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Australian sociologist (1937 – 2024)

Lois Bryson
Born(1937-10-05)5 October 1937
Died7 January 2024(2024-01-07) (aged 86)
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Monash University
Known forSociologist

Lois Joyce Bryson (5 October 1937 – 7 January 2024) was an Australian sociologist. She was one of the founders of academic sociology in Australia.

Education

Bryson completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1959 followed by a Diploma of Education in 1964, both at the University of Melbourne, before achieving her PhD in sociology at Monash University. She was an early second-wave feminist in Australia.

Career

In 1972, Bryson wrote An Australian Newtown (1972), Australia's first sociological study of a suburb with Faith Thompson and, with Ian Winter, Social Change, Suburban Lives (1999), a re-study of the same suburb thirty years on.

Bryson also authored studies regarding women in sport, women's health and the welfare state. She worked as a professor at the University of Adelaide.

Her career in research was recognised by her election as a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1998, membership of the Australian Research Council's research training and careers committee, and the award of a Federation medal (2003).

In retirement she was an emeritus professor at the University of Newcastle and an adjunct professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Death

Bryson died in January 2024. She is survived by her two children and two grandchildren.

References

  1. ^ "Professor Lois Bryson". ABC listen. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. "Lois Bryson - The Australian Sociological Association". tasa.org.au. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  3. "ALSWH – Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health". alswh.org.au. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  4. Bryson, Lois (1 December 1983). "Sport and the Oppression of Women". The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology. 19 (3): 413–426. doi:10.1177/144078338301900303. ISSN 0004-8690.
  5. "Australia's longest running study of women's health". shorthand.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  6. Bryson, Lois; Eastop, Len (1 December 1980). "Poverty, Welfare and Hegemony, 1973 and 19781". The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology. 16 (3): 61–71. doi:10.1177/144078338001600307. ISSN 0004-8690.
  7. Marston, Greg; McDonald, Catherine; Bryson, Lois (2014). "The Australian welfare state: who benefits now?". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Community engagement, social justice: platforms for new Uni research and teaching". University of Adelaide. 25 November 1997.
  9. Melbourne, The University of. "Bryson, Lois - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  10. "Bryson, Lois - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  11. Murphy, John; Bryson, Fran; Edwards, Anne (10 April 2024). "'Chippy' not a conventional academic, but an agent for change". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  12. "Lois Bryson Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald". tributes.smh.com.au. Retrieved 30 November 2024.


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