12-20 September 2026
Whether recreational or therapeutic, the process of meaning-making is an inherent part of the human experience. From an existential-heuristic lens, this presentation will explore the stories and adventure activities clients have found purposeful and insightful for...
What do indicators really tell us - and what kinds of change are they designed to support? This conversation brings together researchers and practitioners working with indicators in diverse ways and at different scales; from community-led initiatives such as the...
This event invites people to come together and reflect on what solidarity means in our world today. Drawing on ideas from Emile Durkheim, the event explores how connection, cooperation, and shared purpose can help us respond to the challenges of an increasingly...
Join us for a dynamic showcase of emerging research by Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students and students across the social sciences or a Masters with a thesis component involving social science research. In short, engaging presentations (3 minutes, 3 slides),...
🎉 Get ready for The Science of Everything… Trivia Style! Join us on Saturday 13th September for a free night of laughs, facts, and big brain energy at the Science of Everything: Trivia Event, proudly supported by Social Sciences Week. 👩🔬 Dress up as your favourite...
Using social science to inform hepatitis C elimination efforts in prisons Please join us for the 2024 Paul Bourke Award Lecture given by Dr Lise Lafferty. In this address Dr Lafferty will reflect on a decade of social science research to understand key enablers and...
In a world grappling with profound socio-economic and ecological challenges, a growing movement of grassroots, civil society, and policy-advocacy activists and think tanks has pushed for significant reform beyond the current economic growth mania. By emphasizing the...
Social Sciences Week is a celebration of research, but researchers were once students. Social Scientists do not often reflect on their days as ‘trainees’ in educational settings. In the rush to know more about the state of our societies, political systems and...
Hosted by the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, this timely event will bring together experts from the diverse corners of the field of migration studies to consider the complex and dynamic relationship between care and harm in international migration. Scholars of...
Visit the Arts Precinct at Macquarie University during this year's 2023 Social Sciences Week for a special preview of research findings from a visual ethnography project, Informal Sport and the Urban Commons, exploring the role that informal sport plays in...