Genevieve Heard
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- Fax: +61 3 990 52993
- Email: Genevieve.Heard@arts.monash.edu.au
- Room W10.04 10th floor
- Building 11 (Menzies) Clayton Campus
Biography
Genevieve Heard completed her PhD in Sociology in 2007 through CPUR and now works as a research fellow in the centre. She worked in the demography section of the Australian Bureau of Statistics for several years before returning to study. Genevieve graduated with first class Honours in Sociology from the University of Tasmania in 2000.
Research
Genevieve's doctoral research concerned the evolution of the national debate over low fertility. Her thesis assesses the direction of this debate and of policy responses to low fertility against current theories and against statistical realities.
Genevieve brings to CPUR considerable experience in working with fertility data (the ABS births collection in particular) and a thorough knowledge of the theoretical and policy debates surrounding the issue of low fertility in Australia. Other research interests include trends in partnering. Her skills in data analysis and commentary are applicable to a broad range of projects undertaken within the Centre.
Publications
- 'The use of the fertility issue in the Australian campaign for paid maternity leave' Just Policy, no. 48, 2008, pp. 16–22.
- 'Partnerships at the 2006 census: preliminary findings' People and Place , vol. 16, no. 1, 2008, pp. 31-39.
- 'Boom or Gloom? Cohort fertility data from the 2006 Census', People and Place, vol. 15, no. 3, 2007, pp. 1-11.
- 'Pronatalism under Howard', People and Place, vol. 14, no. 3, 2006, pp.12-25.
Conference Presentations
- 'The use of the fertility issue in the Australian campaign for paid maternity leave', paper presented at the Australian Sociological Association (TASA) & SAANZ Joint Conference, Auckland, Dec 4-7, 2007.
- 'Boom or gloom? Australian fertility-first results from the 2006 census', paper presented at the British Society for Population Studies conference, St. Andrews, Sept 11–13, 2007.
- 'Towards a sociology of the Australian maternity leave debate-intersections with the fertility debate', paper presented at the European Sociological Association conference, Glasgow, Sept 3–6, 2007.
- 'Conservative voices in the Australian fertility debate', paper presented at TASA conference, Perth, Dec 4–7, 2006.
- 'Socio-economic fertility differentials in Australia', paper presented at TASA conference, Hobart, Dec 5–8, 2005.
Media commentary
- Shanahan, Angela (2008) ‘Wedding rings less likely to reach the lower rungs’, The Australian, 19 April, p.28.
- Tattersall, Amanda (2008) ‘Love your work—how job security makes wedding bells chime’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April, p. 35.
- Devine, Miranda (2008) ‘New class divisions in altered states’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 April, p. 13.
- Lunn, Stephen (2008) ‘Wedded bliss is all a matter of degrees’, The Australian, 7 April, p.3.
- Nader, Carol (2008) ‘Marriage prospects a few degrees closer for women’, The Age, 7 April, p.3.
- Horin, Adele and Harriet Alexander (2008) ‘Want a husband? Get a degree’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 April, p. 1.
- Masanauskas, John (2008) ‘Marriage? That’s so very middle class these days’, Herald Sun, 7 April, p.15.
- ‘Educated women more likely to marry’ (2008), AM, ABC Radio National, 7 April.
- ‘Women with degrees seen as a prime marriage prospect’ (2008), ABC News Radio, 7 April.
- 'Australia's new baby boom' (2008), Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, 23 March.
- Horin, Adele (2007) 'For better or worse, baby boom stumbles at the aisle', Sydney Morning Herald, 21 July, p.8.
- Farouque, Farah (2007) 'A serious business', The Age, 21 July, p.4.
- Farouque, Farah (2007) 'Bored of the rings', The Age, 21 July, Insight p.1.
- Karvelas, Patricia (2007) 'Nuclear family makes a return', The Australian, 8 January, p.3.
Research Consultancies
- Victorian State Department of Human Services, Drivers of fertility change: literature review and data analysis, with Bob Birrell, current.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Intermarriage in Australia, with Bob Birrell and Siew-Ean Khoo of ANU, current.
- Victorian State Department of Human Services, Investigation into the recent increase in birth notifications in Victoria, with Bob Birrell, November 2007.
- Fairfax Press, First results from the 2006 Census, with Bob Birrell, Ernest Healy and Daniel Edwards, July 2007.