Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Sociology of health and illness, including sociology of public health and health promotion
Sociology of new and emerging technologies, particularly biomedical technologies and digital health technologies
Sociology of risk
Sociology of the body
Constructions of sex/gender
Sociology of emotions, including constructions of gender differences of emotionality
Sociology of food
Contemporary social theory
Sustainable Societies
Supervision interests
I am interested in supervising students in all of the above areas. Over the years, I have supervised a wide ranage of projects, including on gynaecological governance and endometriosis, the construction of dyslexia, the discourse of weight control, smoking culture in Indonesia, the history of palliative care, podiatric surgery and medical dominance, and discourses of sustainability.
Monash teaching commitment
ATS2717/3717 Sociology of Health and Medicine
ATS2730/3730 Sustainable Societies
APGS468 Qualitative Research Strategies
Community service
Member, National Council, National Tertiary Education Committee (2016-2018)
Member, Strategic and Scientific Advisory Committee, Centre for Research in Health, Sex and Society (2014-)
Member, National Enabling Technologies Strategy Stakeholders Advisory Council (DIISRHE) (2011-2012)
Member, Gene Technology Regulator Ethics and Community Consultative Committee (Dept Health and Aging) (2011-2014)
Member, Executive, The Australian Sociological Association (2008-2012)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Member, Strategic and Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
2014 → …
Research area keywords
- Construction of Sex/Gender
- Ethical Issues - Scientific Research
- Sociology of Science
- Research Training, Practice
- Biomedicine
- Men and Aging
- Social Inequalities
- Inequalities in Health
- Socio-cultural perspectives
- Sociology of Disability and Rehabilitation
- Sociology of Emotion
- Sociology of Risk
- Sociology of the Body
- Stem Cell Technologies
- Stem Cell Tourism
- Digital technologies
- anti-ageing treatments
- diagnosis
- screening
Network
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Improving decisions about access to stem cell interventions
Lipworth, W., Stewart, C., Munsie, M., Kerridge, I. H., Lysaght, T., Hooker, C., Petersen, A., Tanner, C., Gyngell, C. & Rudge, C.
1/06/21 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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AI for Older Australians in Aged-Care Facilities: Challenges and Opportunities
Petersen, A., Barbosa Neves, B., Vered, M., Carter, A. & Seear, K.
1/02/20 → 1/02/21
Project: Research
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How do expectations shape testing in healthcare? A sociological study
Petersen, A. & Bowman, D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Arizona
23/02/17 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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A sociological study of patients' use of digital media
Petersen, A., Anderson, A. & Caulfield, T.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Plymouth, University of Alberta
23/01/17 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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The knowing mother: Maternal knowledge and the reinforcement of the feminine consuming subject in magazine advertisements
Davis, T., Hogg, M. K., Marshall, D., Petersen, A. & Schneider, T., 2022, In: Journal of Consumer Culture. 22, 1, p. 40-60 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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From the margins to mainstream: how providers of autologous ‘stem cell treatments’ legitimise their practice in Australia
MacGregor, C., Petersen, A. & Munsie, M., 1 Jan 2021, In: Health. 25, 1, p. 51-68 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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I’m not an activist! digital self-advocacy in online patient communities
Schermuly, A. C., Petersen, A. & Anderson, A., 2021, In: Critical Public Health. 31, 2, p. 204-213 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Searching for diagnostic certainty, governing risk: Patients' ambivalent experiences of medical testing
Pienaar, K. & Petersen, A., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Testing and diagnosis as social interventions: An interview with Annemarie Jutel
Pienaar, K. & Petersen, A., 2021, In: Science, Technology and Society. 26, 1, p. 135-139 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other
Prizes
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Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (UK)
Petersen, Alan (Recipient), 1 Oct 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences Australia
Petersen, Alan (Recipient), 19 Oct 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, UK
Petersen, Alan (Recipient), 2005
Prize: National/international honour
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Stephen Crook Memorial Prize
Petersen, Alan (Recipient), Munsie, M. (Recipient), Tanner, Claire (Recipient), MacGregor, C. (Recipient) & Brophy, J. E. M. (Recipient), 30 Nov 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Science, Technology and Society (Journal)
Alan Petersen (Guest editor) & Kiran Pienaar (Guest editor)
1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference 2018
Kiran Pienaar (Speaker), Alan Petersen (Speaker), Diana Bowman (Speaker) & Stephen Derrick (Speaker)
18 Aug 2018 → 1 Sep 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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European Society for Health and Medical Sociology
Kiran Pienaar (Speaker), Alan Petersen (Speaker), Diana Bowman (Speaker) & Stephen Derrick (Speaker)
6 Jun 2018 → 8 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Roundtable workshop: Testing for life? The sociology of diagnosis and screening
Kiran Pienaar (Speaker), Alan Petersen (Speaker), Diana Bowman (Speaker) & Stephen Derrick (Speaker)
13 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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The Australian Sociological Assoc. Conf.
Kiran Pienaar (Speaker), Alan Petersen (Speaker) & Diana Bowman (Speaker)
27 Nov 2017 → 30 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press / Media
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The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm
Claire Tanner, Megan Munsie & Alan Petersen
22/09/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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