W.D. Borrie Essay Prizes

Entries close 31st January 2009

The Australian Population Association sponsors the W.D. Borrie Prize to promote the study of population-related issues in all academic disciplines. Entries are accepted from students enrolled in an Australian tertiary institution. Previous winners have come from departments of geography, sociology, town planning, economics and public health as well as demography/population studies.

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Borrie Rules & Entry form.pdf

The Undergraduate prize is $400 and a certificate.
The Postgraduate prize is $600 and a certificate.

Send entries and requests for more information to:

Or see a demographer in your department!

The Secretary
Australian Population Association
LPO Box 8222
The Australian National University

OR
E-mail: secretary@apa.org.au

The titles of recent winning papers reflect the diversity and multidisciplinary character of population studies in Australia and internationally:

2007 Malaria in the Pacific: are Pacific populations biting back?
2007 How has fertility in China changed since the Second World War?
2006 Is Australia's low birth rate a matter for concern?
2006 Does child gender influence paternal participation in childcare?
2005 Factors associated with current contraceptive use among married women in the Phillipines
2004 Competing factors affecting women's employment in Australia: Migration, Religion
2001 Demography, carrying capacity and entrapment Choosing a childfree lifestyle: assessing the risks and rewards of motherhood
2000 Combing qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in understanding sexual networking in the era of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Zambia in perspective.