Matt Wade

After some 30 years and thousands of wagging tails, the Million Paws Walk takes its final steps, revealing a deeper crisis threatening Australia's charities. @HookwayNicholas @MattPWade @Griffith_Uni @latrobe @ @TorrensUni @UTAS_ theconversation.com/as-the-million…

The Productivity Commission wants to axe a key tax break for private school donations – but the government is determined to keep it: @MattPWade @latrobenews #ausecon #auspol #Echobox=1721689588" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theconversation.com/the-productivi…

@gavin_jd_smith Incompetence is sadly all too accurate. Imagine losing your job due to this level of managerial ineptitude. One of the very best and most interesting sociology departments in the world gutted, impossible to recapture what it achieved.

Pure brilliance and absolutely true. This kind of far-reaching contribution to society that sociology pays forward in its different guises, should never be allowed to be wrecked by the incompetence of senior management.

The Rinehart sanction: How crude philanthropy and clumsy gratitude can undermine our democratic ideals buff.ly/3X70t7A

An urgent and timely new book from Prof. Eva Illouz - The Emotional Life of Populism - is now available! Get 20% off the (very reasonably priced) paperback using code P2023. More info here: polity.news/illouz

Very happy to publish this article in Policy & Internet. Congrats to the authors on this stellar contribution:

What crowdfunding platform would proudly host the Proud Boys? How far does ‘free speech’ extend in allowing divisive causes? Are platforms risking complicity in catastrophic harm? @DrSABaker @DrMJWalsh and I explore this in our OA paper in @policyinternet doi.org/10.1002/poi3.3…

New OPEN ACCESS article by TASA members @MattPWade & @DrMJWalsh with colleague @DrSABaker 'Crowdfunding platforms as conduits for ideological struggle and extremism: On the need for greater regulation and digital constitutionalism', buff.ly/3Zx1fKi

Learning to see the worth of others: Michèle Lamont and the social importance of recognition buff.ly/3EVnxfi

Deadline extended! Abstracts due 16th Sept. Great program with fantastic keynotes @crystalam & Nadia Mattiazzo (CEO @WDVtweet). Join us!

After a long week it's time to rest our weary heads on favourite soft toys

🚨 Exciting news! We are co-hosting a symposium with TASA's Critical Disability and Applied Sociology groups on ‘Decentring academic expertise’! Hybrid format, fantastic keynotes, and support bursaries available. Abstract deadline 11 Sep, more info here: bit.ly/44PVIk7

How does GoFundMe frame their driving mission, and how has this shifted over time in response to knotty ethical dilemmas and reputational risks? Really enjoyed writing this piece for @HistPhil, based on an open-access paper in @journalofpm

TOMORROW! Still to register for this wonderful free event with @mlamont6 #ISAWCS23

La Trobe University Agnes Heller Lecture 2023 - Professor Michèle Lamont Tickets, Tue 27/06/2023 at 12:30 pm | Eventbrite eventbrite.com.au/e/la-trobe-uni…

Coming to Melbourne for the ISA Congress? Join us for this special event with Prof Michèle Lamont! Free event, but registration is required eventbrite.com.au/e/la-trobe-uni… #ISAWCS23 @AustSoc @isa_sociology

A pleasure to be on @CBC's @cbctapestry on Sunday discussing @MrBeast's philanthropy, alongside @MattPWade and @tiffanyferg. In a nutshell, I see his philanthropy as part of a long lineage of spectacular philanthropy, but it also offers something new. cbc.ca/radio/tapestry…

BIG NEWS: Prof. Michèle Lamont will be delivering this year's Agnes Heller Lecture! In Melbourne next month? Come along! Free event, but registration is required eventbrite.com.au/e/la-trobe-uni…

Stanford's archive of tobacco advertising is such an incredible public resource. I often wish we had a similar repository for gambling advertising in Australia, crowdsourcing examples for the benefit of both urgent current research and future generations tobacco.stanford.edu

@deadtheorist Nicolas Rasmussen's 'Fat in the Fifties' and 'On Speed' could be useful?