Interpretivist Methods in the Digital Age: Methodology and Epistemology in the Social Sciences
Workshop
A workshop in collaboration with the School of Sociology and the School of Politics and International Relations, and the Interpretation, Method, Critique Research Cluster, The Australian National University. This workshop aims to explore the intersection between interpretivist/critical methods and…
Multilateralism and Regional Cooperation in Times of Global Crises
Lecture
Konrad Adenauer Lecture 2020 Multilateralism and Regional Cooperation in Times of Global Crises Australia and Europe and the International Order The COVID-19 crisis is making clear how many of today's global challenges cannot be contained within national borders and require sustained cooperation…
Transnational Organised Crime in ASEAN after COVID John Coyne
Webinar/Online
Over the last few decades, ASEAN’s member states have experienced rapid economic and social changes. These changes have brought with them significant regulatory and law enforcement challenges. The outbreak of Covid-19 arrived while the region’s governments were still struggling to deal with these…
Population-Level Burden and Inequities in Maternal Health Care Utilisation and Child Health Outcomes in Zambia
Webinar/Online
Inequality in maternal and child health seriously hinders the overall improvement of health. Despite most maternal and under-five deaths being preventable and easily treated with cost effective measures, maternal and child morbidity and mortality are still high. This is a concern as regards both…
How can sociological perspectives help chart us through the renewable energy transition in Australia?
Seminar
Given the recent announcements of job cuts across our sector, it feels jarring to be considering how best to grow a research theme (to date somewhat neglected) around sociological perspectives for navigating the transition to renewables and the ‘future grid’. The irony is not lost on me that as a…
Walter Benjamin goes to Karbala: the proliferation of religious art and the degradation of the image’s power
Seminar
Walter Benjamin argued that in an age of mass technology the increased reproducibility of art objects would degrade their ‘authenticity’ and ‘aura’. Photographic and video technologies would democratise and open up access to the production of images. This would weaken the ‘cultic’ monopoly of…
Online: Alon Kraitzman & Jessica Genauer - Reducing Uncertainty in Government Evaluation: The Interplay of Security Concerns and Economic Perceptions in the Arab World
Seminar
The literature on government popularity focuses on security and prosperity as the two most important factors shaping government evaluation. However, we still know little about how these two factors can together inform citizens' decision to reward or punish the government. Studies in diversionary…