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28 Balmain Crescent, Acton, ACT, Headquarters of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences the Academy 28 Balmain Crescent, Acton, ACT, headquarters of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 2005 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 2005 Contents Academy of the Social Sciences 2005 Officers and Committees 4 Presidents 8 President’s Report 9 The Year in Review 15 General Report 15 Annual Symposium 2004 17 Cunningham Lecture 2004 21 Academy Early Career Award 21 Policy and Advocacy Program 22 Research Program 25 Workshop Program 29 International Program 37 The Fellowship 41 Obituaries 72 Financial Statements 79 Annual Report 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences /3 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences Officers and Committees President Professor S Richardson Executive Director Dr J Beaton Honorary Treasurer Professor B Chapman Executive Committee Professor S Richardson (Chair) Professor B Chapman Dr M Keating Professor S Macintyre Professor L Mann Professor P Saunders Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Standing Committee of the Executive Professor S Richardson (Chair) Professor B Chapman Professor S Macintyre Dr J Beaton Finance Committee Professor B Chapman (Chair) Professor S Richardson Professor A Barton Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) National Academies Forum (ASSA members) Professor S Richardson Professor L Mann Dr J Beaton Secretariat Executive Director John Beaton BA, MA, PhD Research Director John Robertson BA DipEd, MA, PhD Editor Peg Job BA, PhD Executive Assistant Robin Taylor Accounts Officer Jennifer Fernance BA Program Officer Melissa Lamprecht BA Assistant Director (Policy & Advocacy) Mark Pinoli BSc, BA 4/ Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Report 2005 Officers and Committees Academy of the Social Sciences 2005 Early Career Award Committee Professor S Richardson (Chair) Professor M Sawer Professor M Coltheart Dr D Gibson Professor R Lansbury Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Membership Committee Professor S Richardson (Chair) Professor D Andrich Professor M Edwards Professor S Macintyre Professor J Marceau Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) International Program Committee Professor L Mann (Chair) Professor H Charlesworth Professor M Clyne Professor J Fox Professor S Richardson Professor D Walker Professor J Wong Dr J Beaton (Executive Director) Dr J Robertson (Secretariat) Workshop Program Committee Professor P Saunders (Chair) Professor R Fincher Professor M Luszcz Professor R Hassan Dr J Pincus Professor R Wales Professor W Prest Professor S Richardson Dr J Beaton Dr J Robertson Mr M Pinoli (Secretariat) Annual Report 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences /5 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences Officers and Committees Research Program Committee Professor S Macintyre (Chair) Dr D Gibson Professor M Coltheart Professor R Lansbury Professor M Sawer Professor S Richardson Dr J Beaton Dr J Robertson (Secretariat) Policy and Advocacy Committee Dr M Keating (Chair) Mr I Castles Professor M Edwards Professor S Macintyre Professor S Richardson Professor P Saunders Professor T Stannage Professor P Weller Dr J Beaton Mr M Pinoli (Secretariat) Symposium Committee Professor S Richardson Professor H Kendig Professor M Sawer Dr J Beaton Branch Convenors Professor J Borland (Victoria) Professor G Gill (New South Wales) Professor C Peterson(Queensland) Professor M Luszcz (South Australia) Professor A Pauwels (Western Australia) 6/ Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Report 2005 Officers and Committees Academy of the Social Sciences 2005 Panel A Committee (Anthropology, Demography, Geography, Sociology, Linguistics) Dr D Gibson (Chair) Professor R Fincher Professor J Altman Professor M Dodgson Professor P Mühlhäusler Dr C Young Panel B Committee (Economics, Economic History, Accounting, Statistics) Professor R Lansbury (Chair) Professor S Nicholas Professor M Edwards Professor A Harding Professor A Kaur Professor J Borland Panel C Committee (History, Political Science, Law, Philosophy) Professor M Sawer (Chair) Professor H Charlesworth Professor N Etherington Professor M Gatens Professor F Jackson Professor M Neave Professor D Deacon Professor J Walter Panel D Committee (Education, Psychology, Social Medicine) Professor M Coltheart (Chair) Professor J Sweller Professor N Martin Professor R Wales Professor H Christensen Professor D Andrich Annual Report 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences /7 2005 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- Sue Richardson 8/ Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Report 2005 President’s Report Academy of the Social Sciences 2005 PRESIDENT’S REPORT n September 2005 this Academy, along with the I other Learned Academies, was reviewed by the Commonwealth Government. The purpose of the Review was to assess our performance over the past five years, and to recommend the appropriate level of funding for our Grant-in-Aid for the coming five years. This review provided the occasion for us to document in a comprehensive way, and to reflect on, the activities of the Academy over the past five years. At the time of writing, the outcome of the review is unknown. We have a good story to tell. And I believe that we told it very well in the submission that we provided to the Review team. We are indebted to our Executive Director, John Beaton, for the imagination and skill with which he drafted our submission. With the equivalent of 4.5 fulltime staff, and the tremendous talents of our Fellows willingly contributed to the many enterprises of the Academy, we have achieved much. The following table summarises in crude form the increases in our main areas of activity, over the past five years. Summary estimate of ASSA’s increased activity, 1995-2000 compared with 2000-2005. Program 1995-2000 2000-2005 quantum Est. quantum increase Workshops supported 24 40 67% Workshop publications 10 >14+2 e-Books >60% (books only) Research Projects 5 9 80% International Program 3 funded 6 joint-action programs 100% exchanges Outreach Ad hoc Inclusion of about 800 non- involvement Fellows in a range of Academy of non- activities Fellows Established Indigenous Summer School, involving about 100 students and supervisors Commissioned policy None 3 published papers 2 undergoing review 2 pledged for publication in 2005 Submissions and c 6 19 c 300% representation to Government Annual Report 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences /9 2005 Academy of the Social Sciences President’s Report The activities of ASSA in this five year period have arguably doubled. Much of this is due to the $115,000 pa DEST-HEIP funding (2002-2005) that has used the platform provided by the Academy’s organisational structure and the strengths of the Fellowship to expand all existing programs and to launch a new one, the Policy and Advocacy Committee. Our Constitution requires us to: · Promote excellence in and encourage the advancement of the social sciences in Australia; · Act as a co-ordinating group for the promotion of research and teaching in the social sciences; · Foster excellence in research and to subsidise the publication of studies in the social sciences; · Encourage and assist in the formation of other national associations or institutions for the promotion of the social sciences or any branch of them; · Promote international scholarly cooperation and to act as an Australian national member of international organisations concerned with the social sciences; · Act as a consultant and advisor in regard to the social sciences; and · Comment where appropriate on national needs and priorities in the area of the social sciences. I report below on our progress against these objectives, in 2005. Promote research and excellence in the social sciences We promote our first three objectives through a balanced suite of activities. These comprise the Research Program, the Workshop Program, the Policy and Advocacy Program, the Publications Program, the Annual Symposium and the Indigenous Summer School. All of these programs, while being led by Fellows, increasingly reach beyond the Academy’s own members to include other scholars and policy-makers. The Academy promotes research in the social sciences primarily through its research and workshop activities. These are distinct and complementary programs.
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