Dr Eric Hsu

Program Director: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) UniSA Justice & Society

Magill Campus (B1-03)
tel +61 8 830 21836

email Eric.Hsu@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

sociology

Dr Eric L Hsu is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Justice & Society Academic Unit at the University of South Australia, where he also serves as a Research Platform Leader at the UniSA Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. With Dr Louis Everuss, Dr Hsu hosts and produces the Sociology of Everything podcast. This podcast aims to stimulate interest in sociological ideas by offering a sideways and engaging look at the wonders of sociology. He is co-author most recently of Technosleep: Frontiers, Fictions, Futures, published by Palgrave Macmillan. More information can be found on his website: www.ericlhsu.com

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Research

Highlights

Sociology of sleep, Social acceleration theory, Disasters research, Sociology of time, Social theory, Sociology of food cultures, Globalization theory.

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, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2023	Coveney, C, Greaney, M, Hsu, EL, Meadows, R & Williams, SJ 2023, Technosleep: frontiers, fictions, futures, Springer, Switzerland. 1 3
2020	Bissell, D, Birtchnell, T, Elliot, A & Hsu, EL 2020, 'Autonomous automobilities: the social impacts of driverless vehicles', Current Sociology, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 116-134. Open access 115 81 32
2020	Hsu, EL, Elliott, A, Ishii, Y, Sawai, A & Katagiri, M 2020, 'The development of aged care robots in Japan as a varied process', Technology in Society. vol. 63, pp.1-9. 10 7
2019	Hsu, EL 2019, 'Must disasters be rapidly occurring? The case for an expanded temporal typology of disasters', Time and Society, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 904-921. 22 17 3
2017	Hsu, EL 2017, 'The sociological significance of non-human sleep', Sociology, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 865-879. 11 7 17

Books

Year	Output
2023	Coveney, C, Greaney, M, Hsu, EL, Meadows, R & Williams, SJ 2023, Technosleep: frontiers, fictions, futures, Springer, Switzerland. 1 3
2016	Elliott, A & Hsu, EL 2016, The consequences of global disasters, Routledge, UK. 3 3

Chapters

Year	Output
2024	Everuss, L & Hsu, EL 2024, 'Modern bordering systems and digital identities: data doubles, enrolment exclusion and the creation of digital polities', in A Elliott (ed.), The De Gruyter Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Identity and Technology Studies, De Gruyter, Germany, ch. 12, pp. 211-232.
2021	Hsu, EL 2021, 'Technogenarians: ageing and robotic care 1', in A Elliott (ed.), The Routledge Social Science Handbook of AI, Routledge, UK, ch. 17, pp. 266-280. 2
2019	Hsu, EL 2019, 'Individualism, identity, and social acceleration', in A Elliott (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies: 2nd Edition, 2, Routledge, UK, ch. 9, pp. 147-165.
2016	Elliott, A & Hsu, EL 2016, 'Accelerated identity: five theses on the self', in A Elliott (ed.), Identity troubles: an introduction, Routledge, US, ch.5, pp. 111-130. 1 11
2016	Hsu, EL & Elliott, A 2016, 'Broadening horizons of disaster research', in A Elliott & EL Hsu (eds), The consequences of global disasters, Routledge, UK, ch. 1, pp. 3-18. 1
2014	Hsu, EL 2014, 'Globalization', in A Elliott (ed.), Routledge handbook of social and cultural theory, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, ch. 11, pp. 192 - 206.
2013	Hsu, EL 2013, 'Prelude 9 postmodern social theory', in A Elliott, M Katagiri & A Sawai (eds), Routledge companion to contemporary Japanese social theory from individualization to globalization in Japan today, Routledge, UK, ch. 9, pp. 196-199.
2011	Hsu, EL 2011, 'New identities, new individualism', in A Elliott (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies, Taylor and Francis, US, ch. 8, pp. 129-147.
2010	Hsu, EL 2010, 'Social theory and globalization', in A Elliott (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Social Theory, 1, Routledge, London, ch. 13, pp. 203-218.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2020	Bissell, D, Birtchnell, T, Elliot, A & Hsu, EL 2020, 'Autonomous automobilities: the social impacts of driverless vehicles', Current Sociology, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 116-134. Open access 115 81 32
2020	Hsu, EL, Elliott, A, Ishii, Y, Sawai, A & Katagiri, M 2020, 'The development of aged care robots in Japan as a varied process', Technology in Society. vol. 63, pp.1-9. 10 7
2019	Hsu, EL 2019, 'Must disasters be rapidly occurring? The case for an expanded temporal typology of disasters', Time and Society, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 904-921. 22 17 3
2017	Hsu, EL & Salenius, B-M 2017, 'Mobilizing minds in working life: a conversation between Eric L. Hsu and Bo-Magnus Salenius on corporate mobilities and organizational change in the 21st century', Applied Mobilities, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 215-222.
2017	Hsu, EL 2017, 'The sociological significance of non-human sleep', Sociology, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 865-879. 11 7 17
2015	Hsu, EL & Elliott, A 2015, 'Social acceleration theory and the self', Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 397-418. 17 12
2015	Hsu, EL 2015, 'The slow food movement and time shortage: beyond the dichotomy of fast or slow', Journal of Sociology, vol. 51 no. 3, pp. 628-642. 24 18 2
2013	Hsu, EL 2013, 'The sociology of sleep and the measure of social acceleration', Time and Society, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 212-234. 34 31

Non Traditional Outputs

Year	Output
2020	Long, C, Aguilera, A, Antonialli, F, Cohen, J-C, Fourcadet, O, Gache, P, Hsu, E, Kortum, K, Lenz, B, Kovarik, J-B, Raux, C, Salat, S & Zmud, J 2020, Defining the role of automated transportation infrastructure in shaping sociotechnical systems, Think20 (T20).

Reports

Year	Output
2018	Hsu, E & Everuss, L 2018, Input paper for the Horizon Scanning Project 'The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence: an opportunity to improve our wellbeing' on behalf of the Australian Council of Learned Academies, Australian Council of Learned Academies, Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Aix-Marseille University	FRANCE
CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	FRANCE
ESSEC Business School	FRANCE
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
German Aerospace Center	GERMANY
Gustave Eiffel University (France)	FRANCE
Keio University	JAPAN
Kwansei Gakuin University	JAPAN
Lancaster University	UNITED KINGDOM
Loughborough University	UNITED KINGDOM
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
Renault (France)	FRANCE
Rikkyo University	JAPAN
Rissho University	JAPAN
Stratasys	ISRAEL
Texas A and M University	UNITED STATES
Toyo University	JAPAN
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Paris-Saclay	FRANCE
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Surrey	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Tokyo	JAPAN
University of Warwick	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
Urban Morphology Institute	FRANCE

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Review Editor Applied Mobilities	2023
Review Editor Applied Mobilities	2022
Review Editor Applied Mobilities	2021
Review Editor Applied Mobilities	2020
Review Editor Applied Mobilities	2019
Editorial Board Member Palgrave Communications	2018
Review Editor Applied Mobilities	2018
Shortlisted for SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence British Sociological Association	2018
Editorial Board Member Palgrave Communications	2017
Review Editor Applied Mobilities	2017
Editorial Board Member Palgrave Communications	2016
Editorial Board Member Palgrave Communications	2016
Editorial Board Member Palgrave Communications	2015
Editorial Board Member Palgrave Communications	2015

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Sociology -Double degree program UniSA/Keio University	Current
Opting out: a critical study of women leaving their careers to adopt new lifestyles	Completed
Sovereignty, mobility and the representation of irregular maritime arrivals in Australian newspapers	Completed
The trials and tribulations of `new cosmopolitanism¿: a critical assessment	Completed
The Turtle Moves: how Terry Pratchett¿s Discworld does vernacular theory	Completed

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