Staff profile

Dr Sue Dyson Post-graduate student co-orinator (ARCSHS)

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Public Health and Human Biosciences Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society

215 Franklin St, Melbourne, Melbourne (City)

 

Qualifications

PhD (La Trobe University), M. Ed Prelim (Monash University), Grad. Dip. Women's Studies (Deakin University), Diploma of Nursing (Prince Henry's Hospital)

Membership of professional Associations

Member, Australian Evaluation Society

Brief Profile

Dr Dyson worked in sexuality education and women’s health for many years as an educator, and after many years of practice she completed a PhD in health sciences. She heads the culture change research program at ARCSHS, where she is a senior research fellow. Broadly speaking, her work concerns the social and cultural meanings of the lived experience sexuality and gender, particularly in relation to the prevention of violence and discrimination. She works predominantly using qualitative methods, and is experienced in using mixed methods. Her theoretical paradigm tends towards post structural, however this incorporates an understanding that discursive and material elements are always intertwined in the social. Sue is particularly interested in creative, cross, multi and inter-disciplinary approaches to social research.

Research interests

Gender and health

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Sexuality and Relationships

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Women's Health

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Consulting

Consultant on a range of research and evaluation projects including with the White Ribbon Foundation, UNDP, VicHealth and a range of government departments.

Recent Publications

Publications are listed in my CV (attached).

Resume

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Research projects

  • 2012: Evaluator, AFL Community Education program in community football.
  • 2011 - 2014: Evaluator: Y Respect Gender project with VicHealth and the YMCA
  • 2011 - 2014: Chief Investigator, Building Ethical Relationships Early in Life: ARC Discovery Project with the University of Western Sydney.
  • 2011: Chief investigator, For the Love of the Game: women in country community football.
  • 2010 - 2012: Chief investigator Taking a Stand: ARC funded project in partnership with the AFL and VicHealth.
  • 2008 – 2013: Evaluator, Fair Game Respect Matters program in community football (AFL Victoria)