Institute for Culture and Society

Current Students and Dissertation Topics

Paulo Alberton - African Brazilians and African Refugees - Closing the Circle of Capoeira Angola in Australia - Supervisor: Cristina Rocha; Co-Supervisor: Hart Cohen - DCA

Ryan Al-Natour - Policy and Moral Panic in Australia - Supervisor: George Morgan; Co-Supervisor: Greg Noble - PhD

Luh Micke Anggraini - Exploring Balinese Sense of Place: A Tourism Planning Perspective - Supervisor: Robyn Bushell; Co-Supervisor: Russell Staiff - PhD

Iqbal Barkat - Gaps in recognition: Media, madness, migration and terrorism - Supervisor: Hart Cohen - PhD

Diana Collett - Interplay of Cultural, Personal and Contextual Factors in Cross-Cultural Communication - Supervisor: Ien Ang - DCR

Neroli Colvin - 'Diversity is strength': the response of two schools in a diversifying regional centre - Supervisor: Megan Watkins - PhD

Giulia Dal Maso - Risky Expertise? Haigui returnee migrants in the Shanghai financial market - Supervisor: Brett Neilson; Co-Supervisor: Ned Rossiter - PhD

Peter Davison - Digital Economy - Social Factors in the Selection and Identification of technology start-up by angel investors groups - Supervisor: Donald McNeill; Co-Supervisor: Felicity Wray - PhD

Andrea Del Bono - Identities Outside the Box: Italianness and Chineseness in Contemporary Sydney - Supervisor: Ien Ang; Co-Supervisor: Greg Noble - PhD

Kev Dertadian - Pain Problems: Aberrant, recreational and dependent non-medical use of pain medications among young adults – Supervisor: Stephen Tomsen; Co-Supervisor: George Morgan - PhD

Nigel Eades - The Impact of Culture and Communication: Living in Immigration Detention - Supervisor: Megan Watkins; Co-Supervisor: Bob Hodge - DCR

Bryn Evans - Commercialising National Identity: A critical examination of New Zealand's America's Cup Campaigns of 1987, 1992 and 1995 - Supervisor: David Rowe, Co-Supervisors: Virginia Nightingale and Juan Salazar - PhD

Kecia Fong - Challenging Conservation: Negotiating Space, History, and Culture - Supervisor: Donald McNeill; Co-Supervisors: Emma Waterton and Deborah Stevenson - PhD

Jack (Raymond) Gibson - The Problem of Culture as Disempowerment in Indigenous Nonprofit Organisations: a case study of Ja-Biah Aboriginal youth bail hostel - Supervisor: Bob Hodge; Co-Supervisor: Gabriella Coronado - DCR

Michael Hartup - Comparative Study of Vulnerable Youth and Online Creativity - Supervisor: Amanda Third; Co-Supervisor: Philippa Collin - PhD

Cecilia Hilder - Informing ‘teachable moments’ through examining how young Australians engage online - Supervisor: Philippa Collin; Co-Supervisors: Zoe Sofoulis and Amanda Third - PhD

Sky Hugman - Cross-Sector Knowledge Brokering - Supervisor: Amanda Third; Co-Supervisor: Philippa Collin - PhD

Anne Hurni - A good place to bring up the kids? Urbanism, transport and healthy child development in Blacktown (Sydney) - Supervisor: Kay Anderson - PhD

Sherene Idriss - The Just-In-Time Self: Young Arab Men, Skills and Narratives of Aspiration in the New Economy - Supervisor: George Morgan; Co-Supervisor: Greg Noble - PhD

Ece Kaya - An Evaluation of the Transformations of Industrial Zones Located on the Urban Waterfronts of Sydney CBD: Heritage and Tourism - Supervisor: Robyn Bushell; Co-Supervisor: Russell Staiff - PhD

Laura Anne Kraak - Dynamics of Cultural and Human Rights in the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage – Supervisor: Tim Winter; Co-Supervisor: Sonja Van Wichelen - PhD

Christiane Kuhling - Indian Tourists' Photographs - on Materiality, Image Content and Travel Practice - Supervisor: Tim Winter; Co-Supervisor: Emma Waterton - PhD

Mithilesh Kumar - State and the Working Class in the Making of the Global Metropolis of Delhi - Supervisor: Brett Neilson; Co-Supervisor: Ned Rossiter - PhD

Jenny Li - Public Libraries and the Reconfiguration of the Public Sphere - Supervisor: Donald McNeill; Co-Supervisor: Tony Bennett - PhD

Shan Shan Li - Australian Soap Opera and Chinese Audiences - Supervisor: Hart Cohen - PhD

Sebastian Martin Valdez - Communicational Rights and Media policies in Argentina - Supervisor: Juan Salazar; Co-Supervisor: James Arvanitakis - PhD

Karin MacKay - Ancient women didn't go to art school: Restoring our relationship to land and community through cultural arts practice - Supervisor: Elaine Lally; Co-Supervisor: Bob Hodge - DCR

Patrick McGirr - Back to the Future: The Tensions between Managerial Approaches to Management and 'Managing-in-Practice' in the Non-Profit Sector - Supervisor: Bob Hodge - PhD

Alejandro Miranda Nieto - Migration, Identities and Amateur Music Making in Mexico - Supervisor: David Rowe; Co-Supervisor: Gabriela Coronado - PhD

Pariece Nelligan - Walking the Vocational Tightrope: narratives of aspiration in the new economy - Supervisor: George Morgan; Co-Supervisor: Megan Watkins - PhD

Mauricio Novoa – Change in the Global Public Sphere: Redefining Knowledge Ecology for Industrial Design Artifact and Expertise in Education and Industry – Supervisor: Bob Hodge; Co-Supervisor: Juan Salazar - PhD

Keith Parry - The Cult Hero in Professional Sport - Supervisor: David Rowe; Co-Supervisor: Deborah Stevenson - PhD

Valeria Pashkova - Social, Political and Cultural Aspects of Economic Integration - Supervisor: Anna Yeatman; Co-Supervisor: Philippa Collin - PhD

Marian Pastor-Roces - Multiple Mappings and the Urbanisation of Perth, Western Australia - Supervisor: Kay Anderson; Co-Supervisor: Brett Neilson - PhD

Cali Prince – Emerging Opportunities in the Field of Creative Engagement between Artists, Communities and Governments – Supervisor: Gabriela Coronado; Co-Supervisor: James Arvanitakis - PhD

Seema Reynolds - This Place is Yours: Young People, Technology and Well-Being - Supervisor: Amanda Third; Co-Supervisor: Bob Hodge - PhD

Shanna Robinson - Experimental Travel and Anti-Touristic Encounters - Supervisor: Robyn Bushell; Co-Supervisor: Russell Staiff - PhD

Bettina Röesler – Residing in Cosmopolitan Space(s) – Artist Residencies and Asia-Australia Relations – Supervisor: Brett Neilson; Co-Supervisor: Ien Ang – PhD

Louise Ryan – Transcending Boundaries: “The Arts of Islam Exhibition” – Supervisor: Russell Staiff; Co-Supervisors: Tony Bennett and Fiona Cameron – PhD

Galia Saouma - The 'Cultural Diversity' Convention - Supervisor: Ien Ang; Co-Supervisor: Tony Bennett - PhD

Kearrin Sims – In the Shadow of a Rising China: Chinese Regionalism in Southeast Asia's Least Developed Countries – Supervisor: Tim Winter; Co-Supervisor: Brett Neilson - PhD

Erika Smith - Excluding you! Representations in Kokoda Track texts - Supervisor: Russell Staiff; Co-Supervisor: Robyn Bushell - PhD

Alexandre Spengler - Ayahuasca in Oz: New Spiritualities and Transnational Networking around a South American Shamanic Brew - Supervisor: Cristina Rocha; Co-Supervisors: Sonja van Wichelen and Julia Howell - PhD

David Spillman – Exploring Collaborative Competence – Supervisor: Bob Hodge; Co-Supervisor: Wendy Holland - DCR

Adam Trau - Tourism, Development and World Heritage at Chief Roi Mata’s Domain, Vanuatu - Supervisor: Robyn Bushell; Co-Supervisors: Russell Staiff and Chris Ballard (ANU) - PhD

Phillip Wadds - Policing Nightlife: The Representation and Transformation of Security in Sydney's Night-Time Economy – Supervisor: Stephen Tomsen; Co-Supervisors: David Rowe and Michael Salter - PhD

Deborah Wall - Development, governance and Indigenous people: foregrounding the LNG precinct case in the Kimberley - Supervisor: George Morgan; Co-Supervisors: Ien Ang and Tim Rowse - PhD

Frances Williamson - Generation 1.5: the LBOTE blind spot - Supervisor: Megan Watkins; Co-Supervisor: Claire Aitchison - PhD

Jacqueline Willis - A Tale of Two Globalisations: Policy, Culture and Nationalism in Divided Korea - Supervisor: James Arvanitakis; Co-Supervisor: Brett Neilson - PhD

Su Anne Yap - What is status anxiety and how is it defined culturally - Supervisor: James Arvanitakis; Co-Supervisor: Brett Neilson - MA (Honours)

Recent Submissions

Scott East - Global Citizenship: The Agency of the Museum Sector in Climate Change Interventions - Supervisor: Fiona Cameron; Co-Supervisor: Bob Hodge - PhD (submitted)

Benjamin Eltham - Scale and Creative Output in Australian Arts Organisations - Supervisor: Elaine Lally; Co-Supervisors: Bob Hodge and James Arvanitakis - PhD (submitted)

Christopher Illert - Retrieval of South East Australian Aboriginal folk stories/art/songs and language - Supervisor: Bob Hodge - PhD (submitted)

Shelley Maher - Working Well with Clients with Borderline Personality Disorder: The Experience of Nurses and Clients - Supervisor: Bob Hodge; Co-Supervisor: Zoë Sofoulis - PhD (submitted)

Philippa Mansor - The Cultural Practice of Astrology: A Case Study of Contemporary Traditional Practice - Supervisor: Brett Neilson; Co Supervisors: Elaine Lally and Zoë Sofoulis - PhD (submitted)

Bette Mifsud (opens in a new window) - Imagined Future Landscapes of Western Sydney in the Era of Global Warming - Supervisor: Juan Salazar; Co-Supervisor: Bob Hodge - DCA (submitted)

Enda Murray - A Filmic Exploration of Personal Experience in Irish Migration to Australia - Supervisor: Juan Salazar; Co-Supervisor: Hart Cohen - DCA (submitted)

Joanna Winchester - Trends in Community - Arts Collaborations in Greater Western Sydney - Supervisor: James Arvanitakis; Co-Supervisor: Elaine Lally - PhD (submitted)

Cristina Wulfhorst - Intimate Multiculturalism: blurred boundaries between Brazilians and Australians in Sydney - Supervisor: Cristina Rocha; Co-Supervisors: George Morgan and Juan Salazar - PhD (submitted)

Cheryle Yin Lo - How can we broker and involve communities in research and decision making in natural resource management - Supervisor: Bob Hodge; Co-Supervisor: Robyn Bushell - DCR (submitted)