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Fellow member Alex Broom, appointed as a new ARC Academic Director, is an internationally recognised sociologist whose research explores how social, political and economic forces shape health and wellbeing, and how people navigate these influences in everyday life. He is currently Director of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for immediate action in response to ongoing cuts to HASS staff, programs, and entire disciplines across Australian universities. These cuts are not isolated incidents — they threaten our national capacity for critical thinking, cultural understanding, and informed policy-making.

You can read the full media release here: https://www.tasa.org.au/handlers/celinks.ashx?id=92287

Join us for this month’s TASA Thursday Postgraduate Session, Researching Sensitive Topics: Ethics, Care, and Boundaries.This reflective and practical webinar invites sociology postgraduates and early career researchers to explore the ethical complexities of qualitative research. Our panellists will discuss care, responsibility, emotional labour, and boundary-setting across fieldwork, analysis, and writing, offering insights into managing wellbeing while maintaining analytical rigour.

To register, visit https://tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=671860&item_id=2882636