Professor Diana Rose & Professor Nikolas Rose Join ANU School of Sociology
The ANU School of Sociology welcomes Honorary Distinguished Professors Diana Rose and Nikolas Rose. Professor Diana Rose Professor Diana Rose is a social scientist and mental health service user…
ACT Consent Reform Bill may negatively impact the LGBTQIA+ community
Gemma Killen, a recent Sociology PhD Graduate, has contributed to the ABC's new article: "Concerns ACT consent reform bill could open door to criminal prosecution of transgender people". …
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…