Susan Richardson interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3918676
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Richardson, Sue, 1946-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 2 sound files (ca. 154 min.)
- Series:
- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Susan Richardson gives a summary of her career highlights; early biographical details, siblings, schooling. She then speaks about her motivation to become an economist; enrolling at the University of Melbourne in Bachelor of Commerce; refers to article 'Why women make lousy economists'; feminism and feminist scholarship; her fields of research; academic life; her first publication; her early work at La Trobe University after completion of undergraduate work at University of Melbourne; her decision to undertake a PhD; topic of thesis; moving University of Adelaide for first academic appointment before PhD completed; research interests after moving to Adelaide; working with sociologist to write 'Living Decently' a book dealing with the problem of poverty; relationship of 'Living Decently' to the Henderson Enquiry into Poverty.
Richardson discusses her thoughts on the relationship between scholarship, universities and governments; her involvement with the Productivity (then Industry) Commission; work on other Government Advisory Boards and Instrumentalities; combining work and family and motherhood; Fiona Stanley and Margot Prior; Labour Market research and it's impact on children's lives; the importance of the Academy of the Social Sciences (ASSA) personally and professionally; women on Boards; her Board Involvement; gender and the discipline of economics; employment at the National Institute for Labour Studies and the type of work undertaken; the Australian labour market; ASSA funding and review process; opportunities for non-academic social scientists in the ASSA; strengths and Advocacy Role of the ASSA; office bearers and staff; proportions of women in the academy; comments on some ASSA projects; collaboration between ASSA and Australian Bureau of Statistics, social science analysis of the census; other targets for interview; other influences, personal and intellectual.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on February 27, 2007 at Melbourne, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 94 leaves).
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Henningham, Nicola, 1960-, interviewer
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 2007
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