Lois Joyce Bryson (5 October 1937 – 7 January 2024) was an Australian sociologist. She was one of the founders of academic sociology in Australia.[1]
Lois Bryson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 October 1937 |
| Died | 7 January 2024 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne Monash University |
| Known for | Sociologist |
Education
editBryson 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.[2] She was an early second-wave feminist in Australia.[3]
Career
editIn 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.[1]
Bryson also authored studies regarding women in sport,[4] women's health[5] and the welfare state.[6][7] She worked as a professor at the University of Adelaide.[8]
Her career in research was recognised by her election as a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1998,[9] membership of the Australian Research Council's research training and careers committee, and the award of a Federation medal (2003).[10]
In retirement she was an emeritus professor at the University of Newcastle and an adjunct professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.[11]
Death
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Professor Lois Bryson". ABC listen. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ↑ "Lois Bryson - The Australian Sociological Association". tasa.org.au. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ↑ "ALSWH – Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health". alswh.org.au. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Australia's longest running study of women's health". shorthand.uq.edu.au. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ↑ Marston, Greg; McDonald, Catherine; Bryson, Lois (2014). "The Australian welfare state: who benefits now?". Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Community engagement, social justice: platforms for new Uni research and teaching". University of Adelaide. 25 November 1997.
- ↑ "Academy Fellow: Emeritus Professor Lois Bryson FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ↑ Melbourne, The University of. "Bryson, Lois - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ↑ "Bryson, Lois - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Lois Bryson Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald". tributes.smh.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.