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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Susan Carland is a sociologist of religion and the Deputy Director of Research, Impact, and Engagement for the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. She has received a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellowship and a Churchill Fellowship
Her first book, “Fighting Hislam: women, faith, and sexism”, was published by Melbourne University Publishing, and she has also published books with Oxford University Press and Brill. She has written numerous academic publications on topics ranging from the religious practices of Australian Muslims during Ramadan, analysis of biased media coverage of the Gaza war, a historical analysis of the relationship between feminism and religion, Muslim women’s countering Islamophobia strategies, and gender and violent extremism.
She has spoken about her research and as an expert commentator to the UN in Geneva, Chatham House in London, on multiple Australian television, radio, print, and podcast outlets, and she currently sits on the boards of the Islamophobia Register Australia, the International Sociological Association Sociology of Religion committee, and the Victorian State Government's Anti-Racism Taskforce.
Susan hosts the multi award-winning podcast What Happens Next, and was host of the television show, Child Genius.
In 2022, she was a national finalist in the Australian Financial Review's "Emerging Leader" in Higher Education award. She has been named on the "500 Most Influential Muslims in the World" list, and as a “Muslim Leader of Tomorrow” by the UN Alliance of Civilisations, as well as on The Age's “20 Most Influential Australian Female Voices”.
Research and supervision interests
Religion, feminism, sexism, discrimination, prejudice, social cohesion, Islam, Islamophobia, Lived Religion, Muslims in Australia.
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):
Research area keywords
- gender sexism activism the experiences of Muslim women
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DITRDCA Program on Regional Religious Literacy
Kars, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Carland, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
27/05/25 → 30/11/25
Project: Consultancy
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Living well together - Muslim women, social cohesion, and Islamophobia
Carland, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/21 → 26/12/25
Project: Research
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Analysis of The Australian media's coverage of the 2023 Israel-Gaza war
Carland, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Project: Research
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Islamophobia in Australia
Carland, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), O'Brien, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Vergani, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Islamophobia Register Australia
17/09/24 → 5/03/25
Project: Research
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TRADECRAFT SKILLS FOR GLOBAL DIPLOMACY: ISLAMIC AWARENESS COURSE
Kars, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Carland, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
6/08/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Consultancy
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Beyond external theories: Muslims, ‘asabiyya, and the jihad of Ramadan
Carland, S. & Buckley, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Contemporary Islam. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A war of words: preliminary media analysis of the 2023 Israel-Gaza war
Carland, S., Dec 2023, Islamophobia Register Australia. 26 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other
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Triple roles, worship, and “period shaming”: how Muslim women maintain belonging and connection in Ramadan
Buckley, A. & Carland, S., 2023, In: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 62, 4, p. 869-884 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus) -
‘We’re Islam in their eyes’: using an interpellation framework to understand why being a woman matters when countering Islamophobia
Carland, S., May 2023, In: Religions . 14, 5, 14 p., 654.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
The difficulty of Muslim women fighting sexism: then and now
Carland, S., 2022, Muslim women and agency: an Australian context. Krayem, G. & Carland, S. (eds.). Leiden The Netherlands: Brill, Vol. 38. p. 119-146 28 p. (Muslim Minorities; vol. 38).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Monash University Faculty of Arts Dean's Teaching Award
Carland, S. (Recipient) & Kars, A. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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‘What Happens Next?’: Women’s Safety and Gender Equality
Carland, S., True, J., Tan, S. & Williams, B.
18/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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All Worked Up: What Happens Next? Podcast on the Gig Economy
Jacqui Alexander & Susan Carland
19/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Fact Or Fiction? - What Happens Next?
Holmes, D., Simons, M., Lidberg, J., Andrejevic, M. & Carland, S.
8/05/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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The Facts Of The Matter - What Happens Next?
Holmes, D., Simons, M. & Carland, S.
1/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts