[csaa-forum] Call for Expressions of Interest: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award applications in Social and Cultural Research

[Reena Dobson]

Call for Expressions of Interest: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award applications in Social and Cultural Research



Institute for Culture and Society



The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) within the University of Western Sydney (UWS) incorporates the Centre for Cultural Research, and launches in 2012. ICS constitutes a major national and international Institute for the pursuit of engaged interdisciplinary cultural and social research. Independently assessed as performing at the highest levels of international excellence for Cultural Studies in the 2011 Excellence for Research in Australia exercise,  UWS has developed the Institute as a vehicle for coordinating interdisciplinary cultural research across the humanities and social sciences and as means of connecting Australian cultural research to relevant research overseas.



With the continuation of the Australian Research Council’s  Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme in 2012 (see the website: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/decra.htm) and a University commitment of significant new funding, ICS is investing in Australia’s next generation of leading cultural researchers by supporting innovative and outstanding DECRA proposals.



ICS Research Program



ICS’s research program currently comprises the following research themes:


KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE THEMES

BRIDGING THEME

CULTURE AND SOCIETY RESEARCH THEMES


1.       Methods, Disciplines and Social Change

2.       Digital Research and Cultural Transformation


Australian Cultural Fields



1.       Intercultural Dialogue and Transnational Culture
2.       Institutions, Governance, Citizenship
3.       Cultural Economy and Globalization
4.       Heritage, Environment and Society
5.       Cities and Urban Cultures






ICS Research and Researchers



ICS researchers approach culture as a vital dimension of social, political and economic life.  Their interdisciplinary research produces cutting-edge work in and across the fields of cultural studies, media studies, sociology, cultural and human geography, Asian studies, education studies, and museum and heritage studies.



Academic staff currently working in the Institute include:



Professor Ien Ang (Director)

Professor Tony Bennett (Research Director)

Professor Kay Anderson

Professor Bob Hodge

Professor Donald McNeill

Professor Brett Neilson

Professor Ned Rossiter

Professor David Rowe

Professor Stephen Tomsen

A/Professor Greg Noble

Dr James Arvanitakis

Dr Fiona Cameron

Dr Philippa Collin

Dr Julie Thorpe

Dr Sonja Van Wichelen

Dr Emma Waterton (DECRA recipient)

Dr Megan Watkins

Dr Tim Winter



Expressions of Interest



ICS will offer expert assistance to DECRA applications where these fit closely with one or more  aspects of its research program.



Early Career Researchers interested in pursuing this opportunity should initiate a discussion with the Institute by Friday, 20 January, 2012.



To find out more about the Institute for Culture and Society at UWS, how your work might fit with ours, and how we might help you, please contact:


Annette McLaren (Senior Project Development Manager): a.mclaren at uws.edu.au<mailto:a.mclaren at uws.edu.au>

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