Making a Difference: How Does Social Change Happen? Panel event, 6 September 2023.
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Introduction: Emeritus Professor Geoff Gallop, University of Sydney, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and former Premier of Western Australia (2001-2006).
A panel of six leading social scientists will analyse foundations and strategies of policy change in their areas of expertise—including some of the biggest, most difficult and pressing global and national challenges. This panel will highlight the breadth, diversity, and interrelationships within and between, social scientific and other disciplines, and their central importance to addressing these challenges.
Each panellist will address three thematic questions: What is the central conflict or problem inherent to their research topic? How can this be managed or overcome? What skills or insights enable social science to make a difference to public policy—and debate thereof—in their research field?
The panel’s aims include to help widen knowledge of the range of social science-related employment opportunities across a variety of dynamic fields and sectors of the economy and society. The panel may be especially helpful for secondary school teachers of social sciences, seeking to encourage and inspire future social scientists so critical to finding policy solutions to complex problems.
