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Institute for Culture and Society The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) within the University of Western Sydney (UWS) was launched in 2012. ICS is a major national and international centre for the pursuit of engaged interdisciplinary cultural
and social research. Rated 5 (“well above world standard”) for Cultural Studies in the 2010 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rankings, the Institute coordinates interdisciplinary cultural research across the humanities and social sciences and connects
Australian cultural and social research to relevant research overseas, particularly in Asia. With this last confirmed funding round of Australian Research Council Future Fellowships (see the website:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/future_default.htm) and a University commitment of significant new funding,
ICS is investing in leading cultural and social researchers from Australia and overseas by supporting innovative and outstanding Future Fellowship proposals. Mid-career researchers 5–15 years post-PhD are eligible to apply. ICS Research Program ICS’s research program is currently organised into the following research groups:
ICS Research and Researchers ICS researchers approach culture as a vital dimension of social, political, and economic life. Their practice-oriented, interdisciplinary research produces cutting-edge work in and across the fields of cultural
studies, media studies, sociology, cultural and human geography, cultural economy, Asian studies, education studies, and museum and heritage studies. The Institute hosts UWS’s role in the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre. Academic staff in the Institute include: Distinguished 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 Deborah Stevenson Professor Stephen Tomsen A/Professor Greg Noble (Director of Higher Degree Research) A/Professor Robyn Bushell A/Professor Hart Cohen A/Professor Kaye Shumack A/Professor Judith Snodgrass Dr Fiona Cameron Dr Philippa Collin Dr Julie Thorpe Dr Sonja Van Wichelen Dr Tim Winter Dr James Arvanitakis Dr Gabriela Coronado Dr George Morgan Dr Juan Salazar Dr Russell Staiff Dr Amanda Third Dr Emma Waterton Dr Megan Watkins Expressions of Interest ICS will offer expert assistance to Future Fellowship applications where these fit closely with one or more aspects of our research program. Please consult the Institute’s website (http://uws.edu.au/ics)
for further details of the Institute’s research program. Please note that applicants seeking the endorsement of ICS need to complete an Expression of Interest form. These are available from UWS Senior Project Development Manager Annette McLaren ([log in to unmask]),
and should be returned to her by 9am Australian Eastern Seaboard time on 27 November 2012.
Prospective applicants are also advised to speak with Annette McLaren before completing the Expression of Interest form for guidance regarding the fit between their proposed project and the Institute’s research, and the levels of research performance that applicants
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