Monday, February 2, 2009

Jean Martin Award nominations now open

Nominations for the TASA Jean Martin award are now open for theses examined and passed between 1 July 2007 and 28 Feb 2009



The Award is granted to the best PhD thesis in social science disciplines from an Australian tertiary institution submitted to the Award Committee. Excellence in scholarship and balanced treatment of sociological theory and research are the main criteria for deciding the Award. Work done in one of Jean Martin's major areas of interest and which assesses implications for social policy are other criteria the judges will also take into account. Jean Martin's research interests are defined as: migration, community and family studies, the concept of 'ethnicity', ethnic politics, social class, theories of culture and social change.

For more information, go to http://www.tasa.org.au

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