The Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia report charts Australia’s current capabilities in the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) and identifies gaps and opportunities for the future by developing a comprehensive understanding of student enrolment trends, and teaching and research activity and potential.

The report was co-funded by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Office of the Chief Scientist and the Department of Industry.

The report

• Full report
• Executive summary
• Conclusion

Supplementary report

• Mapping the Humanities and Social Sciences: Analysis of University Statistics 2002–2011 by Dr Ian Dobson

Media release

• Joint release: Australian Academy of the Humanities & the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

National Press Club launch

• Professor Graeme Turner’s Press Club Address
• Introductory speech by Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb AC

Presentations

• Plenary Session Australian Academy of the Humanities Annual Symposium, Australian National University in Canberra, 21 November 2014
• Mapping HASS: One year on Australasian Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH) annual conference, Adelaide, 24 September 2015

Data for the future

• ‘Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia: Data for the Future’ by Graeme Turner features in the sixth issue of Humanities Australia (2015).