ANU PhD candidates nominated for award for work on LGBTIQ+ forced displacement
ANU PhD candidates Tina Dixson and Renee Dixson have been nominated for the 2021 Impact 25 awards for their work on LGBTIQ+ forced displacement. Tina and Renee, a couple, came to Australia in 2012…
Two new appointments for ANU School of Sociology
The school is delighted to announce that this year both Professor Melinda Cooper and Dr Rebecca Pearse joined the faculty. Their collective expertise in feminist theory, inequality, climate change…
Research project: Smoke, Air Quality and Pregnancy
During the summer of 2019-2020 the Canberra region, the NSW South Coast, and Southeast NSW experienced consistently poor air quality over several months due to bushfires. This posed risks to adults…
How Artifacts Afford - New book from ANU Sociologist
Dr Jenny Davis recently published a new book, How Artifacts Afford, through MIT Press. The book offers a conceptual update of affordance theory that introduces the mechanisms and…
New Guidance on Relationships and Sexuality Education
New Guidance on Relationships and Sexuality Education for teachers, leaders and boards of trustees Aotearoa New Zealand has just published revised guidance on relationships and sexuality…
New PhD Scholarships in Conservation and Biodiversity
The biosocial shaping of conservation and biodiversity in Australia’s capital Interested in a PhD on the biosocial nature of ecology and conservation? We are seeking PhD applicants from a range of…
Lactation after loss
An ANU team is researching how to help a woman after the death of a baby. Adam Spence reports. Dr Katherine Carroll from ANU School of Sociology sits in the living room of a woman in Denver,…