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Researcher: Ezzy, D (Professor Douglas Ezzy)

Fields of Research

Sociology
Social change
Religion, society and culture
Health services and systems
Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
Other Indigenous studies
Religious studies
Sociology of religion
Sociological methodology and research methods
Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Epidemiology
Social and political philosophy
Social policy
Health promotion
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing
Anthropology of development
Sociology of health
Social theory
Comparative religious studies
Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
Sociological studies of crime
Health economics
Studies in religious traditions (excl. Eastern, Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions)
Primary health care
Law and society and socio-legal research
Preventative health care
Surgery
Health informatics and information systems
Urban and regional planning
Mental health services
Nursing
Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
Political science
Urban sociology and community studies
Health and community services

Research Objectives

Religion and society
Social structure and health
Religious structures
Employment patterns and change
Other health
Behaviour and health
Understanding Europe's past
Pacific Peoples community services
Expanding knowledge in human society
Religion
Gender and sexualities
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Evaluation of health and support services
Arts
Health policy evaluation
Clinical health
Health related to ageing
Injury prevention and control
Work and labour market
Workforce transition and employment
Bioethics
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Workplace and organisational ethics (excl. business ethics)
Environmental ethics
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and outcomes
Nursing
Mental health
Occupational health
Social ethics
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Government and politics
Evaluation of health outcomes
Neonatal and child health
Civics and citizenship
Law reform
Multicultural services
Structure, delivery and resourcing
Health inequalities
Mental health services
Health education and promotion

Career Best Publications

A Simulacrum of Workplace Community: Individualism and Engineered Culture; Sociology
An Underworld Rite: A Pagan Re-enactment of Persephone's Descent into the Underworld; Journal of Contemporary Religion
Are qualitative methods misunderstood?; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Illness narratives: time, hope and HIV; Social Science & Medicine
Mass Media and Religious Identity: A Case Study of Young Witches; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Minimising Religious Conflict and the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act in Victoria, Australia; Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
Poverty, disease progression and employment among people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia; AIDS Care
Qualitative Analysis - Practice and Innovation; Routledge
Qualitative Interviewing as an embodied emotional performance; Qualitative Inquiry
Religion, aesthetics and moral ontology; Journal of Sociology
Sex, Death and Witchcraft: A Contemporary Pagan Festival; Bloomsbury Academic
Subjectivity and the Labour Process: Conceptualising 'Good Work'; Sociology
Teenage witches: magical youth and the search for the self; Rutgers University Press
Unemployment and mental health: A critical review; Social Science & Medicine
White Witches and Black Magic: Ethics and Consumerism in Contemporary Witchcraft; Journal of Contemporary Religion

Research Publications

Research Projects

Bariatric surgery in Tasmania: investigating health service use, costs, patient outcomes and policy options; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Long-Term Benefits Study; WorkCover Tasmania (WCT)
Nonreligion in a Complex Future; Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Religious diversity in Australia: Strategies to maintain social cohesion; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Religious freedom and same-sex discrimination; The experience of same-sex attracted workers in government funded faith based social service providers; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Religious freedom, LGBT+ employees, and the right to discriminate.; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Socio-cultural Determinants of People Living with HIV/AIDS's Interpretations of the Prognosis; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Understanding acceptance and discrimination for LGBTI employees in Tasmanian workplaces; Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPAC)
Young Witches in Australia and England; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Scoping Study: WorkCover Tasmania

Research Candidate Supervision

A Sociology of Whiteness- White Habitus
Actuarial Conundrums - Taking a Chance on RAST
At the Edges - A Place and a Space for Tears- Exploring the Framing of Depression in Contemporary Western Culture
Being a Rural Health Professional and Working with People with Chronic Conditions
Beyond Childhood Cancer- Bringing Primary Carers into Focus
Community and Identity amongst Tasmanian Workers
Electric Temple- Rave culture at the turn of the millenium
Environmental Awareness and Indigenous Knowledge- An Exploration of Indigenous-led Environment Movement Organisation/s in Australia
Feeding Young Children - The Parents' Dilemma
For the Love of Money Moral Orientations Toward Money in the 'Good Life'
Four Rural Anglican Communities of Faith- An Ethnography of Hope
I'm Not a 'Real' Risk Taker- Constructing Moral Identities Through Sexual Storytelling
Inter-Religious Interaction in Urban Australia- The Influence of Religious-Identity on Perceptions of 'The Other'
Male survivors of sexual assault
Managing Health and Masculinities - Negotiating Identities Over the Life Course
Managing Obesity in Tasmania
My Heart Is In Two Places- Ontological Security, Emotions and the Health of African Refugee Women in Tasmania
Occupational health and safety- a comparative study
People of Alternate Sexual Identity within Conservative Religious Groups
Prioritising Identity- A Grounded Theory of Employees' Evaluation of the Work-Life Interface in Multinational Corporations
Reflecting on Cosmetic Surgery- Body Image, Shame and Narcissism
Religion and participation in civic society
Roles For Pharmacists in Improving the Quality Use of Psychotropic Medicines in Residential Care Facilities
The consequences of ontological insecurity for caregivers of people with elipepsy
The Effects of Gender on School Absence and Truancy
The Evolution of Hybrid Realities- Recognising Ontological Circularity and Symmetry
The impact of dispersed working arrangements on household social relations
The Operations of Risk- The Meaning, Emotion and Morality of Risk Identities in Social Work Practice
The Rhetoric of Partnerships Involving People Who Use Illicit Drugs and the Reality of 'Partners' Experience
The Social Distribution of Internet Use in Australia- A Case Study
Turning the Tap- Drinking Water Governance & Public Health in Tasmania- A sociological Study
Unemployment and community
Virtually Real- Being in Cyberspace
Voice Magic-Questioning the Reality of the Power of Inter-Active Storytelling & Shamanic Performance & Song for Personal, Community & Cultural Healing & Transformation
What are the Meanings Non-Clinical Paid Care/Support Workers in Facilities and the Community Attach to their Work with People with Disability or Older People
Women Managing Ageing- Bodies, Gender and Identities
Working their way out of poverty? Australian sole mothers, labour market participation and welfare reform