THE ACADEMY the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Was Established in 1971
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2007 Academy of the Social Sciences The Academy THE ACADEMY The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia was established in 1971. Before this date, Academy functions were fulfilled through the Social Science Research Council of Australia, founded in 1942. The membership of the Academy comprises those who have achieved a very high level of scholarly distinction, recognised internationally. The Academy is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation, devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the various social sciences. The Academy is a corporate body of social scientists. Its objects are: • to promote excellence in and encourage the advancement of the social sciences in Australia; • to act as a co-ordinating group for the promotion of research and teaching in the social sciences; • to foster excellence in research and to subsidise the publication of studies in the social sciences; • to encourage and assist in the formation of other national associations or institutions for the promotion of the social sciences or any branch of them; • to promote international scholarly cooperation and to act as an Australian national member of international organisations concerned with the social sciences; • to act as consultant and adviser in regard to the social sciences; and • to comment where appropriate on national needs and priorities in the area of the social sciences. Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia GPO Box 1956 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Telephone 61 2 6249 1788 Facsimile 61 2 6247 4335 Email [email protected] Website www.assa.edu.au 2/ Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Report 2007 Contents Academy of the Social Sciences 2007 Officers and Committees 4 Presidents 8 President’s Report 9 The Year in Review 14 General Report 14 Annual Symposium 2006 16 Cunningham Lecture 2006 18 Academy Early Career Award 20 Policy and Advocacy Program 22 Research Program 25 Workshop Program 28 International Program 30 The Fellowship 34 Obituaries 65 Financial Statements 68 Annual Report 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences / 3 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences Officers and Committees President Professor S Macintyre Executive Director Dr J Beaton Honorary Treasurer Professor G Withers Executive Committee Professor S Macintyre (Chair) Professor A Edwards Dr M Keating Professor M Luszcz Professor S Richardson Professor J Walter Professor G Withers Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Standing Committee of the Executive Professor S Macintyre (Chair) Professor A Edwards Professor G Withers Dr J Beaton Finance Committee Professor G Withers (Chair) Professor S Macintyre Professor A Barton Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) National Academies Forum (ASSA members) Professor S Macintyre Professor S Richardson Dr J Beaton Secretariat Executive Director John Beaton BA, MA, PhD Research Director John Robertson BA, DipEd, MA, PhD Editor Peg Job BA, PhD Accounts Officer Jennifer Fernance BA Project Manager William Douglas BA Project Manager (NAF) Irina Kotycheva BE, DipIT, ME Executive Assistant Robin Taylor 4/ Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Report 2007 Officers and Committees Academy of the Social Sciences 2007 International Program Committee Professor S Richardson (Chair) Professor D Altman Professor M Clyne Professor J Fox Professor D Goodman Professor S Macintyre Professor A Mackinnon Professor B McGaw Professor M Prior Professor M Webber Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Dr J Robertson (Secretariat) Workshop Program Committee Professor M Luszcz (Chair) Professor P Brock Professor S Macintyre Professor W Prest Professor S Roach Anleu Professor R Wales Professor R Wood Dr J Beaton Dr J Robertson Mr W Douglas (Secretariat) Policy and Advocacy Committee Professor G Withers (Chair) Professor M Bittman Professor A Edwards Dr A Graycar Professor M Luszcz Professor S Macintyre Professor K McConkey Professor P Weller Dr J Beaton Mr W Douglas (Secretariat) Annual Report 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences / 5 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences Officers and Committees Research Program Committee Professor A Edwards (Chair) Professor M Coltheart Dr D Gibson Professor A Kaur Professor S Macintyre Professor M Sawer Dr J Beaton Dr J Robertson (Secretariat) Early Career Award Committee Professor S Macintyre (Chair) Professor M Coltheart Dr D Gibson Professor A Kaur Professor M Sawer Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Membership Committee Professor S Macintyre (Chair) Professor J Borland Professor B Cass Professor F Jackson Professor P Pattison Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Symposium Committee Professor J Walter (Chair) Professor S Macintyre Professor M Sawer Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Branch Convenors Professor J Borland (Victoria) Vacant (New South Wales) Professor C Peterson (Queensland) Professor M Luszcz / Professor A Mackinnon(South Australia) Professor A Pauwels (Western Australia) 6/ Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Report 2007 Officers and Committees Academy of the Social Sciences 2007 Panel A Committee (Anthropology, Demography, Geography, Sociology, Linguistics) Dr D Gibson (Chair) Professor J Altman Professor M Bittman Professor S Crain Professor M Dodgson Professor R Fincher Dr C Young Panel B Committee (Economics, Economic History, Accounting, Statistics) Professor A Kaur (Chair) Professor J Borland Professor M Edwards Professor A Harding Professor S Nicholas Dr R Shlomowitz Panel C Committee (History, Political Science, Law, Philosophy) Professor M Sawer (Chair) Professor H Charlesworth Professor T Coady Professor D Deacon Professor A Freiberg Professor M Goot Professor D Walker Panel D Committee (Education, Psychology, Social Medicine) Professor M Coltheart (Chair) Professor B Boakes Professor H Christensen Professor L English Professor J Sweller Professor R Wales Annual Report 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences / 7 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences Presidents of the Academy PRESIDENTS 1943-1952 Kenneth Stewart Cunningham 1952-1953 Sir Douglas Copland 1953-1958 Sir Leslie Galfreid Melville 1958-1962 Sydney James Butlin 1962-1964 Wilfred David Borrie 1964-1966 William Matthew O'Neil 1966-1969 Percy Herbert Partridge 1969-1972 Richard Ivan Downing 1972-1975 Geoffrey Sawer 1975-1978 Fred Henry George Gruen 1978-1981 Alan George Lewers Shaw 1981-1984 Keith Jackson Hancock 1984-1987 Joseph Ezra Isaac 1987-1990 Peter Henry Karmel 1990-1993 Peter Winston Sheehan 1993-1997 Paul Francis Bourke 1997-2000 Gwendoline Fay Gale 2000-2003 Leon Mann 2003-2006 Sue Richardson 2006- Stuart Forbes Macintyre 8/ Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Report 2007 President’s Report Academy of the Social Sciences 2007 PRESIDENT’S REPORT he Academy of the Social Sciences in T Australia is a learned society that seeks to advance the social sciences. Through a range of activities it promotes research and teaching, provides expert advice, fosters greater appreciation of the social sciences and represents them in national and international settings. The Academy is also an autonomous, non- governmental organisation. While most of the Fellows hold academic posts, the membership extends beyond the universities. The Fellows are elected to the Academy on the basis of their scholarly distinction in one or more of the social sciences, and comprise an unusual breadth of expertise. The advice and the assistance that the Academy provides to government and to the public is valued because of its independence. From its formation the Academy has worked with a modest budget and the annual grant-in-aid from the Australian Government has been its principal source of income. The chief asset has always been the expertise of the Fellows. Their willingness to contribute time and energy for no recompense has allowed the Academy to serve its objectives; but in order for this resource to be mobilised effectively the Academy depends on an appropriate infrastructure of professional staff and operational support. At last year’s Annual General Meeting the Academy was forced to make economies in its expenditure because of the conclusion of additional government funding under the Higher Education Innovation Program. A Review of the Learned Academies had reported in early 2006 and recommended that their grants-in-aid be doubled, but the federal budget announced in that year made no such provision. In May of this year we were informed by the Honourable Julie Bishop, the Minister for Education, Science and Training that the recommendation of the Review has been accepted and our grant-in-aid will be doubled. We have already expressed our appreciation to the Minister for this vote of confidence in the Academy, and we also owe thanks to a number of friends of this and the other three Learned Academies who helped to establish a better appreciation of their work. My predecessors Leon Mann and Sue Richardson were particularly tenacious in pursuing the funding recommendations, and John Beaton as Executive Director provided invaluable intelligence to support their advocacy. This increased funding will be available from the beginning of 2008, and thus provides the Academy with an opportunity to plan how best to augment its activity. Annual Report 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences / 9 2007 Academy of the Social Sciences President’s Report There is potential to expand a number of the successful current programs, and also to enhance the work of the Academy with new initiatives. Contributions of Academy expertise to public policy A major objective of the Academy is to contribute its expertise to public policy. The ways in which the Academy opens debate about national issues,