Dr Ash Watson
Scientia Fellow (Level C)
Doctor of Philosophy, 2018
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
Centre for Social Research in Health
Dr Ash Watson is a sociologist and Scientia Senior Lecturer at UNSW Sydney. Her research examines how digital technologies impact people's sense of belonging, wellbeing and inclusion in society.
Ash has an international profile for her innovative methodological scholarship which unites qualitative, creative and digital sociological methods. She is an Editorial Board Member of Qualitative Research and Fiction Editor of The Sociological Review. She leads the creative project So Fi Zine, an open-access publication for experiments in social inquiry as flash fiction, poetry and visual art. Her debut novel Into the Sea was published by Brill in 2020. She makes zines at Frances St Press.
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- Teaching and Supervision
Long P, Watson A, Alizadeh A, Homan S and Bartindale T (2024-2026) Mapping Australian Homemade, Amateur & Do-it-Yourself Cultural Economies. Australian Research Council Discovery Project [DP240102301]. $561,545.00.
Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Government, 2017
- Undertaken at Goldsmiths, University of London
My Research Supervision
Cecily Klim. PhD candidate, Centre for Social Research in Health. "Coming to and from the senses: an embodied approach to experiences of contraception."
Mania Alehpour. PhD candidate, School of the Arts and Media. "How adolescents are constructing their digital culture; a sociocultural perspective."