Tag: Applied Sociology

Research in Action

Multiculturalism in a Regional Town: Australian and Chinese Meals

Social Science Insights

A Chinese restaurant in Lismore advertises that it serves Australian and Chinese food. The Australian menu contains small items, like chicken and chips. It’s notable that a Chinese restaurant accomodates ‘Australian’ food, perhaps to provide food that locals and tourists are familiar with in a small, regional town. This got me thinking about race, culture and multiculturalism. What is considered ‘Australian’ food?

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News and Events

Networking

Social Science Insights

Presenting your research at your first academic conference can be daunting to students. I’ve republished an article where I reflected on what it was like for me as a postgraduate.

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How to Promote Gender Equality in Your Workplace

Social Science Insights

A forthcoming international survey of 240,000 workers by Barbara Annis shows that women feel professional exclusion in their workplaces, while men remain unaware that there’s a problem. Men resort to expressing old fashioned chivalry like opening doors and offering to pay for lunch, thinking this makes women feel more comfortable and appreciated. In fact, it is the way that men exclude women from promotional opportunities, meetings, and mentorship that is a problem for women.

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Social Policy
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Research Consultancy to Improve Civic Participation

Social Science Insights

On Sociology at Work, a not-for-profit that I run, Scott Burrows writes about his work addressing youth unemployment in picturesque Illawara, in regional New South Wales, Australia. Scott works a sociologist and research consultant for private industry.

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