{"id":34191,"date":"2025-11-26T13:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T05:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?post_type=futures-platform&p=34191"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T05:48:31","slug":"curtin-dean-of-global-futures-elected-to-prestigious-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"futures-platform","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/futures-platform\/curtin-dean-of-global-futures-elected-to-prestigious-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin Dean of Global Futures elected to prestigious Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Curtin University\u2019s Dean of Global Futures Professor Farida Fozdar<\/a> has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to sociology and social inclusion research, being elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academy brings together more than 700 of Australia\u2019s leading researchers across the social sciences, with an ASSA Fellowship acknowledging a sustained and internationally distinguished contribution and representing one of the nation\u2019s highest honours in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Fozdar, whose work explores migration, identity, nationalism and belonging, said she was humbled by the recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing a female academic who came to academia after a decade spent mothering, I have my fair share of imposter syndrome,\u201d Professor Fozdar said.

\u201cThe Fellowship is an acknowledgement of the years of juggling and of the support of family and colleagues along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m honoured and humbled to be in such illustrious company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a child of migrants, Professor Fozdar said her early experiences inspired her focus on social justice and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to understand how power and inequality work \u2014 and how we can make small, meaningful changes with communities and policymakers to improve people\u2019s lives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSociology gave me the tools to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Fozdar\u2019s research has shaped national conversations on migration, race relations and belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among her most notable work are studies on migrant settlement, social inclusion and Australian and global citizenship, plus widely cited research which found a link between people displaying Australian flags on their cars for Australia Day and exclusionary nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her current role as Dean, Global Futures, in Curtin\u2019s Faculty of Humanities<\/a>, Professor Fozdar leads innovative teaching opportunities on global challenges and mentors emerging researchers, while undertaking projects such as studies of African Australians\u2019 contributions to Australia\u2019s political and economic spheres and the impacts of policy on Muslim Australians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne<\/a> congratulated Professor Fozdar on the prestigious honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProfessor Fozdar exemplifies Curtin\u2019s commitment to research that challenges inequality and builds a more inclusive world,\u201d Professor Hayne said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cHer election to the Academy recognises her leadership in sociology and her impact on communities here in Australia and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are immensely proud of this achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Fozdar will be formally recognised at the Academy\u2019s 2025 New Fellows Presentations and ASSA Gala Dinner in Sydney next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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