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The Australian Academy of the Humanities welcomes the Australian government’s National AI Plan and supports its ambition to strengthen Australia’s capability to develop, adopt and govern artificial intelligence in ways that advance productivity, inclusion and social trust.
Four AAH Fellows will lead world-first research on human origins as a part of a new Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence, which aims to transform our understanding of why and how our species, Homo sapiens, is the only surviving human on our planet.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has responded to Jobs and Skills Australia’s National Skills Taxonomy Update: Building a System which Puts People and Skills First. Our submission highlights the essential role of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) skills in Australia’s changing labour market and outlines how a skills-first system can better recognise and deploy those capabilities across the economy.
Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA, one of Australia’s most distinguished humanities scholars and a towering figure in our Academy’s history. Colleagues from Graeme’s life, including Dr Kylie Brass, past Academy Executive Director, Dr John Byron, Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham FAHA and Professor Chris Healy FAHA, reflect on his legacy.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities’ submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into Building Asia Capability calls on the government coordinate a national Asia capability agenda.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) has urged the Strategic Evaluation of Research and Development (SERD) Panel to make explicit in its final report the vital importance of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) and Indigenous Knowledges to the nation’s future Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) system.
Can music shape a nation? Dr Rachel Orzech’s celebrated research into the intersection of music, identity and nation wins her the 2025 McCredie Musicological Award.
Nine early-career researchers will conduct projects addressing issues of national and international significance, such as the impact of political mis/disinformation on social platforms, historical attitudes towards women’s work & how Pacific communities respond to climate interventions.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities’ submission to the Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD) seeks to widen the lens on where R&D benefits the Australian economy, and why HASS is critical to this mission.
The Australian Research Council’s reinvention of the National Competitive Grants Program provides a rare opportunity to turbo-charge early-stage research.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.
