In order to provide a means whereby the membership of the Network can have a say in defining the Network's activities, and at the same time to take advantage of the wide range of expertise available in the Network, we aim to drive much of what HCSNet does via a number of Task Groups who are responsible for specific areas of activity.
In the initial period of setting up the Network, we are setting up a number of Working Groups who will put together specific proposals and recommendations for Network activities. Some of these Working Groups will be transformed into Task Groups once our portfolio of activities is defined. The Interim Workings Groups, and their remits, are as follows:
| Working Group |
Remit |
Core Members |
| Curriculum and Summer School |
To identify ways of increasing interdisciplinary teaching in Human Communication Science |
Mark Wiggins (Chair), UWS; Bill Noble, UNE; Jane Simpson, U Sydney |
| External Liaison |
To identify what external bodies we should be interacting with in industry, government and elsewhere, and how we best manage those interactions |
Hugh Williams (Chair), RMIT; Roger Dean, U Canberra; Simon Carlile, U Sydney; David Grayden, U Melbourne |
| Data |
To determine whether we can share data amongst disciplines and how we can promote the development of data sets that have interdisciplinary value |
Andrea Schalley (Chair), UNE; Michael Wagner, ASSTA; Linda Barwick, AMPS; Steven Bird, ALTA |
| Student Programs |
To determine how we can encourage and support students in undertaking interdisciplinary research |
Emery Schubert (Chair), UNSW; Helen Chenery, U Queensland; Sally Andrews, U Sydney |
| Publications |
To determine how we can best publicise our activities both internally (to the membership) and externally (to the wider world) |
Stephen Malloch (Chair), UWS; Cecile Paris, CSIRO; Stephen Barrass, U Canberra |
| Events |
To determine what kinds of events we should support in order to achieve the Network's objectives |
David Alais (Chair), U Sydney; Justin Zobel, RMIT; Linda Cupples, Macq U |
| Disciplines |
To determine how best to characterise the disciplinary extent and scope of the Network. |
Marija Tabain (Chair); Helen Fraser; Sally Andrews |
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Each Working Group consists of a number of Core Members, who are responsible for ensuring that the Working Group's remits are pursued, and any other Network Participants who are interested in contributing to the definition and development of proposals for activities within the remit of that Working Group.
Network Participants who want to be involved in a Working Group should contact the listed Chair of that Working Group.
