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Families & Relationships Thematic Group

Aims and Objectives

Year established: March 2008. This group was split into two groups and endorsed by the Executive on March 18, 2016; Families & Relationships and Genders and Sexualities.

This group aims to facilitate and support research and collaboration on the sociology of families and relationships. We aim to provide a forum to showcase sociological research on families and relationships and the opportunity to bring theoretical insights, empirical research and policy discussions together in conversation and debate.

Topics of interest include:

Family formation

Dating and establishing relationships

Cohabitation and marriage

Separation, divorce and re-constituted families

Domestic violence, neglect and abuse

Relationships and the law

Friendships

Indigenous families

Same-Sex relationships

Trans people and relationships

Intersex Relationships

Queer Relationships

Polyamory

Families of Choice

Mothering, fathering and parenting

Children and childhood

Love

Pornography

Sex Work

Relationships, families and technology

Fertility decision-making and reproduction

Work, domestic labour and patterns of care

Money and family relationships

Theoretical and methodological debates

Video: Social Sciences Week 2020 Research4Society Series: NCSMC - Kay Cook

Year established: March 2008. This group was split into two groups and endorsed by the Executive on March 18, 2016; Families & Relationships and Genders and Sexualities.

Mentoring Program

Applications close on April 22, 2022

Contact Dorinda 't Hart (dorinda.thart@research.uwa.edu.au) and Alice Campbell (alice.campbell@uq.edu.au).

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2020 Mentoring Program

The program provides mentoring for thematic group postgraduate students and ECRs (five years from conferral) without a continuing position in academia. It focuses on writing a journal article for publication. We will pair senior academics with postgraduate students and ECRs for 6-months. Read on...