, Peter, Brown, Jude, Bedford, Megan and Naidoo, Yuvisthi (2019), ‘Child Deprivation in Australia: A Child-focused Approach’, Australian Journal of Social Issues , vol. 54, 4 – 21, DOI: 1002/ajs4.61

Informed News & Analysis

Andrew Jakubowicz & Christina Ho (June 4, 2019) Was there an ‘ethnic vote’ in the 2019 election and did it make a difference? The Conversation.

Peter Walters (May 28,2019) PUBLIC PLACES: CONTESTED SPACES – WHO DECIDES WHAT NEXT FOR BOUNDARY STREET? Westender. 

Blogs

Alan Scott (June 3, 2019) Choice is Social Structures

Fabian Cannizo (June 2, 2019) Global Academia: A Late Modern Neurosis? The Social Thinker. 

Jora Borserse (June 1, 2019) An Expert Interview with Bertrand Fincoeur. SportSocs.

Shana Sabbe, Lieve Bradt, Ramón Spaaij & Rudi Roose (May 27, 2019) ‘We’d like to eat bread too, not grass’: Exploring the structural approaches of community sport.... SportSocs.

Podcasts

Fiona MacDonald (May 29, 2019) Breakfast Clubs a hit with Victorian schools

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. 

Thematic Group Events

NextGen Migration Ethnicity and Multiculturalism Symposium

The Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre (MMIC) in collaboration with The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Migration, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism (MEM), one of the largest thematic groups within TASA, is hosting a one-day research symposium. 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.                                                                                 Thursday, 3 October, 8.30am-4.30pm                                                                    Immigration Museum, Melbourne. 

Two travel bursaries of $400 each will be available for interstate TASA members who are postgrads/sessional staff/unwaged and whom without this financial support, would otherwise be unable to attend. If you would like to be considered for the travel bursary, please contact Jora Broerse at jozefien.broerse@live.vu.edu.au.

For full event details, please read on...

The Future of Rural Sociology in Australia

The program for the Rural Issues thematic group Symposium is now available here. For the full details of the event, including a link to register, please click here. Note, you can follow this event via Twitter on hastag: #RIS2019

Creativity and methodological innovation in the sociology of familial and intimate relationships

Families and Relationships Thematic Group Workshop                                    Western Sydney University, Paramatta city campus, Sydney, 29th November, 2019.          This one day meeting will bring together researchers at all stages of their career who are seeking to forge responsive and creative methods for investigating familial and intimate relationships.                                                                                                                               Keynote presenters

• Dr Quah Ee Ling Sharon
• Dr Son Vivienne
• Dr Ashleigh Watson

Submission deadline: August 2. Read on...

Social Sciences Week (SSW)

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. Please note, the final date to register an event to be part of Social Sciences Week is Thursday, 1 August 2019.

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Call for Judges: The Global Undergraduate Awards

New: Every year, The Global Undergraduate Awards invites reputable academics and industry leaders from a diverse range of academic and cultural backgrounds to the world’s largest virtual academic judging process. There are currently some vacancies available on their Social Sciences: Sociology & Social Policy panel. Read on...

Call for Applications/Nominations as Scientific Director of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law

The International Institute for the Sociology of Law, IISL, Onati, is issuing a call through the Research Committee for the Sociology of Law of the International Sociological Association for nominations for the position of Scientific Director of IISL.                  Nomination deadline: July 1, 2019. Read on...

Awards

The Paul Bourke Awards for Early Career Research                                            Academy of Social Sciences in Australia                                                                                Submission deadline: July 31. Read on...

2019 CHASS AUSTRALIA PRIZES                                                                                        The Australia Prizes honour distinguished achievements by Australians working, studying, or training in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) sector, including academics, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, policy makers, and students.              There are four different prize categories available and self nominations are welcome.                                                                                                                                  Submission deadline: June 21. Read on...

Workshops

Dark Social Spaces                                                                                                                  Keynote: Robert W. Gehl, Monday, 7 October 2-4pm                                                              Workshop: Tuesday, 8 October, 2-4pm                                                                                          Deakin Downtown, Melbourne                                                                                                  Submission deadline: July 17. Read on...

Embodied methodologies for researching wellbeing                           Tuesday 13 August, 9am - 4pm                                                                                                            Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive (venue TBC)                                   
This one-day workshop is for PhD candidates, ECRs and others interested in exploring embodied and creative methods for wellbeing.
This is a fully catered event and is free to attend.                                                    Submission deadline: June 14.Read on...

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

S@M-MMIC Seminar - Approaches to Death, Funeral Rites and Memorialisation in Contemporary Australia: Changes and Continuities            Gil-Soo Han, Helen Forbes-Mewett & Wilfred Wang (Monash University)                                TODAY 6 June, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm, Monash University, Clayton. Read on...

‘Mobs and Wogs’: Being Indigenous with Southern European Migrant Heritage                                                                                                                                      Deakin University’s next ‘First Fridays’ Gender and Sexuality Studies                                    4pm TOMORROW 7 June at Deakin Downtown (at 727 Collins St, near Southern Cross Station).  Read on...

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. 

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. Read on...                                       For any queries regarding this special issue, please contact: 
Bridget Byrne, Helen Holmes, Vanessa May, Shaminder Takhar.

Symposiums

New: What We Talk About When We Talk About Crisis: Social, Environmental, Institutional                                                                                              Australian National University, Canberra 5-6 December                                                  Submission deadline: July 31. Read on...

Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium 
28 – 30 October, Adelaide                                                                                                    Submission deadline: June 23. 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...

Conferences

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 Submission deadline: June 14. Read on... 

After Liberalism? Populism and the Future of Democracy                                     20-22 November, Deakin Downtown, Melbourne                                                              Submission deadline: July 5. Read on...

Advancing Equality at Work and Home: Strengthening Science and Collaboration                                                                                                                                  The 2020 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference                                             June 25-27, 2020, New York Hilton Midtown in New York City.                                   Submissions open in July and close November 1, 2019. 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...

Contested Identities: Critical Conceptualisations of the Human                          The South African Society for Critical Theory (SASCT)                                                        Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa                         22- 23 November                                                                                                                        Submission deadline: September 7. Read on...

Millennial Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies and Lumbersexuals        Massey University, Wellington New Zealand, December 10-11                                        Submission deadline: August 30. Read on...

Youth Studies and the Challenges of Late Capitalism in a Globalised World       Journal of Youth Studies Conference                                                                                              December 2nd-4th 2019, University of Newcastle, Australia                                                  Submission deadline: June 28. 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...

SAVE THE DATE   SAANZ Conference 2019 - Sociology for Everyone.                  University of Auckland, 3-6 December 

TASA Documents and Policies

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Accessing Online Materials

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