Social and Cultural Anthropology
Applied anthropology, anthrozoology and human-animal relations, indigenous Australia and non-indigenous anthropology, medical anthropology and symbolism and religious anthropology, identity and material culture.
Faculty Research Focus
- Anthropology and sociology of development and environment
- Ethnicity and cultural identities in South and Southeast Asia
- Indigenous Australia
Search for a Research Supervisor in Social and Cultural Anthrolopogy.
Research Interests
The Faculty will consider any research topic that interests potential PhD students; however, students will benefit from researching in areas that align with the Faculty’s strengths. Please contact the Faculty to discuss your PhD topic.
Alternatively you may contact one of our academics below to discuss your area of interest.
- Anthropological approaches to Food and Eating - Dr Nicholas Smith
- Anthropology of non-indigenous Australia - Dr John Morton
- Anthropology of tourism - Dr John Taylor
- Anthropology/sociology of education - Professor Kaori Okano
- Applied Anthropology - Dr Nicholas Smith
- Childhood - Ms Julie Andrews
- Childhood and Youth - Dr Helen Lee
- Comparative and historical sociology - Dr Trevor Hogan
- Continuity and Change in Aboriginal Australia (focusing on the western Pilbara region of WA) - Dr Nicholas Smith
- Education in contemporary Asia and Japan - Professor Kaori Okano
- Environmental Anthropology - Dr Nicholas Smith
- Ethnicity and cultural identities - Professor Alberto Gomes
- Ethnographic methodologies - Dr Ray Madden
- Folktale and storytelling - Ms Senem Yekenkurul
- Gender and power - Dr John Taylor
- great changes in the economy, society, and ways of thinking in world history - Dr Nicholas Herriman
- Identity and material culture - Dr John Taylor
- Indigenous issues - Dr Ray Madden
- Multiculturalism and education - Professor Kaori Okano
- Post-structuralism and psychoanalysis in anthropology - Dr John Morton
- Psychological anthropology - Dr Helen Lee
- relationships between neighbours, family, friends etc - Dr Nicholas Herriman
- religion and magic - Dr Nicholas Herriman
- South-east Australian Aboriginal issues - Dr Ray Madden
- sport, culture and society - Dr Ramon Spaaij
- terrorism and political violence - Dr Ramon Spaaij
- The anthropology of human and animal relations - Dr Ray Madden
- the interaction of state and society - Dr Nicholas Herriman
- Tonga, the South Pacific - Dr Helen Lee
- Violence - Dr Nicholas Herriman
- violence and hooliganism - Dr Ramon Spaaij
