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Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia October 2014 ii Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia The report was co-funded by the Department of Industry, the Office of the Chief Scientist, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Report authors: Professor Graeme Turner FAHA and Dr Kylie Brass Project Steering Committee: Professor Graeme Turner FAHA (Chair) Professor Mark Western FASSA (Deputy Chair) Professor Joy Damousi FAHA FASSA Professor Stephen Garton FAHA FASSA Professor Sue Richardson AM FASSA © Australian Academy of the Humanities Suggested citation: Turner, G., and Brass, K. (2014) Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia. Australian Academy of the Humanities, Canberra. ISBN: 978-0-909897-70-3 (print) ISBN: 978-0-909897-71-0 (online) Disclaimer: This report has been prepared by the Australian Academy of the Humanities using multiple sources of data and commissioned research. The analysis and findings in the report are subject to the limitations of the data used. The Academy does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the data presented and is not responsible for any errors or omissions contained in the report. Designed and typeset by GRi.D Communications, www.thegrid.net.au Printed by CanPrint, www.canprint.com.au Acknowledgements iii Acknowledgements The Australian Academy of the Humanities acknowledges the contribution of the following: » Ms Katherine Campbell, former General Manager, Science Policy and Agencies, (the former) Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. » Dr Michael Hughes and Dr Will Howard, formerly of the Office of the Chief Scientist. » Dr Yew May Martin and her team from the University Statistics Section of the Department of Education. » In the Department of Industry: Dr Alex Cooke and Mr Lukas Young from the Science Policy team, and Ms Sylvia Shepherd from the Research Agencies and Strategic Partnerships Section. » From the Australian Research Council: Dr Tim Cahill, Director Research Evaluation, Dr Marcus Nicol, Director Research Analysis; Ms Penny Knox, Director Policy and Governance; Dr Mary Kelly, former Branch Manager, Strategy Branch; Professor Denise Meredyth, Executive Director, Humanities and Creative Arts; and Professor Marian Simms FASSA, Executive Director, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences. » Dr Ian Dobson (Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Federation University, and Adjunct Professional Staff Member, Office of Senior Vice-President, Monash University) was commissioned by the project to undertake a comprehensive overview of student enrolment and teaching data. » For their advice and comments we would particularly like to thank: Professor Tony Bennett FAHA, Professor Bruce Chapman AO FASSA, Professor Mark Finnane FAHA FASSA, Professor Rae Frances FASSA, Ms Deanne Gannaway, Professor John Germov, Professor John Hajek FAHA, Professor Joseph Lo Bianco AM FAHA and Professor Zlatko Skrbis. iv Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia Foreword Professor Ian Chubb AC Australia’s Chief Scientist ustralians have long been taught that we ‘punch above our By the same token, the HASS disciplines have much to gain Aweight’ as inventors, creators and explorers. It seems to from close engagement with the ideas and ways of thinking be woven into the Australian story. In our island home at the born of STEM. bottom of the world, we make it up as we knock along—and Surely, we cannot afford our long complacency about any part by instinct and initiative we succeed. We’re mavericks, if not of our research profile. maestros. We’re ingenious but won’t be instructed. We face the future with a bold she’ll be right. Across STEM and HASS, we need imagination, creative thinking and learning from what the rest of the world is Courage is no bad thing—nor confidence or strength of doing. And we need to do it all on a scale that we have never conviction. But I hope we have courage enough to ask ourselves achieved—and perhaps never bothered with—before. the hard questions. For that, we will need to organise, evaluate and cohere; aligning Are we performing at the level we would want? our efforts and our investment with our national interests and Are our expectations falling short of our true potential? building to a scale that matches a daunting need. Have we done enough—and are we doing the right things— It cannot be done without a realistic and evidence-based to steer our Australia through changing times? assessment of our performance. To put it all simply, we need to understand our solid foundation, work out what to do, If there were any time to be curious about the world and and get better. its opportunities, it is today. And if we are serious in our commitment to progress, we will be honest about what Mapping and benchmarking are never easy or popular tasks, progress will require. particularly in the complex ecosystem in which we function. There are limits to our data, and different views on how it ought In the face of every national challenge, it will be careful, to be presented. deliberate and properly conducted science and research that will arm us to respond. That should not defeat us, but remind us of the need to work together. There is no doubt in my mind that the disciplines we now group under the banner of STEM (science, technology, My office set out by compiling a long overdue benchmarking engineering and mathematics) are critical infrastructure. report for Australian STEM, released as The Health of Australian Science in 2012. But it is not, and has never been, STEM alone. The humanities, arts and social science (HASS) disciplines provide vital I am delighted that the leaders of HASS have united in the same knowledge and understanding of our world, its peoples and exercise for their disciplines; with my office as a co-funder and societies. As Australia’s Chief Scientist, I am all too conscious collaborator. of the divides between science and society. Too often, our This report provides the robust and comprehensive data to best intentions are frustrated by our mutual struggle for serve both practitioners of HASS and those who rely on their understanding. skills. It is a timely reminder of the HASS’ essential place in Scientists cannot implement workable solutions without the building Australia’s future. confidence and consent of the community. Indeed, it is unlikely I trust it will, at the same time, spur on our efforts to raise the solutions could be workable without an understanding of the bar yet higher. the people who have to carry them through. It is the potential of STEM made real in the lives of Australians, with the insight HASS can provide. Foreword v Emeritus Professor Lesley Johnson AM FAHA (far left) President Australian Academy of the Humanities Professor Deborah Terry FASSA (left) President Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia n behalf of the Australian Academy of the Humanities It is our hope that the longitudinal, system-wide data provided O(AAH) and the Academy of the Social Sciences in in the report will also assist individual universities in their Australia (ASSA), we are very pleased to present the Mapping consideration of institutional structures and offerings for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia report. HASS teaching and research. We strongly encourage a strategic The report is the culmination of an 18-month project jointly approach to the development of HASS fields by universities as funded by the two Learned Academies and the Australian well as nationally. Government, through the Department of Industry and the The report is intended to be of use to a wide range of audiences: Office of the Chief Scientist. to politicians, policymakers, researchers, teachers, universities, Australia has four Learned Academies whose mandate it is and to the public at large. It positions us to contribute to to advance knowledge, understanding and excellence in their national conversation about the education and research system. respective discipline areas—from the natural and physical Until now we have only had half of the picture. sciences, to technology, engineering and agriculture, to It will be vital to check the status of the HASS sector at regular the humanities, arts and social sciences—for the benefit of intervals; this report will be a means by which future updates researchers, teachers and the wider society. can chart changes in the system. The report is aimed at strengthening humanities, arts and We would like to formally express our appreciation to the social sciences (HASS) research and education in Australia on Department of Industry and to the Office of the Chief Scientist the basis of informed research and data analysis. The last such for their financial support of the project, and to acknowledge review of the HASS sector, undertaken in the mid-1990s, was the valuable advice we received throughout the 18 months. itself an earlier collaboration between the AAH and the ASSA. Finally, it was vital that the person charged with stewardship A major impetus for this report were efforts, led by Australia’s of this project enjoyed the respect and confidence not only of Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb AC, to take a more the HASS community, but also the broader higher education strategic approach to research investment in Australia. The and research sector. We are therefore very grateful that report is envisaged as a companion volume to the Health of Professor Graeme Turner FAHA agreed to dedicate his time, Australian Science report, published by the Office of the Chief intellect and energy to this important task. Our thanks also to Scientist in 2012. It provides comprehensive information about Dr Kylie Brass, Policy & Projects Manager at the AAH, who so the current condition of HASS disciplines, which will assist in ably directed the research and development of the report, and determining what they currently deliver and how well they are to the Steering Committee—Professor Mark Western FASSA, able to respond to the changing needs of the nation.
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