Past Events

Christy Newman, Asha Persson, Kerryn Drysdale and Anthony K J Smith discuss key findings from the first qualitative interview study to explore how Australian families respond to and are affected by blood borne viruses.

James MacGibbon, Anthony K J Smith and Christy Newman discuss key findings from a national community survey and key informant interviews conducted in the Trust in Digital Health study.

Presenters from the Drug Policy Modelling Program will discuss new longitudinal research on people’s alcohol consumption over the last six months, and how it has changed.

Discover the diversity, relevance and impact of Social Sciences at UNSW through a number of upcoming events presented as part of Social Sciences Week 2020.

Join Dr Katinka van de Ven for this discussion examining differences between Australian government and non-government alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment providers.

Professor Deborah Lupton will present some initial findings from her project involving interviews with 40 Australians across the country about their experiences of the COVID-19 crisis.

Join Dr Loren Brener and Dr Tim Broady as they discuss stigma among people who inject drugs and people living with hepatitis C with Jude Byrne and Jenny Heslop.

In this presentation Andy Kaladelfos asks ‘where is the criminological research?’ on transgender people.

In this presentation Jamie Hakim will talk about his recently published book Work That Body: Male Bodies in Digital Culture.

Professor Alison Ritter will explore the role of ‘researcher as advocate’ on issues concerned with illicit drugs policy, reflecting on the literature as well as her own experience.

Carla Treloar and Annie Madden are launching SpeakEasy in Practice, a webinar-based journal club and training program aimed at improving community engagement in research.

This workshop unpacks visual methods and filmmaking strategies with vulnerable groups, such as displaced and refugee youth.

Zahra Stardust presents on a study that investigated the aspirations and limitations of alternative pornographies in the current regulatory framework and explored whether they could inform a better approach.

Dr Max Hopwood and Dr Kerryn Drysdale presented the fourth annual Sex Lecture, drawing on insights from the Crystal, Pleasures and Sex between Men research project.

Marsha Rosengarten reflects on the checkered history of HIV activism and, specifically, in response to what has been advocated for in the name of women.

Christy Newman, Martin Holt and Anthony K J Smith explore three aspects of the ‘Disparities in PrEP access’ project.