PhD Program

Doing a PhD at the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity

The Southgate Institute welcomes PhD students from many disciplines. Honours graduates in Sociology, Psychology, Health Sciences, Social Work, Geography and many other Disciplines are encouraged to explore the numerous opportunities that exist by undertaking a PhD under the banner of the Southgate Institute.

PhD students with the Southgate Institute are supported in a number of ways and have the opportunity to work within a vibrant interdisciplinary research culture. A number of different subject areas which come under the broad category of social and economic determinants of health are suitable for PhD at the Southgate Institute and experienced staff are available to supervise students. Two specific topics are also available.

For more information contact the Southgate Institute by email or phone (+61 8) 7221 8411.

Opportunities

Specific topic

No specific topic PhD opportunities are currently available.

Subject areas

Many social and economic factors influence health outcomes. You might be interested in the health impacts of: 

  • housing and neighbourhoods
  • being Indigenous
  • gender
  • social exclusion
  • employment
  • living in rural or remote areas
  • being a refugee
  • having a disability
  • access to digital technology
  • and there are many others.

Staff available to supervise

Southgate PhD students are required to have a panel of two or three supervisors, which usually includes at least one Southgate staff member and a supervisor from a different disciplinary background either inside or outside of Flinders.

Students

Current Students:

Elsa Barton

Topic: Individual and community responses to depression in a comprehensive primary health care model of service delivery: equity, empowerment and health outcomes among clients with depression.

Supervisors: Prof Fran Baum, Dr Angela Lawless and Dr Toby Freeman.

Contact: elsa.barton@flinders.edu.au  

 

 Ken Goodall

Topic: A study of how older Greek and Italian migrants find the information they need in their everyday lives

Supervisors: Prof Paul Ward and Dr Lareen Newman

Contact: kenneth.goodall@flinders.edu.au

 

 

Judy Lewis

Topic: Judy's research will form part of the current HiAP research project "Does a Health in All Policies approach improve health, well-being and equity?"

Supervisors: Prof Fran Baum, Dr Angela Lawless, and Dr Toni Delany

Contact: judy.lewis@flinders.edu.au

 

Lori Baugh Littlejohns

Topic: The influence of health promotion policy implementation on practice in primary health care

Supervisors: Prof Fran Baum, Dr Angela Lawless, and Dr Toby Freeman

Contact: baug0004@flinders.edu.au


Georgia Panagiotopoulos

Topic: Social determinants of health and well-being among older Greek migrant widows and widowers in urban and rural South Australia

Supervisors: Prof Fran Baum, Dr Lareen Newman, Dr Ruth Walker and Prof Michael Tsianikas

Contact: pana0035@flinders.edu.au

 
 

 

 

Louise Townend

Topic: Targeting Healthy Weight? How different ideological understandings of healthy weight impact on health equity.

Supervisors: Prof Fran Baum , Prof John Coveney (Dean of Flinders Prevention, Promotion and Primary Health Care) and Dr Lareen Newman

Contact: louise.townend@flinders.edu.au

 

Past students and topics

Julia Anaf
Topic: Antecedents and consequences of job loss following downsizing and closure of Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd during 2004-2005.

Sam Battams
Topic: Housing for people with a psychiatric disability: Community empowerment, partnerships and politics.

Susan Booth
Topic: Eating rough - Food insecurity amongst homeless young people in Adelaide.

Kathryn Browne-Yung
Topic: The comparative experience of low income individuals living in advantaged and disadvantaged areas.

Anne Johnson
Topic: Organisational change in a hospital. A detailed look at how the philosophy behind the World Health Organization's health promoting hospital project had been implemented in a large metropolitan based hospital, with a statewide focus.

Sabitra Kaphle
Topic: Uncovering the Covered: Pregnancy & Childbirth Experiences of Disadvantaged Women in Remote Mountain Districts of Nepal.


Catherine Mackenzie
Topic: Mothers, breast cancer survivorship and physical activity promotion.

Katy Osborne
Topic: Women's participation in community groups, the nature of 'social capital' that women access from such involvement, and the implications of this participation for their mental well-being.

Christine Putland
Topic: Liberal feminism: Liability or lifeboat for women working in South Australian local government.

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