Search for a Supervisor
If you are looking for a supervisor for your PhD and/or M.Res degree, please see below the list of ICS academics who are able to supervise students. The list of topics provided below captures some of the key areas of the research focus. Please note that the topic list is not exhaustive. If your topic is not listed here, please contact the supervisors whose research focus is closely matching with your area of interest.
| Name of the Supervisor | Currently Available to Supervise | Key Research Areas | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naama Blatman | Yes | Urban inequalities; settler colonialism (history/contemporary issues); Indigenous urban life; critical race theory and praxis; carceral geographies. | n.blatman@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Charles Barbour | Yes | Political Theory; Marx and Marxism; Continental Philosophy. | c.barbour@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Alison Barnes | Yes | Visual communication in the context of everyday life, place, belonging and identity; Graphic Heritage; Critical Mapping Practice. | alison.barnes@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Valentina Baú | Yes | Communication for Development; Communication for Behaviour and Social Change; Communication and Media for Peace; Community Engagement in Humanitarian Contexts; The Media in the Global South; Health Communication. | v.bau@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Denis Byrne | Yes | Heritage Studies; Asian Cultural Studies; Heritage of Climate Change; Anthropocene Studies; Aspects of Migration Studies; Museum Studies. | d.byrne@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Fiona Cameron | Yes | Climate Change; Museum and Heritage Studies; Digital Heritage and Cultures; Environmental Humanities; Critical Posthumanities. | f.cameron@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Zelmarie Cantillon | Yes | Critical heritage studies; urban cultures; cultural policy; cultural justice; popular music heritage. | z.cantillon@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Pip Collin | Yes | Citizenship; Political Participation; Youth Studies; Digital Cultures; Health and Wellbeing. | p.collin@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Ann Dadich | Yes | Health Service Management; Knowledge Translation; Change Management; Organisational Behaviour and Leadership. | A.Dadich@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Youqing Fan | Yes | Work and Employment; Human Resource Management; Organisational Behaviour; Corporate Social Responsibility; ESG; Sustainable Business; Business and Society | y.fan@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Michelle Fitts | Yes | Traumatic Brain Injury; Remote Health; Family Violence. | m.fitts@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Waldo Garrido | Yes | Ethnomusicology; the music industry and business; Latin America studies; creative industries; music performance and music production. | w.garrido@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Sheree Gregory | Yes | Sociology of work; labour & economy; innovation & entrepreneurship; creative industries; gender & care; women's working lives. | s.gregory@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Benjamin Hanckel | Yes | Youth; Gender; Sexuality; Wellbeing; Health. | b.hanckel@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Stephen Healy | Yes | Economic geography (diverse economies); sustainable development; Marxian theory; commons theory and praxis; social and solidarity economy. | stephen.healy@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Heather A. Horst | Yes | Automated Decision-Making; Digital Anthropology; Fashion and the Creative Industries; Fintech; Mobile Communication. | h.horst@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Kate Huppatz | Gender and work; the care economy; social class; gender violence; families | k.huppatz@westernsydney.edu.au | |
| Jorge Knijnik | Yes | Sociology of Sports; Sociology of Education; Latin American Societies; Social Movements; Democracy and Globalization. | j.knijnik@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Declan Kuch | Yes | Climate Change; Energy Transition; Science Policy; AI Ethics; Biomedicine. | d.kuch@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Alana Lentin | Yes | Race; Racial Capitalism; Decoloniality; Antiracism; Critical Border Studies. | a.lentin@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Quah Ee Ling | Yes | Migration; Genders; Sexualities; Race; Decoloniality. | eeling@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Nicky Morrison | Yes | Urban Planning; Sustainable Healthy and Resilient Communities; Collaborative Governance; Community Engagement; Sustainable Homes and Net Zero Targets. | nicky.morrison@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Brett Neilson | Yes | Political Theory; Cultural Theory; Social Theory; Border Studies; Logistics and Infrastructure. | b.neilson@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Nicholas Ng | Yes | Composition; Ethnomusicology; Performance (music). | nicholas.ng@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Tanya Notley | Yes | Communication and social change; media literacy and digital inclusion; human rights and media justice; the politics of digital media infrastructures; media use and civic engagement; online mis- and disinformation | t.notley@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Neil Perry | Yes | Social and Ecological Values; Political Economy; Sustainability; Transitioning Economies; Biodiversity Markets. | neil.perry@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Emma Power | Yes | Housing tenure and home-making; care infrastructures; low-income households; companion animals and cities; housing and climate change. | e.power@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Ned Rossiter | Yes | Media Theory; Infrastructure Studies; Automation and Society; Digital Cultures. | n.rossiter@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Juan Francisco Salazar | Yes | Antarctic | juanfransalazar@gmail.com |
| Karen Soldatic | Yes | Disability; Diversity; Sexuality and Gender; Structures of Inequality and Violence. | k.soldatic@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Corrinne Sullivan | Yes | Indigenous Gender and Sexuality Diversity; Indigenous Geographies; Ageing and Sexuality/Gender; Sex Work; Indigenous Education. | corrinne.sullivan@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Malini Sur | Yes | Anthropology; Borderlands; Mobility; Environment; South Asia | m.sur@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Dimitris Vardoulakis | Yes | Political theory; Cultural theory; Philosophy and culture; Philosophy of AI | d.vardoulakis@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Jessica Weir | Yes | Environmental and Social Justice; Indigenous and Public Sector Jurisdictions; Use and Utility of Expert Knowledge. | j.weir@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Joshua Wodak | Yes | Climate Change; Environmental Humanities; Environmental Ethics; Anthropocene Studies; Science and Technology Studies | j.wodak@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Alexandra Wong | Yes | Chinese Migration; Multiculturalism; Ethnoburbs; Education; Housing. | a.wong@westernsydney.edu.au |
