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About us

The Vitalities Lab is a research group that is part of the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia. It was established by Deborah Lupton in 2019 with funding provided by UNSW as part of her professorial appointment, with a special focus on experimenting with applying more-than-human theory and creative methods to social research.

Professor Deborah Lupton, leader (Google Scholar profile) (2019-present)

Dr Anastasia Murney, postdoctoral fellow (Google Scholar profile) (2025-present)

Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris, postdoctoral fellow (Google Scholar profile) (2025-present)

Dr Ella Butler, postdoctoral fellow (2023-24)

Dr Vaughan Wozniak-O’Connor, postdoctoral fellow (Google Scholar profile) (2021-2024)

Dr Kerryn Drysdale, postdoctoral fellow (Google Scholar profile) (2022-2024)

Dr Clare Southerton, postdoctoral fellow (Google Scholar profile) (2019-2022)

Dr Marianne Clark, postdoctoral fellow (Google Scholar profile) (2019-2022)

Dr Leanne Downing, visiting fellow (Google Scholar profile) (2020-2024)

Dr Ash Watson, postdoctoral fellow (Google Scholar profile), 2019-2024

Dr Megan Rose, doctoral candidate (Google Scholar profile)

Cecily Klim, doctoral candidate (graduated 2025)

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