'The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online'
Book launch
Join us for an interesting conversation with Hannah Leary and author Dr. Simon Copland, to celebrate the launch of his latest book, The Male Complaint, published by Polity Press and distributed in Australia by Wiley Press. (Pre-order here.)About the bookInspired by leaders such…
Building information resilience through accessible communication practice: The case of migrants and people with disability in Australia
Seminar
During any crisis event, trustworthy communication is crucial for fostering safe and informed societies. During the Covid-19 pandemic, however, considerable disparities in access to reliable information (including vital health advice and resources) were observed; especially for migrants and people…
Mechanisms of invisibility: Contradictions of localising humanitarianism and questions of participation
Seminar
Localisation refers to shifting the ownership and leadership of crisis response to local actors. Within the humanitarian sector, localisation has been framed as making aid more reflective of needs on the ground, supporting more equitable structures, and addressing concerns related to colonisation…
Unfolding plans: Projections, time, and political possibilities in Mumbai
Seminar
This paper explores how plans unfold over time, shaped by urgency, waiting, and tactical foresight. Based on long-term ethnographic research in Mumbai, it follows the revision of the city’s urban plan to show how plans operate simultaneously as images and as documents, moving through different…
Let's ‘slip the surly bonds’ of academic prose! Writing for a 'broader audience'
Workshop
An interactive hybrid workshop for colleagues interested in writing for a ‘broader audience’ – whatever that means! – and other forms of science communication. This draws on my extensive experience in this area (including written media contributions, broadcast writing, podcasts, and books) and…
How to Build a Stock Exchange - Public Lecture by Professor Philip Roscoe
Lecture
Join us for a public lecture by Professor Philip Roscoe, RSSS Visiting Fellow in Sociology, on his book How to Build a Stock Exchange: The Past, Present and Future of Finance (2023).About the BookWhy is finance so important? How do stock markets work and what do they really do? Most importantly,…
The Economies of Life in the Platform Economy: Social Reproduction, Depletion, and Disposability
Seminar
This paper examines the dynamics of the platform economy through the lens of social reproduction theory and feminist technoscience approaches to economics and capitalism. Both perspectives converge in their focus on situating bodies and the embodied experience of working and existing at the core of…