home cooked theory

Final stretch

It’s getting close… here is the official poster for next month’s State of the Industry conference (also available as a .pdf here). Thanks go to Clif for the design and imagery. We loved the idea of the fading glamour of the fun park and also the rollercoaster symbolising the highs and lows of the academic [...]

Women in research

A new report shows that women’s progress in science has stalled over the past 15 years. While this won’t sound like news to many, I was shocked to read the statistic on how many women are Federation Fellows (8.5%). When you add that to other recent news stories, particularly with regard to the ongoing pay [...]

Consuming drugs, books, tele

I’ve just uploaded our co-authored article, “Underbelly, true crime and the cultural economy of infamy” on the Other Writing page. We would welcome any feedback while it’s under peer review, especially since there will likely be more to this project than just one paper. Thanks to Tim Laurie for so much help with the background [...]

In unity

**We urgently need billets for the State of the Industry conference. There has been an amazing response from young interstate scholars wanting to come, and we’ve funded airfares for everyone we could, but some people won’t attend if they can’t get accommodation. Please let me know if you can offer a bed or a couch.** [...]