Dr Terrence Leahy
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Email:terry.leahy@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 6106
Permaculture creating surplus food for Africa
A University of Newcastle sociologist is behind a film documenting a permaculture project in Zimbabwe that has changed lives and boosted food security.
Dr Terry Leahy, and his documentary-making sister, Associate Professor Gillian Leahy of the University of Technology Sydney, travelled to Zimbabwe in 2010 and saw how the use of permaculture changed the degraded landscape into a lush paradise that produces food.
"Where once the 7,000 people of the Chikukwa villages suffered hunger, malnutrition and high rates of disease, this community has turned its fortunes around using permaculture farming techniques," Dr Leahy said.
The Chikukwa Project was started over 20 years ago and through the use of permaculture practices has consistently produced food during that time.
"Now they have a surplus of food and the people in these villages are healthy and proud of their achievements."
"Complementing these strategies for food security, they have built their community strength through locally controlled and initiated programs for permaculture training, conflict resolution, women's empowerment, primary education and HIV management," Dr Leahy said.
Funding for the film was provided by the University of Newcastle, the University of Technology Sydney and the Pozible crowd funding website.
View the 20-minute trailer for the "The Chikukwa Project".
Dr Leahy has undertaken research and consultancy work on environmental attitudes, landcare and sustainability in the Hunter Valley, Australia, as well as in Indonesia and Southern Africa. He says his present research covers three broad topics.
"The first is food security in the context of rural development. The second is the global environmental crisis and the response of the public to environmental politics. The third is social theory, the philosophy of the social sciences and the place of a humanist realist perspective in sociological analysis," Dr Leahy said.
Out of his research in South Africa came a monograph "Permaculture Strategy for the South African Villages" which was published in 2009.
"The book explains a set of tactical approaches to environmental sustainability in regard to land care, local agriculture and food security in the South African villages. People and their meaningful interaction with land is the starting point for strategies and planning principles that address sustainable food and fuel production in villages, to enhance the quality of life for the rural poor," Dr Leahy said.
Dr Leahy will continue his research into food security when he travels to Zambia, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe in 2014. He will visit villages where successful project designs for food security are operating.
"A lot of money has been spent on projects in Africa which have had no lasting impact and the intention of my research is to find out what actually does work and to promote it. The film on the Chikukwa project is a key part of that work as that project has been remarkably successful over a 20 year period," Dr Leahy said.
Permaculture creating surplus food for Africa
A University of Newcastle sociologist is behind a film documenting a permaculture project in Zimbabwe that has changed lives and boosted food security.
Career Summary
Biography
I began lecturing in Sociology in 1973, at UNSW till 1988, and following 1990 at the University of Newcastle. I retired at the end of 2016. My initial research interests were in gender and sexuality. From about 1993, I shifted my research interest to environment and society, working on the political implications of environmental problems such as global warming. I began research in the Hunter in 1995 to consider attitudes of the public to environmental problems and environmental policy, culminating in a survey with the Hunter Valley Research Foundation in 2003. Another area of interest that has developed during this period is project design for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing countries. In relation to this I have researched an EU project for irrigation for poor farmers in Northern Bali with my student Nazrina Zuryani, and projects for rural development and food security in South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Namibia. Out of my research in South Africa came a monograph "Permaculture Strategy for the South African Villages" which was published in 2009. In 2013 I finished a documentary on the CELUCT project in Zimbabwe - "The Chikukwa Project". In 2017 I published "Humanist Realism for Sociologists", a book about the relevance of humanist realism to the social sciences in terms of epistemology, ethics and social analysis. Following retirement I prepared a book on my research on food security problems in Eastern and Southern Africa, published as "Food Security for Rural Africa:Feeding the Farmers First". I have also been publishing more on the topic of the global environmental crisis and the political response to that, working with some of my students and colleagues to consider the responses of business leaders and young people in the Hunter to these issues. Currently I am working on a book on the permaculture movement for Pluto press. I maintain a website that has pdfs and web pages for my writings - www.gifteconomy.org.au.
Research Expertise
Dr. Terry Leahy has undertaken research and consultancy work on environmental attitudes, landcare and sustainability in the Hunter Valley, Australia, as well as in Indonesia and Southern Africa. At present his research covers three broad topics. The first is food security in the context of rural development. The second is the global environmental crisis and the response of the public to environmental politics. The third is social theory, the philosophy of the social sciences and the place of a humanist realist perspective in sociological analysis.
Teaching Expertise
Terry Leahy has extensive teaching experience. His undergraduate teaching prior to retirement included, "Professional Practices and Key Debates in the Social Sciences", "Media and Society", "Environment and Society". His postgraduate teaching included "Environmental Issues" and "Food Security for Rural Development". He was the convenor of the Master of Social Change and Development Program. He also coordinated the Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Stream of the Master of Social Change and Development.
Administrative Expertise
Terry Leahy was the program convenor for the Master of Social Change and Development and the Discipline Convenor for Sociology and Anthropology.
Collaborations
My primary research collaboration at present is with Anitra Nelson.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of New South Wales
- Master of Arts, Carleton University - Canada
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Keywords
- Environment and Society
- Food Security
- Food Security and Development
- Key debates in the Social Sciences
- Non Market Socialism
- Philosophy of the Social Sciences
- Sustainable Agriculture
- The Environmental Crisis
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/1973 - 1/11/1988 | Lecturer | The University of New South Wales School of Humanities and Social Science Australia |
Membership
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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Member - The Australian Sociological Association | The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Australia |
Invitations
External Reviewer - Programs
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2005 |
Bachelor of Land Management (Ecological Agriculture) Organisation: Charles Sturt University (Orange) Description: I was asked to review this program because of my expertise in environmental sociology and my knowledge of issues to do with agriculture and the environment and because I am known to be a very effective teacher of these issues. |
Participant
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2007 |
Research assessment on Greenpower options for University of Newcastle Organisation: University of Newcastle Council |
PhD Examiner
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2002 |
Crystal Waters: A Permaculture Community Organisation: Anthropology, University of Sydney Description: I was invited to mark this thesis because of my expertise in sustainable agriculture technologies and understanding of permaculture as a social movement. Also, because of my knowledge of qualitative research methods as used in the thesis. |
2001 |
Advance Australia Queer: New Imaginary Relationships between the mainstream and the marginal Organisation: Sociology, Latrobe University Description: I was invited to review this because of my expertise in gender studies and in qualitative analysis. |
1997 |
Dancing With Leviathan: Community in the Sydney Anti-Nuclear Warship Movement Organisation: Sociology, University of New South Wales Description: I was invited to examine this thesis because of my knowledge of social movements and of the study of environmental issues and politics from a sociological perspective. |
1997 |
Dancing With Leviathan: Community in the Sydney Anti-Nuclear Warship Movement Organisation: Sociology, University of New South Wales Description: I was invited to examine this thesis because of my knowledge of social movements and of the study of environmental issues and politics from a sociological perspective. |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (4 outputs)
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2018 |
Leahy T, Food security for rural africa: Feeding the farmers first (2018) At least fifty years of projects aimed at the rural poor in Africa have had very little impact. Up to half of the children of these countries are still suffering from stunting and... [more] At least fifty years of projects aimed at the rural poor in Africa have had very little impact. Up to half of the children of these countries are still suffering from stunting and malnutrition. Soil degradation and poor crop yields are ubiquitous. Projects are almost always aimed at helping local people to solve their problems by growing for the market. In some countries, projects link poor villagers into cooperatives to produce a commercial output. In other countries, projects target more competent entrepreneurial villagers. Almost all these projects fail after several years. Even those that are successful make few inroads into the problems. While the slogan 'feeding the farmers first' comes from the Philippines, it is particularly applicable to much of Africa, where household food security can come from household production. This book explains how projects can be designed that increase food security through subsistence production. Focusing on particular people and projects, it gives a sociological analysis of why this is so difficult to manage. This book challenges the models promoted by academics in the field of development studies and argues against the strategies adopted by most donor organizations and government bodies.It explains why commercial projects have been so ubiquitous even though they rarely work. It gives practical tips on how to set up villages and farms to achieve sustainable solutions that also provide plenty of nutritious food. The book is written to be accessible and engaging. For anyone planning to work in the rural areas of Africa, this book is required reading.
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2017 |
Leahy T, Humanist realism for sociologists, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, 230 (2017) [A1]
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2009 | Leahy TS, Permaculture Strategy for the South African Villages: Towards MDG 7 - Environmental Sustainability, PI Productions Photography for Terry Leahy, Palmwoods, QLD, 228 (2009) [A2] | Nova | ||||||
2004 |
Leahy T, Foreword (2004)
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Chapter (9 outputs)
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2019 | Leahy T, 'Permaculture', Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary,, Tulika Books, New Delhi 274-277 (2019) | ||
2016 | Leahy TS, 'Unsustainable Food Production: Its Social Origins and Alternatives', A Sociology of Food and Nutrition, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne 21-36 (2016) | ||
2014 | Leahy TS, Goforth M, 'Chikukwa and CELUCT', Sustainable Revolution; Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms and Communities Worldwide, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California 200-205 (2014) [B2] | Nova | |
2011 | Leahy TS, 'The gift economy', Life Without Money, Pluto Press, London 214-234 (2011) [B1] | Nova | |
2010 | Leahy TS, 'Alternative scenarios: technological optimism or low energy futures', Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society, Routledge, London 280-296 (2010) [B1] | Nova | |
2008 | Leahy TS, 'Unsustainable food production: Its social origins and alternatives', A Sociology of Food & Nutrition: The Social Appetite, Oxford University Press, Oxford 58-77 (2008) [B1] | Nova | |
2007 | Leahy TS, 'Sociology and the environment', Public Sociology: An Introduction to Australian Society, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest 429-451 (2007) [B2] | ||
2004 | Leahy TS, 'Food, society and the environment', A sociology of food & nutrition the social appetite, Oxford University Press, Victoria 52-76 (2004) [B1] | ||
1999 | Leahy TS, 'Food and the Environment', A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The Social Appetite, Oxford University Press, 253 Normanby Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Ausralia 3205 34-53 (1999) [B1] | ||
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Journal article (27 outputs)
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2020 |
Leahy T, Mahmoud A, 'The global logic of development aid_ projects for the landless poor', Development in Practice, 30 125-136 (2020) [C1] Reformist critics of globalisation see global governance as the solution to poverty relief in the developing world. Marxist critics see this poverty as an effect of global structu... [more] Reformist critics of globalisation see global governance as the solution to poverty relief in the developing world. Marxist critics see this poverty as an effect of global structures. Yet governments and NGOs continue to construct local projects. How do these projects fit a global analysis of power? Most projects seek to integrate the poor. This article asks whether projects might work better by detaching participants from global capitalism. Focusing on the landless poor, the second part of the article examines common strategies for localised interventions in the developing world. Examples come from fieldwork in Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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2019 |
Alam M, Nilan P, Leahy T, 'Learning from greenpeace: Activist habitus in a local struggle', Electronic Green Journal, 1 1-18 (2019) [C1] This paper traces the ontogenesis of a specific environmental campaign in Indonesia. A highly effective struggle to save the local city forest was instigated by young activists in... [more] This paper traces the ontogenesis of a specific environmental campaign in Indonesia. A highly effective struggle to save the local city forest was instigated by young activists in Bandung who had previously been involved with Greenpeace Indonesia. The data comes from interviews, a focus group and ethnographic fieldwork. The paper illustrates the point that when youth get involved in a highly structured environmental protest movement like Greenpeace, the skills, network resources and confidence they gain there can later be deployed to great advantage in a local conservation campaign. That phenomenon can be understood using the notion of radical habitus derived from the theoretical work of Pierre Bourdieu. Its creation was reinforced by the dispositions developed through the young activists¿ previous involvement in Greenpeace training and activism. In the end, the development of the radical ecological habitus of young activists is formative for shaping a radical disposition, which can be deployed in the domain of protest.
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2018 |
Leahy T, 'Radical Reformism and the Marxist Critique', Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, 29 61-74 (2018) [C1] The mainstream environmental movement has tended to accept the continuation of capitalism and the growth economy. A de-materialization is hoped to follow from limits on the use of... [more] The mainstream environmental movement has tended to accept the continuation of capitalism and the growth economy. A de-materialization is hoped to follow from limits on the use of natural resources. Eco-Marxists have opposed this strategy, claiming environmental problems are intrinsic to capitalism. More recently a tendency which I will call ¿radical reformism¿ has been gaining strength. Radical reformists argue that a growth economy is not compatible with environmental limits. They look to regulate capitalism to prevent growth. The overall intention is for a peaceful transition within a broadly capitalist economy. The eco-Marxist critique of mainstream environmentalism can also be applied to radical reformism. While radical reformists may have some answers to this critique, these answers bring further problems.
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2017 |
Cooper J, Leahy T, 'Cycletopia in the sticks: bicycle advocacy beyond the city limits', Mobilities, 12 611-627 (2017) [C1] This paper explores the experiences and perspectives of bicycle advocates in regional areas of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Globally, cycling presents opportunities for affor... [more] This paper explores the experiences and perspectives of bicycle advocates in regional areas of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Globally, cycling presents opportunities for affordable and sustainable transport and healthy lifestyles. Developing a global cycling system depends upon deliberative visions of a better future. Yet, urban cycling advocacy is engaged in a ¿permanent provocation¿ with motoring. Regional/rural advocacy contrasts against urban advocacy. Research, based on data collected in 2013¿2014, explored the practice of cycling advocacy in regional areas, the formation of regional advocate identities and advocates¿ visions for the future. Alternative geographic imaginaries for cycling are presented. Radical societal change is not expected by regional bicycle advocates but an embodied sensibility presents ¿re-wilding¿ as an emerging post-colonial discursive position to embrace.
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2016 |
Leahy TS, Bowden V, 'Don't Shoot the Messenger: How Business Leaders Get Their Bearings on a Matter of Science', Journal of Sociology, 52 .219-234 (2016) [C1]
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2016 |
Leahy T, Jean Brown D, ' People are Trying to be Modern : Food Insecurity and the Strategies of the Poor', Forum for Development Studies, 43 489-510 (2016) [C1]
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2014 |
Leahy T, Goforth M, 'Best practice for rural food security projects in Southern Africa?', Development in Practice, 24 933-947 (2014) [C1] It has been widely believed that commercialisation is the solution to food insecurity in rural Africa. Project designs have attempted to set up agricultural cooperatives and encou... [more] It has been widely believed that commercialisation is the solution to food insecurity in rural Africa. Project designs have attempted to set up agricultural cooperatives and encourage entrepreneurial farmers. Yet the problems revealed in the 1950s are still widespread. In a counter-perspective, some have argued for the relevance of subsistence and low-input agriculture. This article examines three NGO projects in South and South-eastern Africa which prioritise food security through household subsistence, using low-input technologies, along with an encouragement to produce a surplus for cash. We look at what these projects share and why their strategies work.
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2013 | Leahy T, 'The Perils of Consumption and the Gift Economy as the Solution Daniel Miller's Consumption and Its Consequences', Electronic Green Journal, 1 1-12 (2013) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
2012 |
Alinyo F, Leahy TS, 'Designing food security projects: Kapchorwa and Bukwo, Uganda', Conception de projets de securite alimentaire: Kapchorwa et Bukwo, Ouganda, 22 334-346 (2012) [C1]
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2012 |
Leahy TS, 'The elephant in the room: Human nature and the sociology textbooks', Current Sociology, 60 806-823 (2012) [C1]
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2011 |
Leahy TS, 'Teaching them to fish: Entrepreneurial ideology and rural projects in South Africa', South African Review of Sociology, 42 37-57 (2011) [C1]
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2010 |
Leahy TS, Bowden VM, Threadgold SR, 'Stumbling towards collapse: Coming to terms with the climate crisis', Environmental Politics, 19 851-868 (2010) [C1]
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2009 |
Leahy TS, 'Ruling class men: Money, sex, power', Journal of Sociology, 45 109-110 (2009) [C3]
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2008 |
Leahy TS, 'Discussion of 'global warming and sociology'', Current Sociology, 56 475-484 (2008) [C1]
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2006 | Zuryani N, Leahy TS, 'Structural impediments to the empowerment of women within organisations in northern Bali', Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, 40 113-142 (2006) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
2006 |
Coates J, Leahy TS, 'Ideology and politics: Essential factors in the path toward sustainability', Electronic Green Journal, (2006) [C1]
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2005 |
Gow JF, Leahy TS, 'Apocalypse probably: agency and environmental risk in the Hunter region', Journal of Sociology, 41 117-141 (2005) [C1]
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2003 | Leahy TS, 'Nature and Social Theory', Journal of Sociology, 39 195-197 (2003) [C3] | ||||||||||
2003 | Leahy TS, 'Ecofeminist in Theory and Practice: Women's responses to Environmental Issues', Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, 7 106-125 (2003) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
1999 | Leahy TS, 'Cultural Battles: The Meaning of the Viet Nam - USA War (Review)', Cantrills Filmnotes, 93 - 100 89-90 (1999) [C3] | ||||||||||
1998 | Leahy TS, 'The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia: Resources and Resistance (Review)', RIMA, 32, No. 2 259-261 (1998) [C3] | ||||||||||
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Conference (8 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2011 | Leahy TS, 'An elephant in the room: Human nature and the sociology textbooks', Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference: Local Lives/Global Networks, Newcastle, NSW (2011) [E3] | ||
2009 | Leahy TS, 'Flexible strategies for rural development: Three locations', Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2009: Book of Abstracts, Cairns, QLD (2009) [E3] | ||
2009 | Leahy TS, 'Teaching them to fish: Entrepreneurialist approaches to rural development in South Africa', The Future of Sociology, Canberra, ACT (2009) [E1] | Nova | |
2008 | Leahy TS, 'Checkmate: Why capitalism cannot survive global warming', Re-imagining Sociology, Melbourne, VIC (2008) [E1] | Nova | |
2007 | Leahy TS, 'Types of agricultural projects in the South Africa', TASA & SAANZ Joint Conference Proceedings, Auckland, New Zealand (2007) [E2] | ||
2004 | Gow JF, Leahy TS, 'Nesters and happy workers: An exploration of contradictory environmental values amongst the 'battlers'', TASA Conference 2004: Revisioning Institutions: Change in the 21st Century: Conference Handbook and Program, Beechworth, VIC (2004) [E3] | ||
2004 | Leahy TS, Zuryani N, 'Environmental sustainability and an EU irrigation project', TASA Conference 2004: Revisioning Institutions: Change in the 21st Century: Conference Handbook and Program, Beechworth, VIC (2004) [E3] | ||
2001 | Leahy TS, 'Market Forces, Globalisation and Agriculture - the example of Sulawesi', Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), University of Sydney (2001) [E1] | ||
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Creative Work (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2014 | Leahy TS, Leahy GA, The Chikukwa Project, CUBA IPC11 Permaculture Convergence (2014) [J1] |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 8 |
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Total funding | $8,877 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20131 grants / $1,500
International Permaculture Convergence, Havana Cuba, 24 November to 5 December 2013$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | G1301096 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20091 grants / $1,000
Institute of Australian Geographers; Cairns; 28 September - 8 October 2009$1,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2009 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | G0190547 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20081 grants / $820
Re - Imagining Sociology, University of Melbourne, 2/12/2008 - 5/12/2008$820
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2008 |
Funding Finish | 2008 |
GNo | G0189615 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20071 grants / $873
TASA and SAANZ Joint Conference, The University of Auckland, 3/12/2007 - 9/12/2007$873
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2007 |
Funding Finish | 2007 |
GNo | G0188388 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20061 grants / $899
Sociology for a Mobile World (TASA), Humanities & Soc Sci. Murdoch University WA, 4 - 7 December 2006$899
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2006 |
Funding Finish | 2006 |
GNo | G0186878 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20041 grants / $252
The Australian Sociological Association annual conference, 8-11 December 2004$252
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2004 |
Funding Finish | 2004 |
GNo | G0184983 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
19961 grants / $533
Asia Pacific Regional Conference of Sociology - Philippines - 28-31/5/96$533
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1996 |
Funding Finish | 1996 |
GNo | G0176335 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
19931 grants / $3,000
The impact of environmental awareness.$3,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Terrence Leahy |
Scheme | New Staff Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1993 |
Funding Finish | 1993 |
GNo | G0173132 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2018 | PhD | Technologies of Power and Subjectivities of Care in NSW Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2007 | PhD | Korean Adoptions in Australia | Sociology, University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2022 | PhD | Environmental Workfare - The Australian Experience | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Being Healed: An Ethnography of Ayahuasca and the Self at the Temple of the Way of Light, Iquitos, Peru | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | When the City Forest is Ours: Urban Environmentalism and Youth in Bandung, Indonesia | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Risking it for Coal: Business Leaders' Attitudes to Climate Change | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2014 | PhD | The Gallic Wars: A Reassessment of Caesar's Interpretation of Gallic Leadership and Military Response to Rome | PhD (Classics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2013 | PhD | Social Connectedness and the Built Environment | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2013 | PhD | Experiences of the 1996-2006 Civil Conflict in Nepal: Narratives of Engagement of Tamangs (Indigenous People) and Buhan-Chhetris (Non-Indigenous People) | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2010 | PhD | (Re)Embodying Identity: Understanding Belonging, 'Difference' and Transnational Adoption Through the Lived Experiences of Korean Adoptees | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2009 | PhD | Parenthood and Mental Illness: A Sociological Journey Through Silenced Experiences of Illness | PhD (Humanities), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2007 | PhD | Empowerment and Development Initiatives: Two Villages from the European Union Project in North Bali | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2007 | PhD | Implementing Water Sensitive Urban Design: The Context of Changing Urban Stormwater Technologies in Australia | PhD (Environmental Eng), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2006 | PhD | 'Anti-Gay' Violence, Criminal Justice and Victimhood in New South Wales | PhD (Sociology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2006 | PhD | Are You A Boy or A Girl? Contesting the Uncontested: Intersex and Genders | PhD (Leisure & Tourism), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2006 | Masters | Saving the Orangutans and Forests of Kalimantan | Sociology, University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2005 | PhD | The Soap Opera of Everyday Life: A Political Economy Of Privacy | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2005 | Masters | The Wave of Pictures: A discourse analysis of the Boxing Day Tsunami broadcast | Sociology, University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2004 | Masters | Environmental Problems and Urban Planning: Three cities of the developing world | Enviro Studies Not Elswr Class, University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2003 | PhD | Out of Time: Women's Unpaid Work | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2003 | PhD | Travel Talk: When Knowledge and Practice Collide. Tracking gendered discourses in popular texts; in the stories of contemporary Australian women who work in the travel industry; and women who begin international leisure travel in mid-life | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2001 | Masters | Experts on their own transitions: young women on becoming adult | Sociology, University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2000 | PhD | Playing With Culture: Young Children's Play and Their Social World | Sociology, University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
1997 | PhD | Heart Health Promotion in A Respectable Community | Sociology, University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
Dr Terrence Leahy
Position
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
Sociology and Anthropology
Contact Details
terry.leahy@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4921 6106 |
Fax | (02) 4921 6902 |
Office
Room | W342 |
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Building | Behavioural Sciences |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |