Professor Kerry Carrington from the School of Justice, Faculty of Law, has recently been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences.
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) is an independent, interdisciplinary body of elected Fellows. Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FASSA) is an honour conferred for scholarly distinction in research or the advancement of social sciences.
The ASSA promotes excellence in the social sciences in Australia and in their contribution to public policy. It coordinates the promotion of research, teaching and advice in the social sciences, promote national and international scholarly cooperation across disciplines and sectors, comment on national needs and priorities in the social sciences, and provide advice to government on issues of national importance.
Thirty-nine fellows were elected by the Academy in 2016 in recognition of their distinguished research careers in one or more of the social science disciplines in Australia.
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