Professor Suzanne Franzway

Emeritus Professor UniSA Justice & Society

email Suzanne.Franzway@unisa.edu.au

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About me

I research in Gender Studies and Sociology and supervise research students across these areas. My work is based on my long-term commitment to applying my research and scholarship to foster social change and gender equality. I work to frame debates on women’s labour rights and social justice in the context of the changing role of trade unions and the impact of globalisation on work and family. The focus of my research is 'making feminist politics in greedy institutions' with specialisations in work, labour movements and feminist theory. Current projects: sexual politics and labour movements; the politics of ignorance, social movements and the body; epistemologies of workplace change and gendered violence and women's citizenship. My first...

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Research

Research focus

Other Studies in Human Society
Sociology
Business and Management
Cultural Studies
Historical Studies

Highlights

Current research project includes Feminist activism and labour movements, 'greedy institutions' of work and family, sexual politics, labouring body, social movements, workplace cultures, and domestic violence and citizenship.

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2019	Franzway, S, Moulding, N, Wendt, S, Zufferey, C & Chung, D 2019, The sexual politics of gendered violence and women's citizenship, Policy Press, UK. 10 3
2016	Franzway, S 2016, 'The sexual politics of citizenship and violence', Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 58, pp. 18-24. Open access 15 16
2013	Mills, JE, Franzway, S, Gill, J & Sharp, R 2013, Challenging knowledge, sex and power: gender, work and engineering, Routledge, New York. 8
2009	Gill, J, Mills, JE, Sharp, RD & Franzway, SM 2009, 'Engineering Ignorance: The Problem of Gender Equity in Engineering', Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 89-106. 56 45

Books

Year	Output
2019	Franzway, S, Moulding, N, Wendt, S, Zufferey, C & Chung, D 2019, The sexual politics of gendered violence and women's citizenship, Policy Press, UK. 10 3
2015	Walby, S, Olive, P, Towers, J, Francis, B, Strid, S, Krizsán, A, Lombardo, E, May-Chahal, C, Franzway, S, Sugarman, D, Agarwal, B & Armstrong, J 2015, Stopping rape: towards a comprehensive policy, Policy Press, UK.
2013	Mills, JE, Franzway, S, Gill, J & Sharp, R 2013, Challenging knowledge, sex and power: gender, work and engineering, Routledge, New York. 8
2011	Franzway, S & Fonow, MM 2011, Making feminist politics: transnational alliances between women and labor, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois. 28

Chapters

Year	Output
2017	Franzway, S 2017, 'The changing sexual politics of gender regulation by unions', in D Peetz & G Murray (eds), Women, labor segmentation and regulation: varieties of gender gaps, 1st ed., Palgrave Macmillan, United States, ch. 4, pp. 61-77. 2
2015	Franzway, SM 2015, 'Sexual politics and queer activism in the Australian trade union movement', in F Colgan & N Rumens (eds), Sexual orientation at Work: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives, Taylor and Francis, US, ch. 14, pp. 213 - 227.
2011	Fonow, MM, Franzway, S & Moghadam, VM 2011, 'Introduction and overview: globalization and women's social rights', in VM Moghadam, S Franzway & MM Fonow (eds), Making globalization work for women: the role of social rights and trade union leadership, SUNY Press, New York, pp. 1-24. 4
2011	Franzway, S & Fonow, MM 2011, 'Demanding their rights: LGBT transnational labor activism', in VM Moghadam, S Franzway & MM Fonow (eds), Making globalization work for women: the role of social rights and trade union leadership, SUNY Press, New York, pp. 289-308. 5
2009	Fonow, M & Franzway, SM 2009, 'Sites for renewal : women's activism in male-dominated unions in Australia, Canada, and the United States', in J Foley & P Baker (eds), Unions, equity and the path to renewal, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, ch. 10, pp. 177-191.
2009	Franzway, SM 2009, 'Leading the unions: sexual politics and international alliances', in G Bloustein, B Comber & A Mackinnon (eds), The Hawke legacy, Wakefield Press, Australia, pp. 212-222.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Cordier, R, Chen, Y-W, Chung, D, Mahoney, N, Martin, R, Dorozenko, K, Franzway, S, Moulding, N, Wendt, S & Zufferey, C 2024, 'The long shadow of intimate partner violence: associations of mental and physical health with employment, housing, and demographic factors', Violence Against Women, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1300-1329. Open access 1 3
2023	Moulding, N, Chung, D, Zufferey, C, Franzway, S & Wendt, S 2023, 'Social participation after intimate partner violence: investigating the impact on women's citizenship', Violence Against Women, vol. 29, no. 14, pp. 2754-2774. Open access 37
2021	Moulding, N, Franzway, S, Wendt, S, Zufferey, C & Chung, D 2021, 'Rethinking women's mental health after intimate partner violence', Violence Against Women, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1064-1090. Open access 33 30 46
2016	Fonow, MM & Franzway, S 2016, 'Queering labor', Labor History, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 549-553.
2016	Franzway, S 2016, 'The sexual politics of citizenship and violence', Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 58, pp. 18-24. Open access 15 16
2016	Zufferey, C, Chung, D, Franzway, S, Wendt, S & Moulding, N 2016, 'Intimate partner violence and housing: eroding women's citizenship', Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 463-478. Open access 32 21 3
2012	Sharp, R, Franzway, S, Mills, J & Gill, J 2012, 'Flawed policy, failed politics? Challenging the sexual politics of managing diversity in engineering organizations', Gender, Work and Organization, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 555-572. 42 36
2011	Mills, JE, Gill, J, Sharp, RD & Franzway, SM 2011, 'Getting it together: feminist interdisciplinary research on women and engineering', Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 34, pp. 13-19. 18 11
2009	Franzway, SM & Fonow, M 2009, 'Queer Activism, Feminism and the Transnational Labor Movement', Scholar & Feminist Online, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1-9.
2009	Gill, J, Mills, JE, Sharp, RD & Franzway, SM 2009, 'Engineering Ignorance: The Problem of Gender Equity in Engineering', Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 89-106. 56 45
2008	Fonow, M & Franzway, SM 2008, 'An Australian feminist twist on transnational labor activism', Signs, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 537-543. 3 3
2008	Franzway, SM, Maher, J & Lindsay, J 2008, 'Time, caring labour and social policy: Understanding the family time economy in contemporary families', Work Employment and Society, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 547-558. 32 31
2008	Franzway, SM, Mills, JE, Gill, J & Sharp, RD 2008, 'I still wanna be an engineer! Women, education and the engineering profession', European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 391-402. 97 61
2008	Mills, JE, Gill, J, Sharp, RD & Franzway, SM 2008, ''Oh you must be very clever!' High-achieving women, professional power and the ongoing negotiation of workplace identity', Gender and Education, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 223-236. Open access 42 31

Conferences

Year	Output
2012	Franzway, S 2012, 'Workplace culture, ignorance and persistent inequalities', 2012 TASA Conference: Emerging and Enduring Inequalities, The Australian Sociological Association, pp. 1. Open access
2012	Zufferey, C, Chung, D & Franzway, S 2012, 'Not on people's radar: employer responses to women's experiences of intimate partner violence', in A Broom & L Cheshire (eds), 2012 TASA Conference : Emerging and Enduring Inequalities, The Australian Sociological Association, pp. 1-10. Open access
2010	Franzway, SM 2010, 'Greedy institutions and union activism', in S Velayutham, N Ebert & S Watkins (eds), The annual conference of the Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Macquarie University, pp. 1-12. Open access
2009	Franzway, SM 2009, 'Working through the world social forum', in S Lockie (ed.), The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference 2009, Australian Sociological Association, pp. 1-11. Open access
2009	Mills, J, Gill, J, Franzway, S & Sharp, R 2009, 'Sustaining and enjoying a multi-disciplinary, multi-department, multi-campus research collaboration on women in engineering', in SA Rajala (ed.), 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, pp. 1-10. Open access 2
2008	Franzway, SM 2008, 'Framing domestic violence: its impact on women's employment.', in T. Majoribanks, J Barraket, JS Chang, A Dawson, M Guillemin, M Henry-Waring, A Kenyon, r Kokanovic, J Lewis, D Lusher, D Nolan, P Pyett, R Robins, D Warr, J Wyn, 2008 Australian Sociological Association Conference, TASA. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2015	Franzway, S, Wendt, S, Moulding, N, Zufferey, C, Chung, D & Elder, A 2015, Gendered violence and citizenship: the long term effects of domestic violence on mental health, housing, work and social activity, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access

Other outputs

Fonow, M.M and Franzway, S. ‘Women’s Activism in the US Trade Union Movement’ in Holly J. McCammon Lee Ann Banaszak, Verta Taylor and Jo Rege (eds) Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women’s Social Movement Activism, OUP (2017)

Franzway, S. ‘Transnational labor movements’ in N. Naples (ed.) Encyclopaedia Gender and Sexuality Studies, Wiley-Blackwell, New York (Published online 28 October 2015)

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Arizona State University	UNITED STATES
Central European University	HUNGARY
Complutense University of Madrid	SPAIN
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Lancaster University	UNITED KINGDOM
Macquarie University	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Northumbria University	UNITED KINGDOM
Orebro University	SWEDEN
Purdue University	UNITED STATES
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
University of Cumbria	UNITED KINGDOM
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Designer casuals: women's work and designer fashion boutiques - negotiating glamorous disadvantage	Completed
Living Buddhism: negotiating practice, meaning and identity in contemporary Australia	Completed
Maintaining male dominance in the workplace: firefighters in an Australian metropolitan fire service	Completed
Motherhood, equality and the state: the possibilities and limitations of the Australian Human Rights Commission	Completed
Penalties and dividends: the sexual politics of aspiring egalitarian parenting	Completed
Sole mothers in Australia: work, care and social support	Completed
Speaking the unspeakable. Interrogating leadership: gender-race-ethnicity in Australian Catholic education	Completed
The framing of the agency of India's reproductive subjects	Completed
The long journey of Australia's engagement with Asia: a national identity perspective	Completed
The unsettling of home: power, dwelling and everyday life for older women in Australia	Completed
Understanding cultural production for sustainability and diversity: the case of the popular music industry	Completed
Women's rights and cultural rights of Liberian and Afghani women in multicultural Australia	Completed
Working in the shadows: labouring bodies in the commercial cleaning industry	Completed

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