Associate Professor Fran Collyer
BA Flinders, BA (Hons) ANU, PhD Flinders
Associate Professor
Member of China Studies Centre
A26 - R.C. Mills Building
The University of Sydney
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Biographical details
Associate Professor Fran Collyer has significant experience in the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods, and her research is informed by a sociological perspective and the sociological classics. Prior to joining the University of Sydney, Fran enjoyed a career in the provision of consultancy research for both government and industry, including the evaluation of health and welfare programs and the social impact of technological change. During her academic career, she has sustained an interest in the healthcare sector, focusing on the invention and development of medical technologies, the relationship between the state and the private sector, the privatisation and contracting-out of public assets and services, and the tensions inherent in marrying private with public services. She is currently involved in three major programs of research. The first involves the institutional history of the discipline of sociology in Australia: the importation of sociological knowledge in a post-colonial setting and the effects of market processes on knowledge practices. The second program examines the production and exchange of organised knowledge in the global context. It compares knowledge practices in the countries of the ‘global south’ with those of the ‘metropole’. The third program focuses on the increasing privatisation of Australian healthcare services and the barriers to achieving access and equity in health service provision.
Teaching and supervision
I have supervised postgraduate students in the areas of health, welfare and medicine (including the marketisation and privatisation of health services), the sociology of risk, gender and sexuality (and transsexuality), science and technology, urban transport and development, mental health, and youth studies. I welcome enquiries from students in these areas, but also in the history and institutional development of the academic disciplines, the processes of knowledge production and exchange in either national or global contexts, and the sociology of knowledge.
Teaching Areas
- SCLG2603: The Sociology of Health and Illness
- SLCG2622: The Sociology of Knowledge
- Research Methods
Current Post-Graduate Students
Greta Weston Werner
- A comparison of housing and transport development across three areas of practice
Graeme MacLennan
- The relationship and communication between the pedigree catorganisations and the veterinary profession in New South Wales.
Weiyi Hu
- Sexuality and Pornography Consumption Amongst Australians and Chinese People
Toby Rogers
- The Political Economy of Autism
Seamus Barker
- The Sociology of Pain
Current research students
Project title | Research student |
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Constructing Chinese Sexuality | Weiyi HU |
A comparison of social housing accross three areas of practice | Greta WERNER |
Associations
- The Australian Sociological Association
- The British Sociological Association
- The International Sociological Association
- The Health Governance Network
- Associate Editor, Sociology (A BSA journal)
- Senior Editorial Advisor, Health Sociology Review
- Editorial Board, Health Sociology Review (2009-2014)
- Editor in Chief, Health Sociology Review (2004-2009)
- Editorial Board, Electronic Journal of Sociology (1998-2001)
- Editorial Advisory Panel, Electronic Journal of Sociology (1994-1998)
Web Page Production
A set of webpages for The Australian Sociological Association providing detailed information about the history of the discipline in Australia, of the speciality sections, the prominent individuals in the discipline, the journals and the major events of the period. http://www.tasa.org.au/about-tasa/tasa-history/
Poster Presentations
Willis, K., Franklin, M., Lewis, S., Harley, K., Short, S., Collyer, F.M., Calnan, M., and Gabe, J. (2013) ‘Navigating the Healthcare Maze: Implications for empirical research and policy’ poster presentation, the BSA Medical Sociology Group 45th Annual Conference 11-13 September, 2013, University of York, New Zealand.
Invited Addresses and KeyNotes
- Collyer, F.M.; Willis, K. and Lewis, S. 'Patients, Policies and Strategies in the Healthcare Field'in Masterclass: Analysing Individual Health Investments Across the Spheres of Work, Education and Health Care,Aalborg University, Copenhagen, 18-20 Sept, 2017.
- Collyer, F.M.; Willis, K. and Lewis, S.'HealthcareKnowledge Practices and Inequality: The Australian Experience'to be presented at the 49th Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference 2017, University of York, 13-15th Sept.
- Collyer, F.M. (2016) ‘Innovative Approaches to Researching Health Sociology’ Key Note address, for one day seminar, Health Sociology in the 21st century: Innovative Approaches to Researching Health and Society. Friday 2 December, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne.
- Collyer, F.M. (2015) ‘Academic Publishing, Predatory Journals and Open Access’ Session 2 Roundtable: Vagaries of Publishing – Do We Need to Publish Differently? School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) Research Day 18th September 2015.
- Collyer, F.M. (2014) ‘The Healthcare System and Its Gatekeepers: A Set of Problems for Analysis’ November 21st, DePaul University, College of Science and Health, Chicago.
- Collyer, F.M. (2014) ‘Methodologies For The Analysis of The Production of Expert Knowledges’ One day public seminar, 22nd April, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- Collyer, F.M. (2013) ‘50 years of TASA and Health Sociology in Australia’ speaker at one-day symposium, Celebrating 50 years of TASA in Australia, Health Sociology in Australia: Where to From Here? 8th July, the Australian Catholic University, Strathfield.
- Collyer, F.M. ‘The Core-Periphery Relations of Knowledge Production’ Plenary Panel Southern Theory: New Knowledge Speaking Back to the Mainstream presented at The Australian Sociological Association, Annual Conference, Newcastle December 2011.
- Collyer, F.M. ‘A (Very) Brief History of the Health Section of TASA’ Health Day, Panel 2: Panel Discussion: Reflections on the Field: The Early Years and Progress in the Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine. The Australian Sociological Association, Annual Conference, Social Causes, Private Lives, 6-10th December 2010, Macquarie University: Sydney.
- Collyer, F.M. ‘Medical Sociology: Australia and Britain Compared’, theme paper for The Power of Sociology in Health and the Health Care Professions, 2nd December 2008, School of Graduate Research, University of Melbourne.
- Collyer, F.M. ‘Health Sociology Since 1990: Australia and the United Kingdom’, presented as a member of the Plenary Panel Medical Sociology in Australia British Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Group Conference, Brighton, UK, September 2008.
- Collyer, F.M. Panel discussion: The Power of Sociology in Health and the Health Care Professions. Health Sociology Day at The Australian Sociological Association Conference, December 2008, University of Melbourne.
- Collyer, F.M.The Thesis and Beyond, Plenary Panel, at the Health Social Science Conference, The School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Beechworth, Victoria, 22nd to 24th June 2007.
- Collyer, F.M. (1999) ‘The Other Millennium Bug: Problems in the Australian Health Care System’ presented at Health Care in the New Millennium - A Bug In The System? The St. George Hospital Social Work Conference: Sydney, NSW.
- Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Competition and the Australian Hospital Market’ presented at 30th Annual Conference of the Public Health Association of Australia 13th September, Special Interest Group Workshop on the Political Economy of Health: Wrest Point Casino, Tasmania.
- Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Privatisation, The Case of Port Macquarie Base Hospital’ presented at the Australian Nursing Federation Annual Delegates Conference 30-31st July, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.
- Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Privatisation, Cost Efficiency and Public Accountability: The Case of Port Macquarie Base Hospital’ presented at the Public Health Association (Victorian Branch) Seminar on Privatisation 17th June, University of Melbourne: Melbourne.
- Collyer, F.M. (1997) ‘Privatisation in Australian Health Care: Policy and Practice’ presented at the 23rd Federal Conference of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia November 15th, Adelaide Convention Centre: South Australia.
- White, K.N. and Collyer, F.M. (1997) ‘To Market To Market: Corporatisation, Privatisation and Hospital Costs’ presented at the Sociology and Social Policy Seminar October 13th, Department of Sociology, Victoria University of Wellington: New Zealand.
- Collyer, F.M. (1996) ‘Analysing Social Reconstructions of Health Knowledge’ presented for panel discussion, the Health Sociology Day, The Australian Sociological Association, 4th December, CSIRO Marine Laboratories: Hobart, Tasmania.
- Collyer, F.M. (1992) ‘Transsexualism and Australian Law Reform: Culture and SexualitiesSymposium’ presented at The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference 11-13th December, University of South Australia: Adelaide.
- Collyer, F.M. and Turner, B.S. (1986) ‘Professionalism, De-Skilling and Gender in Hospital Pharmacy’ presented at the Annual Conference of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia October, Hahndorf, South Australia.
Selected grants
2013
- Global Arenas of Knowledge: Centre/Periphery Relations and Change in Knowledge Production on a World Scale; Morrell R, Maia J, Connell R, Collyer F; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
- How Australians navigate the healthcare maze: the differential capacity to choose; Willis K, Short S, Collyer F, Harley K, Gabe J, Calnan M; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
- How Australians navigate the healthcare maze: the differential capacity to choose; Willis K, Short S, Collyer F, Harley K, Gabe J, Calnan M; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
2012
- 50th Anniversary History Project; Collyer F; The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)/Research Support.
2006
- School of Philosophic and Historical Inquiry; Collyer F, Elliot A; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Research Support.
2004
- The Australian Health Care System; Collyer F; University of Sydney/Seed Funding Grant.
2003
- Survey of hospital pharmacists; Collyer F; University of Queensland - Faculty of Pharmacy/Research Grant.
- Failed Privatisation and Occupations in Transition; Collyer F; University of Sydney/Seed Funding Grant.
- Survey of hospital pharmacists; Collyer F; Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia/Research Grant.
2002
- Linkage 2002 - Sailing into the Future: Training Australia's digital generation for the future deman; Finkelstein J, Collyer F, Berman N, Rose A, Van Krieken R; Dept of Defence: Young Endeavour Youth Scheme/Project Support.
- Occupations in transition: Allied health professionals and privatisation in the Australian health care system.; Collyer F; DVC Research/Research and Development Scheme: Research and Development (R&D).
Selected publications
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The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
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Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine: America, Britain and Australia Compared (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
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So We Write Star Authors: Another Anthology of the Society of Women Writers (The Society of Women Writers South Australia, 2006)
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Public Enterprise Divestment: Australian Case Studies (Pacific Institute of Management and Development, University of the South Pacific, 2001)
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