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23.01.2022 Extended Deadline - The TASA Postgraduate Impact & Engagement Award The TASA Postgraduate Impact & Engagement Award has extended the application date to 6th of August. Nominate yourself or a peer via this simple form: https://bit.ly/2X04Bqm ... This is the inaugural year of the Postgraduate Impact & Engagement Award. Prizes include: A complimentary conference registration to attend the TASA conference at which the Prize is presented (includes conference dinner); A certificate & trophy to acknowledge formally the receipt of the Prize; An invitation to submit an article for Nexus/TASA Blog on the paper; Publicity through the TASA membership and wider social science community; and A listing on this PGIE Award TASAweb page. This award recognises outstanding postgraduate contributions in teaching, community work and non-traditional academic outputs. The award seeks to value and encourage an understanding of scholarship and impact that extends beyond publication and citation metrics.

23.01.2022 The Journal of Sociology’s next Virtual Special issue is out now: A Sociology of Youth: Defining the Field edited by Professor Johanna Wyn: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/jos/youth

22.01.2022 Seeking participants for our Youth Mobilities, Aspirations and Pathways (YMAP) Project Survey! It's a survey about young people who travel into or out of Australia for any purpose for a period of six or more months. The call is for young people aged 18-30, identify with having British, Chinese, Indian or Italian heritage or ancestry, and currently spending 6 or more months living in or outside Australia (i.e. Aussies abroad OR young people from elsewhere living in Australia). https://www.ymapproject.org/our-survey?s=tasa

22.01.2022 Friendly reminder: if you are a TASA member and you have yet to vote in our 2020 TASA Executive Election, we invite, and encourage, you to do so before midday August 18, 2020 (AEST) via TASAweb https://tasa.org.au/content.aspx. Email [email protected] if you have any issues logging in.

18.01.2022 At the close of nominations (midday August 26) for the Thematic Group Portfolio Leader Executive position, the following three members had nominated: 1. Linda Marsden, Western Sydney University 2. Pariece Nelligan, Deakin University 3. Ramon Menendez Domingo, La Trobe University... An online election will be conducted from Thursday August 27th through to midday September 10, 2020. If you are a TASA member, you can cast your vote via TASAweb here: https://tasa.org.au/content.aspx

18.01.2022 TASA recognises the value that our annual conferences bring to our TASA members and delegates. In place of running a face-to-face conference, we have decided to run a virtual event to provide our members a platform to present their work in the collegial environment for which TASA is renowned and an occasion for our award recipients to receive the recognition that they deserve. The theme of our virtual gathering is Sociological Insights for the ‘now’ normal. We will run the... event during the previously advertised time for the TASA 2020 conference (November 23-26). There will be two panels and one workshop session on mentoring details to follow soon. We hope to have a number of sessions across 2-3 days and we will finish the event with our Annual General Meeting. We invite Thematic Group convenors and individual members who would like to propose a session to contribute to this virtual event. Your contribution may take the form a panel session, workshop, or a session of presenters (for example, inviting or selecting members from your thematic group to present their research). You may have another idea for a session that you would like to hold as part of TASA’s virtual event. TASA understands that this is a challenging time and it may not be feasible for everyone to participate. Please send your expression of interest by August 28th to [email protected] to allow time to create a program of events. The event will be free for members and non-members alike. TASA will use a platform to allow ease of use for our convenors, presenters and attendees. We aim to provide equitable access and the ability to virtually engage with our colleagues from within and outside Australia. We look forward to seeing you in November.

15.01.2022 Alan Petersen Loneliness and Digital Media: A Sociological Agenda On behalf of The Australian Sociological Association, I welcome Professor Alan Petersen from Monash University. Alan researches in the area of the Sociology of health and illness, public health, medical dominance, the Sociology of the body, the sociology of food. More recently, Alan has a number of research projects with colleagues in the area of digital and social media across the age spectrum, including inves...tigating the opportunities for artificial intelligence in assisting older Australians in aged-care facilities, and how young people navigate body image concerns. You can browse Alan’s research interests, publications and teaching interests at: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/alan-petersen Roger Wilkinson Digital Publications Editor, The Australian Sociological Association [email protected]

11.01.2022 Some of the many employment benefits of having a sociology degree are highlighted in this new video 'Sociologists in the workplace': https://youtu.be/uUx-uILVGCM

10.01.2022 We're excited to announce that the following members will be a part of the 2021-2022 TASA Executive team: President: Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Western Sydney University Vice-President: Peta Cook, University of Tasmania Treasurer: Anna Hickey-Moody, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology... Secretary: Kay Cook, Swinburne University Postgraduate Portfolio Leader: Anthony Smith, University of New South Wales More than one member nominated for both the Equity and Inclusion and Public Sociology portfolios. As such, an online election portal has been opened. Please support TASA candidates who have nominated for the roles (Sheree Gregory, Roger Patulny & Heidi Hetz) and cast your vote by midday August 18 (AEST) https://tasa.org.au/content.aspx Note: No nominations were received for the Thematic Group portfolio. We will re-open nominations for that position, after the online election closes. In the meantime, if you are interested in nominating for the Thematic Group position, and you would like more information, we encourage you to contact Sara James ([email protected]), the current holder of that role, Dan Woodman ([email protected]), TASA President or Sally Daly in TASA Admin ([email protected]). CAST YOUR VOTE NOW! https://tasa.org.au/content.aspx

06.01.2022 From its first-recorded emergence in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019, COVID-19 has spread quickly around the world. Not merely a health crisis, the COVID crisis has brought with it rapid and significant changes in people's everyday lives. Its impacts are currently felt in every geographical region of the world. While everyone is at risk from contracting the coronavirus, it has already become clear that differences in national governments’ responses to controlling the p...andemic, combined with differing social, economic and institutional capacities to support disadvantaged groups, have led to starkly divergent successes in the management of the pandemic's health and social effects. You can read the seven short contributions (free access for 60 days) in the 'Sociology and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic' Health Sociology Review special section via https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhsr20/29/2?nav=tocList

05.01.2022 Voting for the 2020 TASA Executive Election closes TOMORROW August 18 at midday (AEST). The candidates are: Equity and Inclusion: Heidi Hetz & Sheree Gregory Public Sociology: Sheree Gregory & Roger Patulny... Note, you will need to log in to cast your votes. If you click on the on the below link, you will be taken to the login page and then redirected for voting. Please contact Sally in TASA Admin for a speedy password reset, if needed. https://tasa.org.au/content.aspx