Professor Joanne Bryant
BSc, MSc, PhD
Joanne Bryant is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. She is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2023 -2026).
Joanne leads research on young people’s substance use and sexual health, aiming to improve treatment experience and outcomes by focusing on how social conditions rather than individual attributes shape their opportunities. Joanne has published over 100 peer review papers and forty technical research monographs. She has secured over $11M in research funding, including from the ARC and NHMRC, and is a member of several government and sector expert advisory committees.
Joanne is Editorial Board member for the journals Health Sociology Review, International Journal of Drug Policy, and Culture Health and Sexuality She is a member of The Australian Sociological Association.
Joanne's most recent research projects include:
Resource landscapes for young people leaving residential drug and alcohol services https://www.unsw.edu.au/arts-design-architecture/our-schools/social-sciences/our-research/engagement-impact/our-projects/resource-landscapes-young-people-leaving-residential-drug-alcohol-services
What we do well: Stories of love, sex and relationships https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/csrh/our-projects/what-we-do-well#:~:text=This%20project%20focuses%20on%20the,draw%20on%20to%20do%20so.
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- Teaching and Supervision
Selected Projects
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship 2023-2026 “Reimagining strengths approaches to drug and alcohol care for young people” Bryant. $1,115,000
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2020-2023 “Aftercare for young people: A sociological study of resource opportunities” Bryant, MacLean, Skattebol, Hallam, Ferry. $308,000
Australian Research Council Linkage Grant 2018-2020 “Fostering the sexual well-being of Aboriginal young people by building on social, cultural and personal strengths.” Bryant, Bell, Bolt, Graham, Doyle, Murphy, Treloar, Browne, Aggleton. $211,000
NSW Health COVID-19 Research Grants Round 1 Existing Projects 2020-2021 “A rapid qualitative assessment of COVID-19 health needs in an urban Aboriginal community.” Bryant, Bolt, Beetson, Doyle, Graham, Bell, Murphy, Newman, Gardner, Wilms, Penning, with partner organisations South Western Sydney Local Health District, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. $152,092
Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies NADA 2019-2020 “Access and Equity Project: research enquiry into the current barriers and enablers associated with access and equity in NGO alcohol and other drug treatment in NSW.” Bryant, Brener, Horwitz, Lafferty. $77,000
NSW Health NGO Evaluation Grants. 2017-2019 “Evaluation of the Ted Noffs Street University Program.” Bryant, Ferry, Noffs, Palmer, Mao, Treloar $150,000
National Health and Medical Research Council Synergy Grant, 2020-2025 “Eliminating endemic sexually transmissible infections in remote Australia using targeted multidisciplinary strategies.” Ward, Guy, Kaldor, Bryant, Liu, Whiley, Donovan. $5M.
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2016-2018 Critical perspectives on serodiscordance in family life. Newman, Persson, valentine, Hamilton, Bryant, Wallace. $355,000
UNSW Arc Outstanding Postgraduate Supervisor Award 2020
UNSW Arc Postgraduate Supervisor Award 2018
My Research Supervision
Kacey Martin, Understanding Maori experiences of eating disorders in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia: A sociological inquiry into Mauiui Kai across the Maori diaspora.
Teneale Lavender, Learning from Aboriginal models of AOD care to improve treatment for young people
Brandon Bear, Salutogenic behaviours in sexuality and gender diverse individuals
Theresa Caruana, Stigma, health worker attitudes and client outcomes in drug treatment
Ellen Finlay, Longevity, Commonality and Difference. The historical, sociopolitical & biomedical aspects of longevity and population ageing in Australia among Aboriginal people