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Happy New Year and welcome to the first TASA newsletter for 2024. Like in previous years, we will continue to value the details emailed to us from members about sociology news, publications (fully referenced & with a link, where possible) and events to include in our newsletter. Details can be emailed to TASA Admin. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning.
| It is with sadness that we share with you the passing of Lois Bryson (Sunday 7 January 2024), a pioneer Australian sociologist and researcher. A long term friend of Lois's, and fellow member, Yoland Wadsworth, has informed us that Lois was 86 and had been in fragile health for some time but had remained in characteristic good spirits. Details of the memorial service (Melbourne) will be available soon. A Lois Bryson Biographical entry, written by fellow member Helen Marshall, to the Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in the 20th Century Australia, is available here. There is also a biographical entry for Lois on TASAweb. The Age Obituary for Lois is available here.
| We extend our warm congratulations to Emeritus Professor Geoff Lawrence – a Life Member of TASA - who received a Distinguished Service Award from the Australasian Agri-food Research Network (AFRN) at the Network’s annual conference in Hobart, December, 2023.
| | Save the date!
TASA Tea Time has evolved and will now be a Book Club. Our very first TASA Book Club shall be taking place online on Thursday February 29th, 2024 at 6pm (AEDT). We are happy to invite you to join us, and welcome book nominations that you believe fellow TASA members would enjoy exploring. We shall focus upon works that have some form of societal reflective element that could be a work of fiction, non-fiction, or something in between. Please send your suggestions to Aisling Bailey aabailey@swin.edu.au, our Equity & Inclusion Portfolio Leader, and we will announce the first book to be discussed in a January newsletter. We look forward to seeing you on February 29th.
| | TASA 2023 Colloquium Recordings
| | Thank you to everyone who supported this year's TASA 2023 Colloquium at the University of Sydney.
For those of you who would like to catch up or re-watch some of the great presentations delivered throughout the event, you can now access some of the recordings via our TASA 2023 Website.
Please note: Not all sessions were recorded. | | | Sean McDonell, Katie Attwell, & Lara McKenzie 2024, 'Including the isolated: Place, rurality, and the state in regional Western Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout', SSM Qualitative research in Health, vol. 5, early view, open access. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100382. [FULL ACCESS]
| This Health Sociology Review special issue puts sociology in conversation with burgeoning palliative care scholarship addressing questions of wellbeing. Biomedical approaches continue to dominate approaches to care and caregiving within palliative and end-of-life contexts. Although palliative care is broadly acknowledged to call for human-centred forms of practice and care, relationality and social aspects are often lowlighted with conversations dominated by questions of its modelling, measuring, and funding. This special issue poses sociological challenges and alternative approaches to practice in public health systems.
Abstract submission deadline: 13th February. Read on... | Stephen Crook Memorial Prize was established to honour the memory of Professor Stephen Crook in recognition of his significant contribution to Australian sociology. The Prize is awarded biennially, at TASA's Conference, to the best authored monograph within the discipline of Sociology published in the previous two years.
Raewyn Connell Prize is to honour the work of Professor Raewyn Connell in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Australian Sociology. In particular, it honours her contribution to sociological theory and research, and her support and encouragement of sociologists at the beginning of their careers.
Honours/Masters Student Award is given annually to the best Honours/Masters student in Sociology in each Australian university. Each winner receives a one-year student membership to TASA, making the student eligible for conference discounts, membership of Thematic Groups, the weekly members’ newsletter, online access to sociology journals (full text) and self-promotion opportunities in Nexus. For the full details, and to nominate your top Honours/Masters student in Sociology, read on... | Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Social Research
University of Tasmania
Application deadline: Friday 2 February 2024, 11.55pm. Read on....
Research Fellow - Multiple Positions
The Australia Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW)
Monash University
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, International Politics and Policy
James Cook University
Full Time - Continuing
The position will only remain open until filled.
Lecturer, Anthropology
James Cook University
Full Time - Continuing
The position will only remain open until filled.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Fellow in Sociology
University of Sydney
Application deadline: 1st February, 2024. Read on...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in epidemiology/quantitative social science/demography
University of Sydney
Full time, Camperdown campus
Please note that the University shutdown period is from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Monday 8th January 2024. Applications and queries will be reviewed once they return from leave. Read on...
| The Jobs Board enables you to view current employment opportunities. As a member, you can post opportunities to the Jobs Board directly from within your membership profile screen.
| | | An exciting PhD stipend opportunity has arisen for a student to join the team at the ECU Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab in beautiful Perth, Western Australia.
The PhD research project will align with fellow member Catriona Steven's ongoing program of research with possible topic areas including:
- Migration trajectories and career aspirations of aged care sector care-workers and clinicians
- Education and training of care-workers, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds
- Cross-cultural communication and relationships between staff, clients and families in aged care services
- Social class and migration, particularly intra-ethnic class relationships and intersectional classed positions
- Abuse of older people occurring in ethnically-diverse families and family-like relationships
Candidates should have completed Honours or Masters research in Sociology, Anthropology or a related discipline.
Please pass on this information to suitably qualified, excellent students, and share this email in your networks.
HDR Scholarship - Community based mental health and wellbeing primary prevention strategies
Deakin University is offering a unique PhD scholarship opportunity focusing on community participation in mental health and wellbeing primary prevention strategies. The research will explore a range of factors impacting mental health and wellbeing outcomes of families facing adversity, including their participation in prevention initiatives.
Rainbow Families PhD Top-Up Scholarship
University of New South Wales
Researching the experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ parents and their children, and developing skills in collaborative community-led research
| | The Scholarships Board enables you to view available scholarships that our members have posted. Like the Jobs Board, as a member, you can post scholarship opportunities directly from within your membership profile screen. | | | | In case you are not aware, you can add job and scholarship opportunities to our publicly searchable Jobs & Scholarships Board via your TASA membership profile, see image below: | | Other Events, News & Opportunities | New: Taylor Swift Fanposium
Panellists include fellow member Catherine Strong
Sunday 11th February, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm AEDT, Melbourne
The event is free
| Free, online, Graduate Research Program
| New: Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Program in Indigenous Settler Relations
Applications are now open for the 2024 Graduate Research Program. The Program is available to graduate researchers in any faculty at any university undertaking graduate research related to the emerging field of Indigenous settler relations in Australia and the world.
The Program connects students with researchers across disciplines, fostering an engaged and supportive intellectual community and creating a solid cohort experience for the duration of their study. The Program deepens academic understandings and enhances interdisciplinary knowledge exchange on research that leads to more just relations between Indigenous and settler peoples. Students are supported in building networks and developing their research in reference to current real-world challenges.
Activities throughout the year include exclusive masterclasses and workshops, a research symposium, writing retreats and a critical reading group, as well as access to the suite of seminars, and public lectures run by the Australian Centre. Entering its fourth year, the Program continues to grow. The 2023 cohort included 63 students, across 37 disciplines, from 15 universities throughout Australia and overseas. The feedback from participants is overwhelmingly positive, and all said they would highly recommend the Program to other students.
Eligible students must have commenced a PhD or Masters by Research. Students with at least one supervisor based at the University of Melbourne will be given priority. If you know any graduate researchers who may be interested in the Program, they can visit the Program’s website for further information including how to apply.
Find out more here.
Apply here.
Enquiries: aust-centre@unimelb.edu.au
Applications close: Monday 12 February | New: The Kohli Prize for Sociology
The Kohli Prize for Sociology honors exceptional achievement in and contributions to the field and profession of sociology. The Kohli Prize is rewarded with 50.000 EUR. It is awarded by an international Selection Committee composed of the Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees and two additional members from other world regions.
| New: World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation
Strumica, North Macedonia from June 19 to 22
Abstract submission deadline: April 15th. Read on...
| Special Issue - Call for Papers
| New: Blood Ties and Politics: The Influence of Political Polarization upon Family Life
Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research Special Issue
Over recent years, the nature of politics in nations around the globe has become increasingly heated and polarized, with much of this change being attributed to a variety of sources, including news outlets, online websites, social media, and various forms of communication technology. However, discussions about politics, along with debates and arguments, often occur with the familial context.
Deadline for initial submissions: April 15. Read on...
| Social Sciences Week 2024
9-15 September 2024
SSW2024 promises to be even more fun, insightful and intelligent than ever before. So mark your calendars, spread the word and get ready for a week of activities.
| Gift memberships, for any membership category, can now be accessed at anytime via your membership profile screen. If you would like to gift a membership, to someone new or to a current member, please follow the steps below:
STEP 1: Click here and log in
STEP 2: Click on the drop down menu to the right of your name in the purple bar (RH) at the top of the website (see 1st image below)
STEP 3: Click on Profile (see 1st image below)
STEP 4: Click on the Gift Memberships menu item and complete the details, see yellow highlights in 2nd image below. | | Submitting Newsletter Items | | 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 & with a link, where possible) for the next newsletter, to TASA Admin. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning. | | Updating your Member Profile | Personal pronoun preferences can be added to your profile. There are 9 combination options to choose from. Please let Sally in TASA Admin know if your preference/s is not on the list and we will have them added.
| | TASA Documents and Policies | In case you are not aware, you can access details of TASA's current Executive Committee 2023 - 2024, and their respective portfolios, as well as documents and policies, including the Constitution, Values Statement, Statement on Academic Freedom, Code of Conduct, Grievance Procedures, Safe & Inclusive Events, Sustainable Events and TASA History.
| | Accessing Online Materials & Resources | | TASA members have access to over 90 peer-reviewed Sage Sociology full-text collection online journals encompassing over 63,000 articles. The image on the left shows you where to access those journals, as well as the Sage Research Methods Collection & the Taylor and Francis Full Text Collection, when logged in to TASAweb. If needed, here is a short instructive video on how to access the journals. | | | TASA Admin (Sally): admin@tasa.org.au
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