Professor Kathryn Henne
Areas of expertise
- Sociology And Social Studies Of Science And Technology 160808
- Law And Society 180119
- Criminology 1602
- Culture, Gender, Sexuality 200205
- Race And Ethnic Relations 160803
- Social Theory 160806
Research interests
crime and deviance; gender, race, sexuality and intersecting inequalities; law and society; regulation and governance; science and technology studies; sociology of health; surveillance
Biography
Kathryn (Kate) Henne is the Director of RegNet, the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance, and leads the Justice and Technoscience Lab (JusTech). She is also an Honorary Professor in the College of Heath Solutions at Arizona State University. An interdisciplinarily trained scholar, she has a PhD in Criminology, Law and Society with a specialisation in Anthropologies of Medicine, Science and Technology from the University of California, Irvine. Before commencing as RegNet’s Director, she held the Canada Research Chair in Biogovernance, Law and Society at the University of Waterloo.
Her research interests are concerned with how science and technology contribute to the governance of persons and populations. Her publications span issues of biomedicalisation, biometric surveillance, criminological knowledge production, gender regulation, human enhancement and wellbeing and technologies of policing. Her work has been funded by the Australian Research Council, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs Program, International Olympic Committee, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and World Anti-Doping Agency.
More information about her research, teaching and outreach is available at https://katehenne.com.
Researcher's projects
Kate Henne's ongoing work examines intersections between inequality, regulation and technoscience. Her current projects focus on:
Traumatic Brain Injury and Regulatory Science
This ARC-funded project focuses on emergent regulatory responses to traumatic brain injury. Looking at experiences of athletes, military personnel and survivors of violence in Australia, Canada and the United States, including U.S. Pacific Island territories, the project illuminates how social categories of difference, law, policy and science intersect to inform regulation. These dynamics reflect shifting understandings of the brain and (injured) human agency.
The Digital Welfare State and Technologies of Social Assistance
This program of work, supported by an ANU Futures Scheme award, is a multi-sited study of how different technologies, such as biometrics, predictive analytics and risk assessment models, are used as regulatory tools in the context of social assistance and humanitarian aid delivery. It asks: how are these different technologies informing practices and experiences of regulation? What are the implications for those in need of financial support and the state mechanisms tasked with delivery?
In addtion to these projects, Kate Henne has studied global sports governance for more than a decade. Her first book, Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport, traces the emergence of technocratic rules and surveillance practices aimed at enforcing ideologies of ‘fair play’. She has also written about gender-specific regulations, health initatives, mega-events, reform agendas and sport for development and peace programming.
Current student projects
Principal Supervisor: Jenna Harb, Daniel Reeders, Dhakshayini Sooriyakumar, Heidi Tyedmers
Associate Supervisor: Kirsty Anantharajah, Vijetta Bachraz, Felicity Gray, Tony Kiessler, Janice Lee, Therese Pearce Laanela
Publications
- Henne, K 2014, 'The Emergence of Moral Technopreneurialism in Sport: Techniques in Anti-doping Regulation, 1966-1976', International Journal for the History of Sport, vol. 31, no. 8: pp. 884-901.
- Henne, K 2013, 'From the Academy to the UN and Back Again: The Travelling Politics of Intersectionality', Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, vol. 33. URL: http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue33/henne.htm
- Henne, K, Koh, B and McDermott, V 2013, 'Coherence of Drug Policy in Sports: Illicit Inclusions and Illegal Inconsistencies', Performance Enhancement & Health, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 48-55.
- Henne, K, Koh, B and McDermott, V 2013, 'Rethinking WADA: What Exactly Are We Reconsidering?', Performance Enhancement & Health, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 48-59.
- Henne, K and Troshynski, E 2013, 'Suspect Subjects: Affects of Bodily Regulation', International Journal of Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 100-112.
- Henne, K and Troshynski, E 2013, 'Technologies of Biosurveillance: Bodily Regulation through the Lens of Ordinary Affection', in K Richards and J Tuari (eds.), Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, Vol. 1, Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology, pp. 84-91.
- Connor, J, Henne, K and McDermott, V 2013, 'Legitimating the Fight? Questions about Cross-cultural Perspectives on Anti-Doping Strategies in the Pacific', in H Forbes-Mewett, N Osbaldistson and C Strong (eds.), Reflections, Intersections and Aspirations: 50 Years of Australian Sociology, Melbourne: Monash University.
- Henne, K and Shah, R 2012, 'Re-imagining the Images of the Crimino-Legal Complex: Toward a Critical Pedagogy', The Critical Criminologist, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 4-9.
- Henne, K 2010, 'WADA, the Promises of Law and the Landscapes of Antidoping Regulation', PoLAR: Politlcal and Legal Anthropology Review, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 306-325.
- Henne, K 2009, 'Taking a Break to Think through Gender and Regulation: Doping as a Case Study', in Thinking Gender Papers, Center for the Study of Women. Los Angeles: University of California.
- Henne, K 2009, 'The Origins of the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission and its Technocratic Regime', Lausanne: International Olympic Committee.
