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)
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
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Projects
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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, Plymouth University, University of Alberta
23/01/17 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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Issues and difficulties faced by medical tourists after their return from receiving medical interventions
Petersen, A. & Iwae, S.
3/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research output
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Testing for life?: Regimes of governance in diagnosis and screening
Petersen, A. & Pienaar, K., 3 Feb 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Science, Technology and Society. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Big promise, big business: The sociocultural and regulatory dynamics of stem cell tourism
Tanner, C., Petersen, A., MacGregor, C. & Munsie, M., 2020, The Matrix of Stem Cell Research: An Approach to Rethinking Science in Society. Hauskeller, C., Manzeschke, A. & Pichl, A. (eds.). Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 20-32 13 p. (Genetics and Society).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Feeling less alone online: patients’ ambivalent engagements with digital media
Petersen, A., Schermuly, A. & Anderson, A., 2020, In : Sociology of Health and Illness. 42, 6, p. 1441-1455 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Managing risks or generating uncertaities? Ambiguous ontologies of testing in Australian healthcare
Pienaar, K. & Petersen, A., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Health. 19 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., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Critical Public Health. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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, Megan (Recipient), Tanner, Claire (Recipient), Casimir MacGregor (Recipient) & Jane Elizabeth Mary Brophy (Recipient), 30 Nov 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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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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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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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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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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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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