ICS in the Media

ICS researchers and postgraduate students regularly feature in the media, providing expert opinions and generating discussion through online opinion pieces, television and radio.

Latest features

Regular features

  • Professor James Arvanitakis is a regular feature on the ABC 702 Sydney Mornings Ethics Panel.
  • Listen to 94.5fm on Wednesday mornings to hear Professor James Arvanitakis talk politics, news and views on FBi Radio's Sociologic (opens in a new window)- a cultural analysis of everyday events. Sociologic recently received runner-up for the station's best segment. The latest segments can be downloaded from Up For It on FBi Radio, on SoundCloud (opens in a new window). 
  • PhD student Ben Eltham (recently submitted) is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent. Read Ben's regular articles on the New Matilda (opens in a new window)website. Ben also has a weekly column on the Australian cultural industries in Crikey (opens in a new window), entitled My Cup of Tea.

Other media coverage

Radio and podcasts

  • Professor David Rowe spoke to Eddie Goldman in New York for his podcast on ‘the Lamentable State of Sports Journalism’ (opens in a new window), 25 March.
  • Professor James Arvanitakis was a guest on ABC Radio National Life Matters program - looking at the Federal ALP leadership spill and whether the office of the Prime Minister is being damaged by a lack of respect, 22 March. You can listen to the program on the ABC Radio National (opens in a new window)website.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on SBS Radio (opens in a new window); 2SM, Sydney; and Newstalk ZB, Auckland, discussing Lance Armstrong's confession, 18 January.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed on the ABC 702 Sydney Breakfast slot discussing the anti-siphoning list for sporting events, 2 January.

Television and video


Print and online articles

  • Professor Tony Bennett was interviewed by artsHub (opens in a new window)discussing the significance of cultural knowledge as a way of defining position in society, 4 April. This follows the results of The Great British Class Survey being published in Sociology journal.
  • Dr Michael Volkerling was published in On Line Opinion: 'Creative Australia likely to deliver real change' (opens in a new window), 2 April.
  • Professor Stephen Tomsen was interviewed about his research on violence in young men's lives. The article was published in The Blacktown Sun (opens in a new window)and Hills News, 26 March.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by Australian Associated Press on sports sponsorship for women prior to his involvement in the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Women in Sport Forum. The article was published by The Sydney Morning Herald (opens in a new window)(14 March), NineMSN (opens in a new window)(15 March), Daily Life (opens in a new window)(15 March) and The Age (opens in a new window)(14 March).
  • Professor David Rowe discusses how the Federal Government’s planned media reforms stop far short of the recommendations of its own commissioned major review and inquiry, UWS News: Media changes pit a nervous government against a feral press (opens in a new window), 13 March.
  • Professor Stephen Tomsen's research was discussed in the Sydney Morning Herald's article: 'Gay hate: the shameful crime wave' (opens in a new window), 4 March.
  • Dr Amanda Third featured in the Sydney Morning Herald’s front page story about the popularity of online dating for young people: ‘In the online dating jungle, the digital natives are friendly’, 14 February. The article was also published online, including by the Brisbane Times (opens in a new window).
  • Professor David Rowe's article Sports need to back off gambling money (opens in a new window)was published in the Newcastle Herald, 13 February.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by the Australian Associated Press for the article ‘Expert wants sports betting investigated’, 6 February. The article was republished by news.com.au (opens in a new window), NineMSN news and Fox Sports.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by The Conversation for their article ‘Crime commission reveals illicit substance abuse in sport’ (opens in a new window), 6 February.
  • Professor David Rowe featured in the The Age in their article Is Lance past the point of no return? (opens in a new window), 20 January.
  • Professor David Rowe featured in the Sun-Herald in their article Sorry is a road well-travelled (opens in a new window)(PDF, 151KB), 20 January.
  • Professor David Rowe was interviewed by The Conversation for their article Lance Armstrong says he last doped in 2005 (opens in a new window), 18 January.
  • Professor David Rowe featured in the Courier Mail in their article Celebrities' sorry apologies have no redeeming value (opens in a new window)(PDF, 99KB), 16 January.
  • Dr Philippa Collin was interviewed by The Conversation for their article PM calls on social media companies to help take on cyber bullies (opens in a new window), 16 January. 

Opinion pieces

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