
What is happening to Canberra? Crumbling Services, Mounting Debt and Declining Governance
This roundtable event brought together 35 academics, students, policy-makers and community activists. The audience included former ACT Chief Minister Gary Humphries, public servants, academics from…

Congratulations to Dr Jessie Liu on major thesis awards
The ANU School of Sociology is delighted to congratulate Dr Jessie Liu on receiving both the J.G. Crawford Prize at ANU and the Jean Martin Award from The Australian Sociological Association (TASA),…

Celebrating the contribution, success and futures of our Sociology Graduates
We’re very pleased to celebrate this year’s graduating HDR cohort in the ANU School of Sociology. Their achievements are a sign of our discipline's value and strength in an uncertain world marked by…

Professor Helen Keane appointed new Fellow of ASSA
The ANU School of Sociology is pleased to share the excellent news that Professor Helen Keane has been appointed as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).The ASSA…

Dr Thao Phan awarded Max Crawford Medal
Dr Thao Phan has been awarded the prestigious Max Crawford Medal by the Australian Academy of the Humanities. As Australia’s highest honour for early-career achievement in the humanities, the award…

Reflections from IQMR 2025: A Journey Through Methods, Meaning, and Community
Earlier this month, PhD student Sharon Koshy embarked on a transformative academic journey at the Institute of Qualitative and Multi-method Research (IQMR) held at Syracuse University, New York. The…

'Temporary': The Stories Behind Australia's Guestworker Policies
The goal of hosting the collective exhibition Temporary: We Wanted Workers But We Got People Instead was to bring together a series of participatory photography projects that centre the lives and…