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Researcher: Tranter, BK (Professor Bruce Tranter)

Fields of Research

Sociology
Environmental sociology
Urban sociology and community studies
Social change
Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
Political science
Social geography
Aged health care
Social theory
Australian government and politics
Sociological methodology and research methods
Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
Comparative government and politics
Media studies
Sociology of health
Social program evaluation
Communication studies
Demography
Public administration
Social and cultural anthropology
Journalism studies
Human resources management
Health and community services
Macroeconomic theory
Economic geography
Business systems in context
Strategic, metropolitan and regional planning
Family and household studies
Applied ethics
Sociology of family and relationships
Cultural geography
Welfare economics
Organisational planning and management
Population trends and policies
Environmental politics
Other Indigenous studies
History and philosophy of specific fields
Sociology and social studies of science and technology
Australian history

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in human society
Citizenship and national identity
Government and politics
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Pacific Peoples community services
Other culture and society
Political systems
Structure, delivery and resourcing
Social class and inequalities
Other environmental management
Other law, politics and community services
Understanding climate change
Other health
The media
Health related to ageing
Social structure and health
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Community services
Communication
Institutional arrangements
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services
Ageing and older people
Civics and citizenship
Management
Electoral systems
Multicultural services
Evaluation of health and support services
Mental health
Behaviour and health
Environmental ethics
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Demography
Health policy evaluation
Productivity (excl. public sector)
Arts
Basic aluminium products
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Employment patterns and change
Other information and communication services
Ability and disability
Sustainability indicators
Work and family responsibilities
Families and family services
Religion
Other education and training
Workforce transition and employment
Residential building management and services
Urban planning
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Health inequalities
Consumption patterns, population issues and the environment
Professions and professionalisation
Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Socio-cultural issues in tourism
Heritage
Bioethics
Public services policy advice and analysis
Natural hazards
Expanding knowledge in built environment and design
Other Indigenous
Gender and sexualities

Career Best Publications

Colonial and post-colonial aspects of Australian identity; British Journal of Sociology
Does public knowledge of climate change really matter in Australia?; Environmental Communication
Embodying Britishness: national identity in the United Kingdom; Nations and Nationalism
Leadership and the construction of environmental concerns; Palgrave Macmillan
Political divisions over climate change and environmental issues in Australia; Environmental Politics
Scepticism in a changing climate: a cross-national study; Global Environmental Change
The Great Divide: political candidate and voter polarisation over Global Warming in Australia; Australian Journal of Politics and History
The Influence of Green parties on postmaterialist values; British Journal of Sociology
The influence of political leaders on climate change attitudes; Global Environmental Change
The mother of all effects? stability and change in Greens party identification in Australia; Environmental Politics

Research Publications

Research Projects

Changing Political Careers in Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Climate change knowledge, gender and political party identification; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Data Co-operative Platform for Social Impact and Wellbeing; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Household Attitudes and Behaviour in Relation to Environmentally Sustainable Resource Use; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Leadership and the Construction of Environmental Concerns in Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Loneliness, Housing and Health in Australia: An Essay; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Rising Star; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Skill utilisation in Australia: a response to the 3Ps solution to the implications of population ageing; Australian Population Association (AP Association)
Social Futures & Life Pathways of Young People in Queensland: Waves 6 & 7; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Social futures and life pathways of young people in Queensland: waves 4 and 5 of a longitudinal study; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Socio-Political Dimensions of Increased Share-Ownership in Tasmania; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
When Disaster Strikes: Geographies of under-insurance in a volatile age; Australian Research Council (ARC)
AAD-UTAS public engagement collaboration
Building Capacity in Tasmanian Teaching Hospitals
CBS South Inc: Client Satisfaction Evaluation Project - 2009
Doorways to Parenting Program
Evaluation of Alcohol, Other Drugs & Corrections Stream
Evaluation of Salvation Army (Tasmania) Throughcare Program
Salvation Army Community Engagement Data Analysis
Salvation Army program data analysis
Social Program Research Project (The Salvation Army)
The Tasmania Project: Wellbeing
Neoliberalism, Inequality and Politics: Public Policy and the Transformation of Australian Society (DP0449516)
Social Futures, Orientations and Identities of Young People in Queensland (DP0557667)

Research Candidate Supervision

A comparative analysis of wildlife tourism
Challengng social capital - social capital and power experiences of environmental activism.
Citizenship Rights and Housing Tenure
Climate Change and Environmental Citizenship- Transition to a Post-Consumerist Future?
Communications, Leadership, Identity and the Knitting Nannas in the Lock the Gate social movement
Elite Democracy- Political Competition and Voter Opinion in the 2010 Australian Federal Election
Environmental Awareness and Indigenous Knowledge- An Exploration of Indigenous-led Environment Movement Organisation/s in Australia
Environmental organisations in Australia
Leadership and the Construction of Environmental Concerns in Tasmania
Mapping the MONA Effect. How can the experiential, spatial and corporeal operation of MONA provide a catalyst for the reordering and reinvigeration of the declining tourism industry in Tasmania
Mega-protests vs. Mega-projects- Media, Power and Mega-hydro in Chile
Mutual Benefit through Understanding Others- A Study of Chinese International Students and their Perceptions of the Social and Cultural Environment Experienced while Studying at the University of Tasmania
Populist Discourse- An Adornian Rhetorical Analysis of the Emotional Appeal of Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Skill Utilisation in Australia- A Response to the Proposed 3Ps Solution for the Implications of Population Ageing
Social Barriers to Recycling- A Sociological Study
The Construction and Experience of Smartphones by Users
The Exhaustion of Progressive Aboriginal Governance
The Republican Push- Sociological study of a political reform
The Social Distribution of Internet Use in Australia- A Case Study
Unity in Diversity- A Sociological Study of the Australian Republican Movement