The Jean Martin Award was established in 1980 and is granted bi- annually to the best PhD thesis in a social science discipline submitted to the Award Committee from an Australian tertiary institution. The inaugural recipient was Claire Williams, whose PhD was published as Open Cut by Allen and Unwin.

Claire Williams: Recipients of the inaugural Jean Martin Award

2015: Benjamin Gook

2013: Xiaoying Sheila Qi

2011: Katherine Carroll

2009: Peter Nugus

2007: Belinda Hewitt

2005: Sarah Maddison

2003: Millsom S. Henry-Waring

2001: Dimitria Giorgas and S. Caroline Taylor (joint recipients)

1999: Adam Possamai

1997: Vera Ranki

1995: Supriya Singh

1993: Diana Olsberg

1991: Kerry Carrington

1989: Loucas Nicolaou

1987: Andrew Metcalfe

1985: Claudia Knapman

1982: Evan Willis

1980: Claire Williams

The Best Paper in the Journal of Sociology Award is given to a paper judged by the panel to be the best published in the previous year of the journal (moved to an annual prize in 2019); the inaugural recipient was Eric Livingstone in 1995.

Recipients

2022: Kanemasu, Y., & Liki, A. (2021). ‘Let fa’afafine shine like diamonds’: Balancing accommodation, negotiation and resistance in gender-nonconforming Samoans’ counter-hegemony. Journal of Sociology, 57(4), 806–824. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783320964538. You can watch the authors' acceptance speech here.

2021: Prehn J, Guerzoni MA, Peacock H. ‘Learning her culture and growing up strong’: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander fathers, children and the sharing of culture. Journal of Sociology. 2021;57(3):595-611. doi:10.1177/1440783320934188

2020: Kidman J. Whither decolonisation? Indigenous scholars and the problem of inclusion in the neoliberal university. Journal of Sociology. 2020;56(2):247-262. doi:10.1177/1440783319835958

2019: Anna Anderson (2019). Parrhesia: Accounting for different contemporary relations between risk and politics. Journal of Sociology, 55(3), 495–510. 

2018: Michelle Peterie (2017) Docility and desert: Government discourses of compassion in Australia’s asylum seeker debate. Journal of Sociology, 53(2), 351–366.

2016: Roach Anleu, Sharyn and Kathy Mack (2015) ‘Performing Authority: Communicating Judicial Decisions in Lower Criminal Courts’ 51(4) Journal of Sociology 1052-1069.

2014: Gerard Delanty (2014) “The prospects of cosmopolitanism and the possibility of global justice”, Journal of Sociology. Vol 50 (2): 213-228.

2012: Andy Furlong, Dan Woodman and Johanna Wyn ‘Changing times, changing perspectives: Reconciling ‘transition’ and ‘cultural’ perspectives on youth and young adulthood’, Journal of Sociology 47:355.

2010: Brad West ‘Collective memory and crisis: the 2002 Bali bombing, national heroic archetypes and the counter-narrative of cosmopolitan nationalism’, Journal of Sociology.

2008: Amanda Hosking and Mark Western (2008) ‘The effects of non-standard employment on work—family conflict’ Journal of Sociology 44(1):5-27.

2006: Timothy Phillips and Philip Smith (2004) ‘Emotional and behavioral responses to everyday incivility: challenging the fear/avoidance paradigm’ Journal of Sociology 40(4):378-399.

2003: Ian Woodward ‘Divergent narratives in the imagining of the home amongst middle-class consumers: Aesthetics, comfort and the symbolic boundaries of self and home’, Journal of Sociology 39(4):391-412.

2001: Philip Smith and Tim Phillips ‘Popular understandings of “unAustralian”: an investigation of the un-national’, Journal of Sociology 37(4):323-339.

1999: Marion Collis ‘Marital conflict and men’s leisure: how women negotiate male power in a small mining community’, Journal of Sociology 35(1).

1997: Michael Emmison ‘Transformations of taste: Americanisation, generational change and Australian cultural consumption’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology 33(3).

1995: Eric Livingston ‘The idiosyncratic specificity of the methods of physical experimentation’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 31.

The Stephen Crook Memorial Prize was established in 2003 and is given bi-annually to the best authored monograph in the discipline of Sociology published by an Australian sociologist; the inaugural recipient was Michael Pusey.

Recipients of the Stephen Crook Memorial Prize:

2022: Xiaoying Qi - Remaking Families in Contemporary China

2020: Nicholas Hookway - Everyday Moralities: Doing it Ourselves in an Age of Uncertainty

2018: Alan Petersen, Megan Munsie, Claire Tanner, Casimir MacGregor and Jane Brophy – Stem Cell Tourism and the Political Economy of Hope. Palgrave Macmillan.

2016: Joel Windle – Making Sense of School Choice: Politics, Policies, and Practice Under Conditions of Cultural Diversity. Palgrave Macmillan. 2015.

2014: Fran Collyer – Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine: America, Britain and Australia Compared. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2012).

2012: Rob White – Transnational Environmental Crime: Toward an Eco-global Criminology. Routledge: Willan 2011.

2010: Jack Barbalet – Weber, Passion and Profits: ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism’ in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2008.

2008: Raewyn Connell – Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science. Allen and Unwin 2007.

2005: Jan Pakulski – Globalising Inequalities: New Patterns of Social Privilege and Disadvantage. Allen and Unwin 2005.

2003: Michael Pusey – The Experience of Middle Australia: The Dark Side of Economic Reform. Cambridge University Press 2003.

In 2010, the Raewyn Connell Prize was established and is awarded biannually to the best authored, first monograph within the discipline of Sociology. The first recipient was Peter Robinson for his book The Changing World of Gay Men.

Recipients of the Raewyn Connell Prize:

2022: Leah Williams Veazy - Migrant Mothers in the Digital Age

2020: Steven Threadgold - Youth, Class and Everyday Struggles

2018: Natalie Jovanovski – Digesting Femininities. Palgrave Macmillan

2014: Shanthi Robertson – Transnational Student-Migrants and the State. Palgrave Macmillan(2013).

2012: Catherine Robinson – Beside One’s Self: Homelessness Felt and Lived. Syracuse University Press 2011.

2010: Peter Robinson – The Changing World of Gay Men. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan 2008.

2010 also marked the year of the inauguration of the Outstanding Service to TASA Award, given to a TASA member who has demonstrated an outstanding level of participation in and promotion of TASA over a number of years; the inaugural recipient was John Germov.

Recipients of the Outstanding Service to TASA Award

2014: Sharyn Roach Anleu

2013: Eileen Clark

2010: John Germov

In this context, outstanding contributions to sociology in action highlight the value and impact of sociological methods and theories to society. This includes both broad social issues, as well as more focused issues for industry, government, business or community sectors.

Nominations for the award will be judged against the following criteria:

• The application of sociology knowledge, methods and expertise to contribute to solving social problems
• The applicant’s role in the use of sociology for addressing social issues
• Recognised impact on a practical sociological problem, whether broad or focused in nature. Impact may be demonstrated through references from relevant stakeholders, and/or presentations, media, and publications (peer-reviewed, policy and general).
  

Process

No more than one Award will be made each year, unless there are unusual and compelling reasons to make two Awards. The award may be granted to a single nominee or to a team. All nominees must be TASA members.

It is not necessary to make an Award every year, and it is to be expected that there may be years when an Award is not made.

The Award will comprise an engraved plaque and certificate, complimentary conference and dinner registration to attend the TASA conference in the year of the Award (this is not transferrable to future conferences). Recipients will be invited to write an opinion piece about some aspect of their work for publication in Nexus, TASA Blog, Journal of Sociology or any other publication TASA may sponsor at the time of the Award. A list of Award winners will be maintained on the TASA web site.

The Executive will call for nominations each year, with nominations closing June 15. The Award will be presented at the TASA Conference in the same year. This time schedule may be altered in any year at the discretion of the Executive. Recipients shall be offered the same assistance as other TASA prize winners to enable them to attend the prize presentation.

The written nomination must respond to the criteria in no more than 1000 words and must be accompanied by a two-page (maximum) curriculum vitae of the nominee. The CV should focus on work and outputs related to the nomination. Applicants may submit other materials (ie multimedia) with their nomination form. The nomination must be signed and supported by two TASA members and accompanied by a written reference from someone outside the applicant’s organisation who can comment on the impact and relevance of the applicant’s contribution.

Nominations will be considered by the Executive as a whole. At its discretion the Executive may assign this task to a sub-committee chaired by the President or Vice-President, with the decision to be ratified by the whole Executive.

The Sociology in Action Award process will be covered by the TASA grievance procedures. Apart from this, the Executive’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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2022: Sophie Hickey

2020: Peta Cook

2019 Recipient: Katherine Carroll (L) with 2019 JMA winner Brydan Lenne (Katherine was one of Brydan's supervisors).



2018 Recipient: Catherine Robinson


2016 Recipient: Yoland Wadsworth


2015 Inaugural Recipient: Alan Scott