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Newsletter June 2021

Dear APSA member, 

This newsletter contains the following: 

  • Sad news of the passing of Dr Ian Cook
  • A copy of the APSA's submission to the state of the social sciences inquiry
  • Call for APSA prizes
  • Call for papers/conferences, symposia, seminars, workshops  
  • An update regarding social sciences week
  • News from our members
  • Job opportunities  

We welcome contributions from members. Please send items for inclusion in the newsletter to: australianpsanewsletter@gmail.com, Narelle.Miragliotta@monash.edu or d.mcdonnell@griffith.edu.au


Helen Sullivan  (President 2020-2021)
Jim Jose  (Vice-President / Incoming President 2020-21)
Narelle Miragliotta and Duncan McDonnell (Newsletter Editors)

Vale Ian Cook
Ian Cook
Murdoch University
 
With the passing of Dr Ian Cook on 15 April, the discipline of politics at Murdoch University lost an outstanding colleague. Ian’s achievements are impressive for their breadth across teaching, research, administration, and public intellectual contributions since his appointment in 1992. His leadership roles were also extensive and disproportionate as a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer – including his last position as Head of ‘Discipline of Global Studies’ incorporating politics. Throughout numerous institutional restructures, Ian’s commitment to protecting and advancing politics programmes and colleagues was generous and resolute.

The strength of Ian’s intellectual foundations in political theory facilitated a wide range of research and teaching projects. His seven books included the sole authored Liberalism in Australia (OUP, 1999), and the co-edited Contemporary Politics in Australia: Theories, Practices and Issues (CUP, 2012) benefitting many students in Australian universities. Ian’s interests were wide and could change focus, hence publications on gender, education, environment, media, Internet, and law—all highlighting issues of political theory, philosophy and/or ethics about how power is exercised. Such strengths were invaluable to undergraduate and postgraduate offerings at Murdoch.
Ian covered almost as much physical ground as he did intellectual through his trademark pacing across the stage and up the aisles while lecturing.

Over the last decade, Ian made particularly significant media contributions. His analyses of party politics in Western Australia were prominent in public, commercial and community television and radio broadcasting. A regular weekly appearance for a while on 6PR live talk back radio was emblematic of Ian’s openness to a challenge. Any topic or viewpoint could arise, some no amount of preparation could anticipate. Ian did Murdoch and the discipline great credit in this difficult territory.

As was always the case with Ian, adversity was a spark for even greater effort on important goals. Thus, it was when he received news of his terminal cancer. Ian did his best to keep well enough to complete his final book, The Politics of the Final Hundred Years of Humanity (2030-2130), published by Springer in 2020. The content is as confronting as the title, as Ian seemingly challenges readers to take action to prove him wrong.

Dedicated to the collective good and a fine scholar, Ian made a huge contribution to the discipline at Murdoch. He will be sadly missed but remembered with much gratitude.
 
Garry Rodan, Emeritus Professor of Politics and Director of the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch.  
APSA's Submission to the State of the Social Sciences 2021
The APSA executive has made a submission to the State of the Social Sciences 2021.

You can download a copy of the submission:
Call for APSA Prizes
APSA is now accepting nominations for its annual round of Prizes and Awards. The following Prizes will be awarded in 2021:

·    PhD Thesis Prize
·    Carole Pateman Gender and Politics Book Prize (biennial) 
·    Henry Mayer Book Prize for Australian Politics (biennial) 
·    Academic Leadership in Political Science Award
·    APSA ANZSOG Policy Studies Prize

For more information on nomination guidelines, forms and criteria, please visit the APSA website: APSA Prizes and Awards.

The closing date for nominations for all Prizes and Awards is Monday 21 June 2021 (Melbourne Time).
Call for Papers /Conferences/Workshops
Join the GIR Symposium | http://bit.ly/girapsa
2-5 August 2021

 
The GIR Symposium offers an invaluable opportunity to engage with a range of high-level academic, government and industry leaders.
 
Run by students, for students, the Symposium will bring together like-minded individuals from across Australia and around the world for an unparalleled social and professional networking experience.

Participate in a range of interactive sessions and develop the key critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills vital for success in a politics or global affairs career.

The GIR Symposium will run in a HYBRID format from the 2nd to the 5th of August 2021 and feature:
  • Seminars exploring the challenges of the future such as: the climate emergency, great power conflict, human rights issues, global health crises, populism and authoritarianism, and transnational crime
  • Policy workshops exploring Australian media politics, far-right extremism, and conflict in the South China Sea
  • Crisis simulations on pandemic response and cyber conflict
  • Model United Nations on climate security
  • Career advice sessions for graduate interested in the Australian Public Service (diplomacy,  defence etc.), NGOs and the private sector
  • An exclusive Gala Dinner to celebrate the Symposium!
To secure your place, REGISTER NOW: http://bit.ly/girapsa
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Social Sciences Week 2021

Social Science Week consists of a series of discrete events held across Australia each September. Its aim is to raise public awareness about the value of the social sciences by offering insight into the impact of the social sciences on our lives. In 2021 SSW will be held from Monday 6 September to Sunday 12 September.
 
There are numerous activities that would fit well as a contribution to SSW such as:
  • symposia,
  • webinars,
  • conferences,
  • public lectures/talks,
  • panel discussions,
  • workshops
  • engaging with High Schools
If you are planning to hold such an event or similar in the coming months and have not yet decided on a date then perhaps you might consider holding it during SSW.
 
Details about past SSW activities and events can be found at: https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/
 
To participate in SSW, all that is required is that you register your event via the SSW website (www.socialsciences.org.au), and let APSA know of your plans (email Arts-SSPS-APSA@unimelb.edu.au). A notice of your event will then be placed on the APSA website.
 
This is an opportunity for a wider audience to be made aware of the value and relevance of political science for Australian society. Please consider doing something for SSW.

 
News from Members
News from UWA
Nedlands, Western Australia

Two of UWA’s Political Science and International Relations academics – Mark Beeson and Jeannette Taylor – are ranked within the world’s top 2 percent of influential scientists in a study published by Stanford University.

The large database, created by Professor John Ioannidis of Stanford University and his team, uses a composite citation score or ‘c-score’ based on standardized citation indicators, which include number of citations, h-index (an index to measure an individual’s research output), co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, and citations to papers in different authorship positions. 

This study analysed data from 1960 to 2019, covering ~ 7 million scientists in 22 major fields, ranging from engineering and medicine to political science and public administration. Using the composite citation index, it ranks the top 2 percent of scientists of their main subfield discipline, and across all fields.
 
Table S7 -2019 tabulated data and other details of the study can be found here.
 


News from Notre Dame
Fremantle, Western Australia

 
Associate Professor Martin Drum from Politics and International Relations at Notre Dame has been appointed to the Ministerial Expert Committee on Electoral Reform in WA.

To learn more about this committee, see: 
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/ministerial-expert-committee-electoral-reform
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