Gender and Mathematics: Pathways to Degree Completion in the Mathematically Intensive Sciences in Australia
Seminar
PhD pre-submission seminar: Helen Law Larry Saha Room, Room 2175 Haydon Allen Building (#22), The Australian National University Abstract: Although women in Australia have been steadily increasing their participation in tertiary education, they are still underrepresented in mathematically…
Security, surveillance and space: contested topologies of urban security
Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Pete Fussey, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex (UK) Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) Abstract: This paper examines the growth, application and impact of technological surveillance in relation to contemporary forms of urban security. It analyses how the city accommodates…
The chain of performance measurement: Agency, structure and unintended consequences
Seminar
Speaker: Professor Jennifer Lewis, University of Melbourne Larry Saha Room, HA2175, Haydon Allen Building (22) The Australian National University Measuring performance is now firmly entrenched in public sector organizations. Behind the performance movement is the search for rationality, and…
Seminar - TPR Presentation
Seminar
HA2175, Larry Saha Room, Haydon Allen Building #22. Marian Calix, PhD Candidate, TPR Oral Presentation Abstract: One fifth of the world's official development assistance (ODA) is channelled to or through Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Much of this money is aimed…
Seminar: Making Foetal Persons
Seminar
Presented by Assoc Professor Catherine Mills (Monash Unversity) and in partnership with the ANU Gender Institute, the School of Sociology will co-host this seminar in the Larry Saha Room (HA2175) of the Haydon Allen Building (22), The Australian National University. In recent years, ultrasound…
Vibrant landscapes: practices, ecologies, and politics of national parks in Australia
Seminar
Speaker: Catherine Ayres PhD Pre-Submission Seminar Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) National parks are central to contemporary environmental debates in Australia. These debates can often be distilled to a disagreement between those who prioritise the role of national parks in…
Critical Theory v. Marxism: Pointers from the 1943 dispute between Max Horkheimer and Henryk Grossman
Seminar
Speaker: Dr Rick Kuhn Location: Larry Saha Room (HA 2175) In 1943, Henryk Grossman sent a draft of the study, eventually published in two parts as ‘The evolutionist revolt against classical economics’ to Max Horkheimer for comment. His very hostile response, the…