Senior Lecturer, Sociology

Discipline : Sociology

Click here for link to UTas Web Access Research Portal (WARP) which lists Bruce's funded projects, graduate research supervision and publication information.

Research Interests

Bruce Tranter's research interests include Australian identity, environmental social movements and leaders, political attitudes and behaviour and housing. An experienced survey researcher and data analyst who also employs qualitative methods, he publishes in national and international social and political science journals.

Current projects include survey based research on environmental activism in Australia and colonial and postcolonial influences on Australian identities, including into public perceptions of Australia’s (anti)hero Ned Kelly.

Research Areas:

• Housing and Community Research Unit (HACRU)  Read More
• Nature and Environment  Read More
• Neoliberalism, Inequality and Politics: Public Policy and the Transformation of Australian Society  Read More
• Social Futures, Orientations and Identities of Young People in Queensland  Read More

Units

• HGA203 - Social and Political Research
  
• HGA204 - Survey Research
  
• HGA303 - Social and Political Research
  
• HGA405 - Skills and Research Methods Workshop