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We’re kicking off this week’s newsletter with some great news - Clare Coleman’s keynote recording from TASA 2024 is now available! We appreciate your patience while we resolved an issue with the recording. You can now watch the full presentation here.
A quick reminder that the deadline for TASA 2025 panel proposals is fast approaching - March 17th! If you're considering submitting a panel, now’s the time to finalise your proposal and ensure your topic is part of this year’s program. Please contact Penny, TASA's Event Manager, if you have questions or want to discuss ideas (events@tasa.org.au).
As always, we’re excited to highlight the latest publications from our members, showcasing the incredible sociological work happening across our community.
Read on for all the details, and don’t forget to check out the opportunities and events below.
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As a friendly reminder, while the conference will still take place in the last week of November, key dates have been significantly brought forward this year. This change is part of a trial aimed at streamlining processes and enhancing the overall conference experience—from submission to attendance. We appreciate your support in adapting to this adjustment and encourage you to submit your abstract by the relevant deadlines listed below. Your cooperation will help us create a smoother, more efficient, and rewarding conference for everyone.
This year's conference will explore the theme: Sociology in Action: Wellbeing, Policy & Activism in Times of Crises & Change, and will involve a mix of general (thematic group) presentations and panels.
The deadline for General Abstracts (aligned with Thematic Groups) is the 22nd April 2025.
The deadline for Panel Proposal submissions is a little earlier for planning reasons - 17th March 2025.
SUBMIT GENERAL ABSTRACT HERE
SUBMIT PANEL PROPOSALS HERE
Please note that this year, we will not be offering deadline extensions. We encourage you to submit on time to ensure your abstract is considered.
For more information about the submission process, read on...
| There are six bursary categories available, and eligible members may apply for multiple categories. However, note that each member can only receive one bursary, and submitting an application does not guarantee funding, as bursaries are limited. The categories are:
The application deadline for all TASA 2025 bursaries is April 22nd, which aligns with the abstract submission deadline. As a result, you will need to submit your bursary application before receiving the outcome of your abstract submission.
| Bacon, K. B., & Lohmeyer, B. A. (2025). ‘Hmm, they’re not stranger danger’: Facilitating Ethically Open Spaces for Children and Young People. Journal of Applied Youth Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-025-00162-5 [FULL ACCESS].
| TASA Awards currently open for nominations include:
Nominations for these four awards close on 17 July.
Due to the assessment process, nominations for these two awards close earlier on 15 May.
Nominees will be notified of the outcome in August (for most awards) and October (for the JMA). Award recipients will be formally announced at our TASA 2025 Conference Dinner in November.
| Lecturer, Indigenous Studies
Swinburne University
Seeking a Lecturer, Indigenous Studies to assist with strengthening the overall research, teaching, and external partner engagement for Indigenous Studies at Swinburne.
Assistant Research Fellow
Tenure-Track position in the Center for Survey Research, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Applicants specialising in survey methods, computational social science, text mining, and data science are strongly encouraged to apply.
| | Other Events, News & Opportunities | Disaster Nationalism Book Launch
| New: Disaster Nationalism Book Launch
Melbourne University, March 27th, 7pm AEDT.
Join Jeff Sparrow and Richard Seymour (appearing online) for a discussion of Disaster Nationalism and the rise of the new far right.
At the heart of Richard Seymour’s new book Disaster Nationalism there is a disquieting dynamic equation: the far right has found ways to profit politically from disaster, and in the coming years we will see disasters increasing in frequency and intensity. We can expect the fortunes of the far right to keep rising as the disasters pile up.
For details, and to register, read on...
| Racism Register Launch
Online, March 21st, 1pm - 2:30pm AEDT
Join the official launch of the Racism Register, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to capturing the lived realities of racism, amplifying voices too often silenced and driving meaningful action. This is more than just a launch, it’s the beginning of a movement.
| New Possibilities
Powerhouse and Western Sydney University'
Saturday March 15th, 4pm - 7pm AEDT
An afternoon of creativity, discussion and storytelling diving into the past, current, and future role of young people in the climate action movement.
Featuring lightning talks, a panel discussion, visual displays and workshops to bring together youth climate advocates and activists, artists and designers, academic researchers, policy makers and the broader community to explore how youth climate action is strengthening democracy and climate justice.
| Call for Survey Participants
| | The Wawu First Nations Connection Project seeks to explore and document the experiences of connection, disconnection, isolation, exclusion, and disenfranchisement among First Nations peoples. The project aims to understand how those who feel marginalised or disconnected perceive their wellbeing and explore the often overlooked or unrecognised practices that contribute to a sense of connection, particularly spiritual connection and connection to culture.
Your participation would be invaluable, and you are encouraged to take a few minutes to complete the survey and share it with your networks. The more voices that are heard, the richer the insights are gathered to help drive meaningful change.
| | | Call for Papers - Journals
| Interrogating Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research
Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology
Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought forth a range of promises and implications for how we conduct qualitative research. In particular, the inception of generative AI in 2022 has raised new questions around research design, data authenticity, analysis, and what it means to do qualitative research with other-than-human technologies in the field of psychology and related social sciences. Within these lines of questioning, researchers express a mix of enthusiasm, caution, and concern. Such responses have been a salient topic on popular media platforms. Yet, peer-reviewed publications that discuss the role of AI in qualitative inquiry are only just beginning and still often lack critical examination.
| The Kohli Prize for Sociology
This prize honors exceptional achievements in and contributions to the field and profession of sociology
50.000 EUR
The winner is expected to deliver an address at the Prize Ceremony, to be held at the European University Institute (EUI, Fiesole/Florence) presumably on November 12, 2025.
Nomination deadline: March 16. Read on...
The Infrastructure Prize for Sociology
This prize honors persons, projects or organizations which have made a substantial contribution to an infrastructure in sociology.
10.000 EUR.
The winner is expected to deliver an address at the Prize Ceremony, to be held at the European University Institute (EUI, Fiesole/Florence) presumably on November 12, 2025.
Nomination deadline: March 16. Read on...
| New: Disability and Rights: The Possibilities and Limits of Rights Discourse under Neoliberalism
An online, two half-day conference
Friday, 13th June, 12:30 - 17:30 BST (UK Time) & Saturday, 14th June, 09:30 - 14:30 BST (UK Time).
Plenary Speakers:
- Ravi Malhotra, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa.
- Peter Bartlett, Professor of Mental Health Law, University of Nottingham.
Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 11th April, 5pm BST (UK Time). Read on...
Religion and the Contemporary Phase of Globalization: Possibilities and Challenges
3rd World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation
June 23-27. 2025, Krusevo, North Macedonia (Hotel Montana)
Abstract submission deadline: April 15. Read on...
|  |  | The Jobs & Scholarships Board allows you to view opportunities that TASA Admin and fellow members have posted.
In 4 easy steps, you can upload job & scholarship opportunities from your member's profile screen. For instructions, visit here.
The Jobs & Scholarships Board is a public facing searchable feature of TASAweb.
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 | TASA’s Executive Committee (EC) governs the Association and manages its daily business as outlined in the Constitution and by established policies. A call for nominations for the 2027 – 2028 Executive term will be disseminated on July 1, 2026.
The November 2024 - November 2026 Executive Team can be viewed on TASAweb here.
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 | TASA was officially established under the name of the Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand (SAANZ) in 1963, crystallising what was a long, and perhaps delayed process of the discipline’s development in Australia.
For the 50th anniversary celebrations in 2013, pages on TASA's history were added to TASAweb.
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To help spread the word about TASA, you can quickly and easily gift a TASA membership to someone from within your TASA membership profile.
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 | | TASA members have free 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 online resources. |
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 | TASA currently has 27 thematic groups in operation and members can join up to 4 groups. This can be done quickly, and easily via your membership profile.
Watch the very short video (1:30) to learn how to join a thematic group/s.
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 | TASA's Membership Directory allows you to search for members by country and state. It also has search functions for members of a particular thematic group, and members who are available for supervision and/or mentoring.
To learn how to search the Membership Directory, watch this very short video (1 min).
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All of these changes can be done quickly and easily. To learn how, watch this video (1 min). |
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 | 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 email through details of your latest publication/s (fully referenced & with a link, where possible), events, job adverts etc. for the next newsletter, to TASA Admin (right click to retrieve the email address). Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning. |
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 | As part of the agreement with Taylor & Francis, TASA members are entitled to a 30% books discount. This discount is valid on any full priced CRC Press or Routledge book.
To access the book discount, click on the following link and then log in to TASAweb: book discount link. |
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TASA Admin (Sally): admin@tasa.org.au
TASA Events (Penny): events@tasa.org.au
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