Apply for Membership

Institute for Culture and Society Members work in a broad range of fields, including cultural studies, sociology, media and communication studies, human geography, anthropology, history, museum studies, heritage studies, and urban studies.

The Institute for Culture and Society has five research programs responding to key challenges facing contemporary culture and society:

• Automated Worlds
• Borders and Migration
• Environment and Technology
• Queer Cultures
• Urban Futures

The ICS welcomes expressions of interest in and applications for School-Based Membership and to join any or all of our research programs.

Benefits of Membership include:

• access to a lively intellectual environment and an international network of members and researchers in the field;
• use of ICS research facilities;
• eligibility to apply for funding support for publications, conferences, and relevant professional development;
• eligibility to apply for YRRC research seed funds and funds for the purchase of research equipment;
• access to support for the preparation of grant applications, peer review and editing of papers and other research administration processes;
• authorisation to use the Institute’s name in applications for competitive grant schemes;
• enhanced ability to attract postgraduate students;
• ICS postgraduate students of school-based members have access to a comprehensive research training program and support;
• participating in research teams with a strong record of success in attracting research funds;
• opportunities for secondment or time release to the ICS for work on specific projects.

If you are interested in applying for ICS School-Based Membership:

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For further information about ICS Membership and to discuss your application, please contact the ICS Research Program convenors -

• Automated Worlds: Professor Brett Neilson and Dr Jacinta Sassine
• Borders and Migration: Dr Sherine Idriss and Dr Melissa Phillips
• Environment and Technology: Dr Jacinta Sassine and Assoc Prof Charles Barbour
• Queer Cultures: Assoc Prof Benjamin Hanckel and Dr Prof Lucy Nichols
• Urban Futures: Assoc Prof Stephen Healy and Assoc Prof Alison Gill