Published Jun 26 2020

Nice Guise - What Happens Next? podcast exploring modern masculinity

Steven
Roberts
Professor, School of Education Culture and Society, Monash University
Brittany ralph
PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences.
Rebecca stewart
Rebecca Stewart, Research Fellow, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
Sandro demaio
CEO of VicHealth; Founder of NCDFREE, SDF and festival21
Susan carland
Academic, author and social commentator

On this episode of the What Happens Next? podcast we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour. 

The research undertaken by one of the guests in our last episode, Steve Roberts, along with PhD students Brittany Ralph and Rebecca Stewart, is now being used by VicHealth to develop programs and projects to support healthier masculinity. We’ll talk to them about their research, along with VicHealth CEO and Monash alum Sandro Demaio, also known as the host of ABC’s Ask the Doctor, about how they're helping to turn the tide on toxic masculinity through innovation and education. 

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About the Authors

  • Steven roberts

    Professor, School of Education Culture and Society, Monash University

    Steve is an internationally recognised expert in research on youth, social class inequality and young people’s transitions to adulthood, and also on the changing nature of men and masculinities. The latter includes men’s engagement with risky drinking; sexting; emotionality; computer gaming; violence; domestic labour; compulsory and post-compulsory education; employment.

  • Brittany ralph

    PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences.

    Through in depth conversations with young Australian men and their fathers, Brittany's doctoral research explores intergenerational change and continuity in male friendship, and how this speaks to the transformation of masculinity more broadly. Through this, and her other research projects, she aims to contribute a more in depth understanding of what it means to be a man in contemporary Australia, how this is changing for the better, and where work remains to be done.

  • Rebecca stewart

    Rebecca Stewart, Research Fellow, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre

    Rebecca is investigating direct participation programs, working with men and boys to address restrictive gender norms and stereotypes to shift attitudes and behaviours.

  • Sandro demaio

    CEO of VicHealth; Founder of NCDFREE, SDF and festival21

    Sandro is the CEO of VicHealth, a medical doctor and a globally-renowned public health expert and advocate. In his pro bono work, Dr Demaio co-founded NCDFREE, a global social movement against chronic disease which reached more than 2.5 million young people in its first 18 months. In 2018, he established an independent, not-for-profit foundation funded by his media work and focused on improving the health and nutrition of young Australians. He has published more than 30 scientific papers and 110 articles. He also authored the Doctor’s Diet, a cookbook based on science and inspired by a love of good food.

  • Susan carland

    Director, Bachelor of Global Studies, and Lecturer, School of Language, Literature, Cultures and Linguistics

    Susan's research and teaching specialties focus on gender, sociology, contemporary Australia, terrorism, and Islam in the modern world. Susan hosted the “Assumptions” series on ABC’s Radio National, and was named one of the 20 Most Influential Australian Female Voices in 2012 by The Age.

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