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Fellow member Alex Broom, appointed as a new ARC Academic Director, is an internationally recognised sociologist whose research explores how social, political and economic forces shape health and wellbeing, and how people navigate these influences in everyday life. He is currently Director of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for immediate action in response to ongoing cuts to HASS staff, programs, and entire disciplines across Australian universities. These cuts are not isolated incidents — they threaten our national capacity for critical thinking, cultural understanding, and informed policy-making.

You can read the full media release here: https://www.tasa.org.au/handlers/celinks.ashx?id=92287