Sociology
Thesis Topics & Supervisors
The following is a list of politics postgraduates and their thesis topics. If you are a postgraduate student in sociology and would like to have your name added or removed from this list, or if you would like to have your email or and abstract listed as well, you can do so simply by contacting our Postgraduate Coordinator Sue Stevenson.
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PhD |
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Student |
Topic |
Supervisor/s |
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Charlotte Baines |
"Rudd and religion under Labor (2007-2111)" |
Dr Andrew Singleton/ Prof. Gary Bouma |
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Susan Carland |
"How are Australian and American Muslim women redefining leaderships roles within their Islamic traditions and communities?" |
Dr Andrew Singleton/Dr Pete Lentini |
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Bob Dixon |
"The effectiveness of Catholic parishes" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Andrew Singleton/Associate Professor Dharma Arunachalam |
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Amy Dobson |
"Sexualised selves: The changing representations of young femininity in online girl cultures" |
Assoc. Prof. Denise Cuthbert/Dr Rob Baum |
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Lilain Duffy |
"Being Buddhist: Dimensions of identity formation" (lapsed under reg 18.2) |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Andrew Singleton |
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Duane Duncan |
"Embodying gay male identity: Gay men, body-image and political visibility" |
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Ian Grant |
"Contextualising Christian leadership among the Enga of Papau New Guinea" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/ Dr Matt Tomlinson |
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Anna Halafoff |
"Netpeace in multifaith societies: Misplaced risks and post-cosmopolitan common good" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/ Dr Jo Lindsay/ Associate Professor David Wright-Neville |
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Liudmila Kirpitchenko |
"Eastern Europe academic mobility and intercultural dialogue" |
Associate Professor Dharma Arunachalam /Dr Tseen Khoo |
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Emily Lee |
"Hallmarks of a successful marriage seen across Generation X and the Baby Boomers" |
Dr Jo Lindsay/Associate Professor Dharma Arunachalam |
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Davina Lohm |
"Who are they? How do young residents of Australia perceive their national identities?" |
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Vanessa Longo |
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: Italian-Australian grandmothers, mothers and daughters negotiating ethnicity, culture and identity in their everyday lives" (lapsed under reg 18.2) |
Prof. Denise Cuthbert/Associate Professor Dharma Arunachalam |
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Jonathan Lyons |
"War without end? One thousand years of anti-Islam discourse" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Prof. Greg Barton |
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John McCormack |
"The use of popular music genres in worship by (Pentecostal) churches in the Greater Melbourne area" |
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My Dung Nguyen |
"Leadership as community work and development: Vietnamese-Australian women in Victoria, Australia" |
Prof. Denise Cuthbert/Dr Elissa Sutherland |
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Gerald Rose |
"Ministry identity in a Australian evangelical Church in a postmodern, globalizing World: A socological analysis" (lapsed under reg 18.2) |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Matt Tomlinson |
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Zachary Russell |
"Relative fit and the minority experience: Understanding intergroup relations and acculturative stress as by-products of acculturation orientations" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Associate Professor Dharma Arunachalam/ Dr RoseAnne Misajon |
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Kate Seear |
"Gynaecological governance: Femininity, responsibility and self-care among women with endrometriosis" Feminity, responsibility |
Prof. Alan Petersen/Dr Andrew Singleton |
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Robin Smilovitis |
"Unwinding transnational threads: Transnational religion and missionary transmigrants" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Andrew Singleton |
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Elizabeth Stewart |
"Law and identity: Jewish identity in pre-war Germany" (lapsed under reg 18.2) |
Assoc. Prof. Naomi White/Prof. Andrew Markus |
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Budi Sudarto |
"A colourful romance: Gay Asian men and gay white men couples" |
Dr Kirsten McLean/Dr Mark Davis |
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Delanie Woodlock |
"Why so sad? Antidepressants, and the girl power generation" |
Dr Kirsten McLean/ Prof. Alan Petersen |
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Victoria Yew |
"A social inquiry of religion and community" (lapsed under reg 18.2) |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Matt Tomlinson |
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Master of Arts by Research (100% Research) |
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Student |
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Supervisor/s |
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Caz Coleman |
"Transformational change in an everyday setting" |
Dr Andrew Singleton /Dr Peter Howard |
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Kate Maher |
"The social construction of attitudes towards Australian Muslims: The roles of social group discussions and news media reports" |
Assoc. Prof. Naomi White/Associate Professor Dharma Arunachalam |
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Sam Younes |
"Intertwining transition and technology: First year experiences at university" |
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Master of Arts by Research (66% Research) |
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Student |
Topic |
Supervisor/s |
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Handun Athukorala |
"The psychosocial wellbeing at work: A study of female workers in Australia" |
Assoc. Prof. Naomi White/Dr Jo Lindsay |
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Rachmad Hidayat |
"Masculinity, Islam and domestic violence in Indonesia" |
Dr Kirsten McLean/Dr Andrew Singleton |
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Completed |
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Student |
Topic |
Supervisor/s |
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Ibrahim Abraham (MA) 2008 |
"The queer Umma: Queer Muslim identity and community in Australia" |
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Joanne Birkett (MA) 2002 |
"The social construction of women’s gambling as a social problem" |
Dr Ulla Svensson |
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Marcelle Cacciattolo (PhD) 2002 |
"Accepting, coping and re-evaluating living with breast cancer: Women’s experiences with illness and dying" |
Prof. Gary Bouma |
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Jim Connelly (PhD) 2004 |
"Ordained ministry as a second career: A study of attitudes and practices within the Anglican Church in Australia, Province of Australia" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Harry Ballis |
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Kristin Diemer (PhD) 2001 |
"Romantic love in everyday life: An exploration into its social construction in contemporary western society" |
Dr Peter Hiller |
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Ian Dobson (PhD) 2005 |
"A fair chance for whom? Equity, social mobility and Australian higher education policy" |
Dr Bob Birrell |
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Daniel Edwards (PhD) 2007 |
"Competition and choice: Determinants of access to university via the Victorian school system" |
Dr Bob Birrell/Prof. Gerald Burke [under examination] |
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Maria Fong (MA) 2004 |
"The sociological study of urban legends" |
Dr Andrew Singleton |
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Alexandra Fraser (PhD) 2003 |
"Family-friendly workplaces: An Australian case study of corporate culture" |
Dr Ulla Svensson |
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Lesleyanne Hawthorne (PhD) 2001 |
"The international transfer of skills: The ‘NESB’ factor in labour market disadvantage for engineers and nurses in Australia" |
Dr Bob Birrell |
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Genevieve Heard (PhD) 2008 |
"Fertility and economic resources in Contemporary Australia" |
Dr Bob Birrell/Associate Professor Dharma Arunachalam |
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Melanie Heenan (PhD) 2002 |
"Women, rape trials and law reform" |
Dr Jan van Bommel |
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Les Henson (PhD) 2003 |
"Towards a Melanesian contextual theology: The development of integrated missiological method and associated narrative texts" |
Prof. Gary Bouma |
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Jennifer Higgins (PhD) 2001 |
"Mid-life women and ageing" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Helen Johnson |
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Clare Hourigan (PhD) 2006 |
"Lone parenthood in Australia: A spacial analysis" |
Dr Bob Birrell |
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Ronelle Hutchinson (PhD) 2004 |
"The construction of community in virtual spaces" |
Dr Jan van Bommel/Dr Peter Hiller |
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Jeanette Jennings (PhD) 2001 |
"Changes in Victorian government schools: Schools of the future or Schools of the Fuhrer?" |
Dr Ibtisan Abu Duhou |
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Iresha Karunaratne (PhD) 2004 |
"Learning English in urban Sri Lanka" |
Dr Jan van Bommel/Assoc. Prof. Naomi White |
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Debbie Kirkwood (PhD) 2001 |
"Women who kill: A study of female perpetrated homicide in Victoria between 1985 and 1995" |
Dr Jan van Bommel |
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Jeroen Knevel (MA) 2004 |
"Dutch political parties on immigration and integration surrounding the National Election 2002" |
Dr Bob Birrell |
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John Levi (PhD) 2007 |
"These are the names: The Jews of Colonial Australia 1788-1850" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Kirsten McLean |
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Rodney Ling (PhD) 2005 |
"Australian autoworkers in the early 21st century: Opportunities for self-actualisation and vocational development" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Barry Ellem |
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Ma Xiaomei (PhD) 2001 |
"A comparative study of changes of private school patterns in Australia and China: 1985-1994" |
Dr Joy Fisher |
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Kirsten McLean (PhD) 2004 |
"Issues in bisexual identity formation, negotiation and maintenance" |
Prof. Gary Bouma |
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Lyle Munro (PhD) 2002 |
"The sociology of animal protection" |
Dr Ray Jureidini |
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Kate Paine (MA) 2001 |
"An evaluation of vocational programs as support for students at risk in two secondary schools" |
Dr Chris Chamberlain |
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Shahidur Rahman (PhD) 2008 |
"The Bangladesh garment industry: Socio-economic vulnerability and global integration" |
Prof. Carla Lipsig-Mumme/Dr Dennis Woodward [under examination] |
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John Rietveld (PhD) 2005 |
"The return of evil: A reconsideration of good and evil with and beyond Augustine, Calvin and Macintyre" |
Prof. Gary Bouma |
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Sylvie Shaw (PhD) 2002 |
"Wild at heart: Recreating relationship to nature" |
Prof. Gary Bouma/Dr Peter Cock |
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Jennifer Sinclair (PhD) 2007 |
"From mastery to mysticism: Locating the contemporary spiritual in cultural context" |
Dr Andrew Singleton /Assoc. Prof. Denise Cuthbert [under examination] |
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Caroline Spencer (PhD) 2001 |
"The egg and sperm race: The creation and recreation of sexual knowledge for preadolescent children 1945-2000" |
Prof. Gary Bouma |
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Morna Sturrock (PhD) 2004 |
"Bishop James Moorhouse: The Melbourne Years 1876-1886" |
Dr David Dunstan/Prof. Gary Bouma |
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Budi Sudarto (MA) 2004 |
"Different nationalities, one community: Gay Asian men in Melbourne’s GLBTIQ community" |
Dr Jan van Bommel |
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Shiva Vasi (PhD) 2004 |
"Conversion to Zen Buddhism" |
Prof. Gary Bouma |
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David Wood (PhD) 2001 |
"Bishop John Vernon Taylor: Christian mission in the global village" |
Prof. Gary Bouma |