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.
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| Name of the Supervisor | Currently Available to Supervise | Key Research Areas | Contact Details |
| Charles Barbour | Yes | Contemporary Political Theory; Continental Philosophy; Intellectual History; Marx and Marxism; Philosophies of Technology. | 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 |
| Michelle Catanzaro | Yes | Visual sociology; visual culture; climate action; practice-based research; youth and alternative culture | M.Catanzaro@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 |
| Daniele Fulvi | Yes | Environmental Ethics/Philosophy; Environmental Humanities; Continental Philosophy; Ethics of New Technologies; Applied Ethics. | D.Fulvi@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 |
| Gerard Goggin | Yes | Mobile media and communication; digital media; mobile AI; digital media policy and governance; Internet and digital histories; disability, digital technology, accessibility and inclusive design; disability, culture, and communication | G.Goggin@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 |
| Alana Lentin | Yes | Race; Racial Capitalism; Decoloniality; Antiracism; The Black Radical Tradition; Critical Indigenous Thought; Critical Migration 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 |
| Lucy Nicholas | Yes | Gender and Sexualities; Transgender and nonbinary; men and masculinities; right wing extremism; men’s use of violence. | l.nicholas@westernsydney.edu.au |
| Ehsan Noroozinejad | Yes | Smart Construction; Resilient Infrastructure, Prefabricated and Modular Housing; Digital Construction; Net Zero Construction; Digital Twins; Structural Health Monitoring; Housing Crisis | ehsan.noroozinejad@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 |
| Melissa Phillips | Yes | Migration; Multiculturalism; Migrant/Refugee Settlement; Regional Migration; Diaspora | Melissa.Phillips@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 |
| 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 | Currently Unavailable | 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 |
| Vanita Yadav | Yes | Innovation Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Model Innovation; Tourism and Arts Management; Strategy and Sustainable Business. | vanita.yadav@westernsydney.edu.au |