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Sociology and Anthropology at Swinburne

Sociology and anthropology studies

Staff from the sociology and antropology area teach in the following areas:

Staff in sociology and anthropology

Person	Position	Research interests
Dr Deborah Dempsey	Senior Lecturer - Sociology (Available to supervise to Doctoral level)	Relatedness, family and kinship Socio-legal aspects of same-sex relationships Sexuality and sexual health Fatherhood and fathering Social aspects of biotechnology, particularly assisted reproductive technologies
Associate Professor Karen Farquharson	Associate Professor - Sociology (Available to supervise to Doctoral level)	Sociology of the internet Sociology of race and ethnicity Sociology of the media Sociology of sport
Dr Paula Geldens	Lecturer - Sociology	youth identity place (particularly rurality)
Professor Michael Gilding	Associate Dean (Research) (Available to supervise to Doctoral level)	Economic sociology: sociology of markets, networks and clusters, family businesses, entrepreneurship, economic elites Technology and society: national systems of innovation, commercialisation of innovations, biotechnology clusters and networks, public understandings of emerging technologies Family and relationships: historical sociology of the family, gender relations, paternity testing, family trusts, inheritance
Dr Dean Lusher	Lecturer - Sociology	Social networks Statistical models for social networks Social hierarchies and social norms Community resilience Group identity & intergroup conflict Refugees and asylum seekers Men and masculinities Socially sustainable technologies
Dr Peter Robinson	Lecturer - Sociology	Gay life stories and life course Age and ageing Sociology of Health Qualitative Research Methods
Dr Angela Spinney	Lecturer - The Swinburne Institute (Available to supervise to Masters level)	Homelessness Family Violence Marginal and affordable housing
Dr Wendy Stone	Senior Lecturer (Available to supervise to Masters level)	Housing, lifestyle, household consumption practices Locational disadvantage, housing-based disadvantage Housing, family and community life Sociology of housing
Dr Vivienne Waller	Lecturer - Sociology (Available to supervise to Doctoral level)	Sociology of Technology Political Economy of Information Social Theory Research Methods Sociology of Knowledge Sociology of the environment