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Biography
Pro Vice Chancellor Research Quality, Swinburne Research
Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology, The Swinburne 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, 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
Publications Include
Thompson, L., Gilding, M., Spurling, T., Simpson, G. and Elsum, I. 2011. 'The Paradox of Public Science and Global Business: CSIRO, Commercialisation and the National System of Innovation in Australia'. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice 13(3): 327-40. Gilding, M. 2010. ‘Reflexivity over and above Convention: The New Orthodoxy in the Sociology of Personal Life, formerly Sociology of the Family’, British Journal of Sociology 61(4): 757-77 Gilding, M. 2010. ‘Motives of the Rich and Powerful in Doing Interviews with Social Scientists’, International Sociology, 25(6): 755-77 Gilding, M. 2009, 'Power', in Parkin, A., Summers, J. and Woodward, D. (eds) 2010. Governent, Politics, Power and Policy, 9th Edition, Longman, Melbourne. Whitfield, C., Cunningham, E. and Gilding, M. 2009. ‘Public perceptions of GM agriculture in Australia’, People and Place 18 (4): 1-7 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. 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
Awards and Grants
Business Collective Action, Networks and Narratives: Business Political Mobilisation around Mining Tax (with Shirley Leitch), Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, $200,045, 2012-14. Vietnamese Prisoners and Gambling (with R. Le), Corrections Victoria, Department of Justice, $25,000, 2011 Family business and succession planning: dynamics, barriers and strategies, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (Pitcher Partners), $349,000, 2010-13 Network dynamics and field evolution: hubs, clusters and interorganisational ties in biotechnology (with P. Pattison, A. Lomi and A. Lavelle), Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (AusBiotech), $203,000, 2009-12 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.
Postgraduate Supervision
Le, Roslyn, ‘Risky Business: Investigating the socio-economic and cultural factors that lead to the participation of Vietnamese-Australians in the underground heroin economy’ McKernan, Helen, ‘Recruitment of Vietnamese into Victoria Police’ Glezos, Lee, ‘The creation of a new market in organic food: prices, institutions and legitimacy’ Pickering, Janine, ‘Gender dynamics in the management of biotechnology organizations in Melbourne, Australia’ Bunton, Vikki, ‘What women want: screening technologies for cervical cancer’ Cosson, Barbara, ‘The Role of Spouses in Family Business Succession’ Austin, Shane, ‘More than the money: Philanthropy, Advocacy and Social Change; seeking validity for social justice philanthropy in Australia’ McNicol, Gub, ‘The Application of Crowd Funding to Financing Social Business’ Godfrey, John, ‘High Wealth Philanthropy in India’