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Biography
Deputy Dean (Research), Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology, Institute for Social Research
President, The Australian Sociological Association 2007-10
Research Interests
Economic sociology: sociology of markets, networks and clusters, family businesses, entrepreneurship, economic elites Technology and society: national systems of innovation, diffusion of innovations, biotechnology clusters and networks, public understandings of emerging technologies Family and relationships: historical sociology of the family, paternity testing, family trusts, inheritance
Publications Include
Gilding, M. 2009, 'Paternity Uncertainty and Evolutionary Psychology: How a seemingly capricious occurrence fails to Follow Laws of Greater Gererality', Sociology 43(1) 141-158. Gilding, M. 2009, 'Power', in Parkin, A., Summers, J. and Woodward, D. (eds), Governent, Politics, Power and Policy, 9th Edition, Longman, Melbourne. Gilding, M. 2008. 'The tyranny of distance: Biotechnology networks and clusters in the antipodes'. Research Policy 37: 1132-1144. Gilding, M. and Marjoribanks, T. 2007, 'Economy and Society: The enduring residualism of Australian sociology', Journal of Sociology, 43 (4): 331-48. Gilding, M. 2007, 'Biotechnology clusters and networks in Australia: patterns of national and international inter-organisational collaboration', in Stranger, M., Human Biotechnology and Public Trust: Trends, Perceptions and Regulation, Occasional Paper No. 7, Centre for Law and Genetics: Hobart. Betts, K. and Gilding, M. 2006, 'The Growth Lobby and Australia's Immigration Policy', People and Place 14 (4): 40-52. Gilding, M. and Turney, L. 2006, 'Public opinion on DNA paternity testing: the influence of the media', People and Place, 14(2): 4-13. Gilding, M. 2006, ' DNA Paternity Testing: A comparative analysis of the US and Australia ', Health Sociological Review , 15(1):84-95. Gilding, M. 2006 , 'Class and Elite Analysis', in Parkin, A., Summers, J. and Woodward, D. (eds), Government, Politics, Power and Policy in Australia . Longman, Melbourne. Gilding, M. 2005, 'The new economic sociology and its relevance to Australia ', Journal of Sociology. 41(3): 309-25. Gilding, M. 2005, 'Rampant Misattributed Paternity: The Creation of an Urban Myth', People and Place , 13(2): 1-11. Gilding, M. 2005, 'Families and fortunes: accumulation, management succession and inheritance in wealthy families', Journal of Sociology , 41(1): 29-45. Gilding, M. 2004, 'DNA paternity testing without the knowledge or consent of the mother: new technology, new choices, new debates', Family Matters , Australian Institute of Family Studies, 68:68-75. Henderson, S. and Gilding, M. 2004, '"I've never clicked this much with anyone in my life": trust and hyperpersonal communication in online friendships', New Media and Society , 6(4): 487-506.
Professional Association Memberships
The Australian Sociological Association International Sociological Association The American Sociological Association International Network for Social Network Analysis
Awards and Grants
From Research to Manufacturing: Networks and knowledge diffusion in Australian nanotechnology (with T. Spurling and G. Simpson), CSIRO Niche Manufacturing Flagship Collaboration Research Fund, 2009-11, $174,000. SmartHEALTH Integrated Bio-diagnostic Systems for Healthcare (in collaboration with MiniFab Australia and the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Centre at the University of Newcastle on Tyne), European Commission 6th Framework, 2007-09, $65,000. Exploring the experience of security in the Australian Vietnamese Community: Practical implications for policing (with D. Meredyth, T. Thomas, N. Cherry, L. Weber and G. Jameison), Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (VicPolice), 2007-09, $447,000. Genetic Identity Testing and the Family: The articulation between biotechnology and family relationships, politics and policy (with L. Turney), Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2004-06, $175,000. Biotechnology Entrepreneurs: Making the decision to stay in Australia or relocate overseas, Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2003-05, $100,000.