New Academic Director appointed for Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences
Sally Daly | Published on 2/5/2026
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.