Assa

It coordinates the promotion of research, teaching and advice in the social sciences, promotes national and international scholarly cooperation across disciplines and sectors, comments on national needs and priorities in the social sciences, and provides advice to government on issues of national importance. Established in 1971, replacing its paren... t body the Social Science Research Council of Australia (founded in 1942), the Academy is an independent, interdisciplinary body of elected Fellows. Fellows are elected by their peers for their distinguished achievements and exceptional contributions made to the social sciences across 18 disciplines. The Academy is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation, devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the various social sciences. The Academy is composed of four Panels of Fellows, each including several disciplines: Panel A: Anthropology, Demography, Geography, Linguistics, Sociology, Management. Panel B: Accounting, Economics, Economic History, Marketing, Statistics. Panel C: History, Law, Philosophy, Political Science. Panel D: Education, Psychology, Social Medicine. As one of the four learned academies in Australia ASSA works closely with the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH), the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), and the Australian Academy of the Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) to promote multidisciplinary advice on important matters of public policy through the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA, formerly the National Academies Forum). Click here to view the Academy's Constitution. Timeline for the formation of ASSARead More