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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Jessie Bernard Award, American Sociological Association

Overview

Raewyn Connell is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology and political science, gender studies, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, and organizational behavior and human resource management.

Their work spans various topics, including:

  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Sex and Gender in Healthcare
  • Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

Raewyn Connell has published frequently in several academic venues. The most common publication sources include:

  • Gender Work and Organization
  • Boyhood Studies
  • The Lancet
  • Cahiers du Genre
  • Journal of sociology

Recent papers by Raewyn Connell include:

  • "COVID-19/Sociology," 2020, Journal of sociology
  • "Transgender health: on a world scale," 2021, Health Sociology Review

Raewyn Connell has also contributed as a co-author to multidisciplinary teams with frequent collaborations involving:

  • Grace Gao
  • Jill Rubery
  • David Knights
  • Deborah Kerfoot
  • Patricia Lewis

In addition to journal articles, Connell has published books, including a work titled "Research, Politics, Social Change" released by MUP eBooks in 2023.

Raewyn Connell received the Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Hegemonic Masculinity Rethinking the Concept

    R. W. Connell;James W. Messerschmidt

  • Gender and power : society, the person, and sexual politics

    Raewyn Connell

  • Gender and power

    Raewyn Connell

  • Southern Theory: The global dynamics of knowledge in social science

    Raewyn Connell

  • The men and the boys

    Raewyn Connell

  • Der gemachte Mann

    Raewyn W. Connell

  • Making the Difference: Schools, families and social division

    Raewyn Connell

  • The neoliberal cascade and education: an essay on the market agenda and its consequences

    Raewyn Connell

  • Handbook of studies on men & masculinities

    Michael S. Kimmel;Jeff Hearn;R. W. Connell

  • THE BIG PICTURE: MASCULINITIES IN RECENT WORLD HISTORY

    R. W. Connell

  • The state, gender, and sexual politics

    R. W. Connell

  • Schools & Social Justice

    R. Connell

  • Which way is up?: Essays on sex, class, and culture

    Raewyn W. Connell

  • Gender, health and theory: conceptualizing the issue, in local and world perspective.

    Raewyn Connell

  • Masculinidade hegemônica: repensando o conceito

    Robert W. Connell;James W. Messerschmidt

  • Cool Guys, Swots and Wimps: The Interplay of Masculinity and Education.

    Robert Connell

  • Masculinities and Globalization

    R. W. Connell

  • Change among the Gatekeepers: Men, Masculinities, and Gender Equality in the Global Arena

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  • Schools and Social Justice

    Raewyn Connell

  • Good teachers on dangerous ground: towards a new view of teacher quality and professionalism

    Raewyn Connell

  • The Global South

    Nour Dados;Raewyn Connell

  • Making the Difference

    Raewyn Connell

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark David McGregor Davis
Mark David McGregor Davis Monash University
June Crawford
June Crawford University of New South Wales
Susan Kippax
Susan Kippax University of New South Wales
Robert Morrell
Robert Morrell University of Cape Town
Jeff Hearn
Jeff Hearn Hanken School of Economics
Catherine Manathunga
Catherine Manathunga University of the Sunshine Coast
Michael S. Kimmel
Michael S. Kimmel Stony Brook University
Bryan S. Turner
Bryan S. Turner Australian Catholic University
Michael A. Messner
Michael A. Messner University of Southern California
Victor Minichiello
Victor Minichiello Queensland University of Technology

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