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To date, we have only received one nomination for the 2023 Honours/Masters Student Award; Jacqueline Price from the University of New South Wales. Among other benefits, each nominated student receives a complimentary 12 month membership to TASA. The full details, and nomination form, can be accessed here. We strongly encourage you to either nominate your top student or remind the person responsible at your university (if relevant).
This is the final reminder about completing the biennial membership survey (closes Feb 12th). If you haven't already, we ask that you complete survey via the orange link below. Have your say and contribute to the direction of TASA!
|  | 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...
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Join us next Thursday 15th February, for the first TASA Thursday session of the year.
Presented by guest speaker, and fellow member, Indigo Willing, this session is titled. "Skate Myth Busting - Shredding Stereotypes with Sociology."
Skateboarding is rapidly transforming, both as a subculture and now a high-performance sport that includes being in the Olympics. Notably, there is an increase in the participation of women and non-binary skaters. Accompanying these transformations is also a rise in skaters from various backgrounds who promote and push for social change.
This session aims to present a fun, express-lane exploration of stereotypes in skating and research papers by the presenter that one by one 'shred' them by highlighting key figures, approaches, and initiatives for change. The presentation concludes by introducing a new project 'Skate, Create, Educate and Re-generate' that explores where skating and creative sports are heading now, and how sociologists can become involved in leading these conversations.
Event Details:
Date: Thursday 15th February 2024
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm (AEDT)
Format: Zoom Webinar
Cost: complimentary
| | Thematic Group Conveners: 2024/2025 | This week we are introducing you to the new conveners for the Crime & Governance Thematic Group, Alexa Ridgway & Amelia Young. Alexa and Amelia emailed group members on Monday. If you didn't receive their welcome email, please contact TASA Admin. As mentioned in last week's newsletter, you can update your thematic group memberships via your membership profile. If you are not sure how to do that, please contact Sally in TASA Admin.
|  | | Alexandra Ridgway is a Lecturer of Criminology and Justice Studies at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. A socio-legal scholar, Alexandra is interested in how law shapes family and personal lives. She has investigated the role of law in experiences of family breakdown and crisis, especially those involving divorce and/or family violence. Much of her research has considered these topics in the context of migration. Alexandra completed her Ph.D. in Sociology at The University of Hong Kong in 2020, where she remains a Fellow at the Centre for Criminology. A member of TASA since 2019, Alexandra has benefited greatly from her involvement with the Association and looks forward to giving back to the community as a co-convenor of TASA's Thematic Group on Crime and Governance in 2024. |  | Amelia Young is a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle and lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW. Amelia holds a Master of Laws specialising in dispute resolution, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Criminology. Amelia’s PhD research explores Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG), a cutting-edge technique that utilises DNA analysis to solve cold case crimes and identified unknown human remains by combining traditional forensic methods with genealogical research. Amelia was the founding President of the University of Newcastle Criminology & Criminal Justice Society, and has previously worked in crisis response for family violence, homelessness and mental health. She has also undertaken studies into the topic of forensic psychology at Maastricht University.
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| Thematic Groups - Call for New Conveners
| As you can see from the list below, we still have several groups without conveners for the 2024/2025 term. These groups will fold if we can't find conveners for them. If you have an interest in any of the areas below, and you would like to find out more about convening one of the groups, please contact Tom Barnes and/or Sally in TASA Admin.
- Applied Sociology
- Cultural Sociology
- Risk Societies
- Rural Sociology
- Social Theory
- Sociology & Animals
| Fellow member Sam Whiting is organising a joint meet-up for Sociology of Youth and Sociology of Music thematic group members and prospective members in Adelaide in mid-February. The social catchup will be at 5pm, February 15th at Nearly Bar (179 Hindley Street, Adelaide).
Please get in touch with Sam at sam.whiting@unisa.edu.au to let him know if you can make it.
| As previously mentioned, nominations for both 2024 book awards close on March 3rd. Note, it can take some time to get the books shipped from publishers so, if you are going to nominate, we encourage you to get on to this task now!
The nomination deadline for other 2024 TASA Awards is July 17th:
Note, applications for TASA2024 bursaries will open on Monday July 22nd and close on Monday August 19th.
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... | | TASA Book Club shall be taking place online on Thursday 29th February 2024 at 6pm (AEDT)
We invite you to join us as we explore this month's book: The invention of the 'underclass': a study in the politics of knowledge, Cambridge, Polity 2022 authored by Loïc Wacquant.
Event Details
Date: Thursday 29th February 2024
Time: 6pm - 7pm AEDT
Format: Zoom meeting - please note, login details will be provided to you upon registration to this event
Cost: Free
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
We also welcome book nominations that you believe fellow TASA members would enjoy exploring. Each month 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.
If you have book suggestion that you would like to share, please send your ideas to Aisling aabailey@swin.edu.au.
We hope you can join us and look forward to seeing you soon.
| Alidoust, S., Wyeth, S., Reddel, T., Cornish, G., Lata, L. N., Johnson, L., & Shaweesh, M. (2024). Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland. Australian Planner, 1-16. Available here. [OPEN ACCESS]
Hughes, M., 2023. "Countering inequality: The role of music opportunities in promoting wellbeing and belonging for young Australian regional classical music students." Australian Journal of Music Education, 55(1), 36-47. Available here.
Thorvilson, M.J., Carroll, K., Kaemingk, B.D. et al. The use of projected autonomy in antenatal shared decision-making for periviable neonates: a qualitative study. Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 9, 15 (2023). Available here.
| Katherine Carroll (2023) Video-reflexive ethnography. In Kevin Dew and Sarah Donovan. 2023. Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences, 344-349. Edgar Elgar.
| Manager, Interdisciplinary Research Projects (VPSG6)
Department of Health, Melbourne
| 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.
| | | PhD Scholarship
University of Melbourne
Supervisor: fellow member Ash Barnwell
The proposed PhD project offers an original sociological study about how secrets and practices of secret-keeping around sexual lives have changed over time in Australian society.
For the full details, and to submit your expression of interest, read on...
Future-proofing Australia's Care Economy (Healthcare students, migration, work and care)
PhD Scholarship
Fellow member Leah Williams Veazey, ARC DECRA Research Fellow in the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at The University of Sydney, is offering a Postgraduate Scholarship for a PhD student to conduct research with healthcare students about migration, work and care.
| | 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 | Special Issue - Call for Papers
| New: Criminology in Post-Violence Transitions: Exploring the Intersections between Human Rights, Grassroots Activism, Transitional Justice, Memory, and Criminology
International Journal for Crime, Justice, and Social Democracy
The Special Issue will advance theoretical criminology by adopting an interdisciplinary framework that synthesises criminological perspectives with those of social movements, human rights, transitional justice, memory studies, and grassroots activism. This novel approach recognises the inherent complexity of post-violence transitions, contexts of violence questioning justice and reparation, and underscores the importance of a multifaceted understanding.
Deadline for initial submissions: April 1st. Read on...
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...
| Aging Out of Out-of-Home Care
Collected Edition and Symposium
Editors: fellow members Joel McGregor and Ben Lohmeyer as well as Wendy Stone
The editors are seeking a diverse range of studies, including international perspectives, about young people who have reached the designated age at which the care of the state or child welfare system will cease. They are interested in empirical research that investigates both transition planning and the implications of being aged out of the system. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are welcome, however, they will prioritise research underpinned by emancipatory epistemological principles, and involve co-design or participatory practices in the design and analysis of data. Studies that expand theoretical understandings on aging out of out-of-home care are encouraged.
Chapter proposals, of a maximum of 250 words, that showcase the work of researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates, are due by March 31. Read on...
| Call for Research Participants | Influence of results on publication in literature
A Cardiff University PhD student is seeking participants for a global survey exploring the extent to which the results of a research study influence publication in the peer-reviewed literature.
The study takes about 5-10 minutes and is part of a research project being undertaken by multiple universities. The broad aim of this research is to build a better picture of factors influencing peer-reviewed publication across different academic fields.
The study may be accessed here. Participation is anonymous.
| Future of Work in the Global South and Global North
2-3 May, 2024, The University of Melbourne
Keynote speakers: Professor Niels van Doorn (University of Amsterdam), Associate Professor Cheryll Ruth R. Soriano (De La Salle University) and Dr Katie Wells (Georgetown University)
This two-day symposium aims to bring together researchers from across the social sciences–sociology, geography, work and organisational studies, industrial relations, cultural studies and beyond to discuss the variegated nature of digital labour platforms (Uber, Gojek, Didi, Deliveroo, Menulog, Hungry Panda, Mable, Hire Up etc.) and their operations in the Global South and Global North countries.
Abstract submission deadline: 10 March. Read on...
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
| 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.
Find out more here. Apply here. Enquiries: aust-centre@unimelb.edu.au
Applications close: Monday 12 February | 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.
| World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation
Strumica, North Macedonia from June 19 to 22
Abstract submission deadline: April 15th. 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.
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