Dr Jenny Davis receives DECRA grant
Dr Jenny Davis has been awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Grant to study social factors in digital design. The three year project includes includes ethnographic study of…
Sociology recognised in 2018 CASS education awards
The ANU School of Sociology has received two awards for excellence in the 2018 CASS education awards. The first award saw Dr Maria Hynes receiving the CASS excellence in supervision…
Head of School named to Higher Education Academy
Congratulations to Dr Helen Keane on her successful application for a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy through the ANU Educational Fellowship Scheme. This…
Growing up in a house full of books is major boost to literacy and numeracy, study finds
A new study by the ANU School of Sociology has found that people who grew up in book-filled homes have higher reading, math, and technological skills. The paper was co-authored by Joanna Sikora,…
Gen Z more tolerant of religious diversity
Teenagers today may not be religious but they are more tolerant of religious diversity than generations past. Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen of the ANU School of Sociology has spoken to ABC Radio…
Staff and students travel to Sydney for 4S conference
ANU School of Sociology was well represented at the 4S (Society for the Social Studies of Science) annual meetings in Sydney 29 August - 1 September. The 4S conference draws leading scholars from…
ANU algorithms define bot influence in 2016 US Election
New algorithms developed at The Australian National University (ANU) have found bots on Twitter were on average two-and-a-half times more influential than humans during the first US Presidential…