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-)
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)
External positions
Member, Strategic and Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
2014 → …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
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Projects 2008 2019
How do expectations shape testing in healthcare? A sociological study
Petersen, A. R. & Bowman, D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, The University of Arizona
23/02/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
A sociological study of patients' use of digital media
Petersen, A. R., Anderson, A. & Caulfield, T.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, Plymouth University, University of Alberta
23/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Health and Biofutures Focus Programme
Davis, M. D. M., Whittaker, A. M. & Petersen, A. R.
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Nanotechnologies: Views of key stakeholders
Petersen, A. R., Bowman, D. & Seear, K. L.
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Comm)
Project: Research
Research Output 1994 2019
Recovery within injury compensation schemes: a system mapping study
Collie, A., Newnam, S., Keleher, H., Petersen, A., Kosny, A., Vogel, A. P. & Thompson, J., 15 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 29, 1, p. 52-63 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Capitalising on ageing anxieties: Promissory discourse and the creation of an ‘anti-ageing treatment’ market
Petersen, A., 2018, In : Journal of Sociology. 54, 2, p. 191-202 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Digital Health and Technological Promise: A Sociological Inquiry
Petersen, A. R., 2018, 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge. 144 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Hyping the market for ‘anti-ageing’ in the news: From medical failure to success in self-transformation
MacGregor, C., Petersen, A. & Parker, C., Mar 2018, In : BioSocieties. 13, 1, p. 64-80 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Intersectional research stories of responsibilising the family for food, feeding and health in the twenty-first century
Davis, T., Hogg, M. K., Marshall, D., Petersen, A. & Schneider, T., 1 Jan 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : European Journal of Marketing. p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (UK)
Alan Robert Petersen (Recipient), 1 Oct 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences Australia
Alan Robert Petersen (Recipient), 19 Oct 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
Stephen Crook Memorial Prize
Alan Robert Petersen (Recipient), Megan Munsie (Recipient), Claire Elizabeth Tanner (Recipient), Casimir MacGregor (Recipient) & Jane Elizabeth Mary Brophy (Recipient), 30 Nov 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2010 2010
- 1 Editorial responsibility
Critical Public Health (Journal)
Mark Davis (Guest editor), Alan Robert Petersen (Guest editor), Suzanne Fraser (Guest editor), Joanne Maree Lindsay (Guest editor)2010
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press / Media
The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm
Claire Tanner, Megan Munsie & Alan Robert Petersen
22/09/16
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Research