Dr Baptiste Brossard
Areas of expertise
- Sociology 1608
Biography
Baptiste Brossard received his Phd in sociology at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (2011). His primary areas of research are mental health, sociological theory, qualitative methods and utopian studies.
Current student projects
Benjamin Hemmings, PhD student - social control in online support spaces
Susannah French, PhD student - the experience of autism in women
Christopher Chevalier, PhD student - oral history in Solomon Islands
Past student projects
Benjamin Hemmings, Honours thesis completed in 2018 on social control in eating disorders forums.
Samuel Xiang, Honours thesis completed in 2018 on depression recovery among ANU students.
Emily Faithfull, undergrad internship completed in 2018 on sex addiction sceening tests
Lucinda Fretwell, undergrad internship completed in 2018 on utopia production during World War 1.
Brigid Quinlan, Honours thesis completed in 2017 on sport and identity in a university college.
Publications
- Brossard, B 2019, 'Why mental disorders flourish and wither: Extending the theory of ecological niches', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 237, no. 112445, pp. 1-8.
- Brossard, B 2018, Why do We Hurt Ourselves? Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana USA.
- Ruiz-Junco, N & Brossard, B, eds, 2018, Updating Charles H. Cooley: Contemporary Perspectives on a Sociological Classic, Routledge
- Brossard, B 2017, Forgetting Items: The Social Experience of Alzheimer's Disease, Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
- Brossard, B 2014, 'Fighting with Oneself to Maintain the Interaction Order: A Sociological Approach to Self-Injury Daily Process', Symbolic Interaction, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 558-575.
- Brossard, B 2013, 'Acting Ones Credibility in Memory Consultation: Older people facing cognitive evaluation', Sociologie, vol. 4, pp. 1-17.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- All addicts? Contribution to a sociology of behavioural addictions to sex, work, internet and sport (Secondary Investigator)
