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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney

Deborah Lupton is a sociologist with a Master of Public Health and a doctorate in the sociology of public health. She is the author/co-author of 20 books and over 270 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Deborah leads the Vitalities Lab at UNSW Sydney and also leads the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society as well as its Health Focus Area and is co-leader of the People Program.

Deborah blogs on sociological issues at 'This Sociological Life' and tweets @DALupton. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Royal Society of New South Wales.

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Centenary Research Professor, University of Canberra
  • 2019–present
    SHARP Professor, UNSW Sydney
  • 2013–2013
    Senior Principal Research Fellow (Professor), University of Sydney
  • 1995–2005
    Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies, Charles Sturt University

Education

  • 1993 
    University of Sydney, PhD
  • 1991 
    University of Sydney, Master of Public Health
  • 1989 
    Australian National University, Bachelor of Letters
  • 1987 
    Australian National University, Bachelor of Arts

Research Areas

  • Sociology (1608)
  • Sociology Not Elsewhere Classified (160899)