Researcher
Bronwyn Parry |
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Born | Bronwyn Catherine Parry (1960-09-05) September 5, 1960 (age 64) |
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Nationality | Australian |
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Citizenship | Australia & The United Kingdom |
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Alma mater | The University of Cambridge[1] |
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Occupation | Dean of Australian National University |
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Spouse(s) | Sally, (married 2016–present) |
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Children | Alex, Jacob |
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Professor Bronwyn Parry is an Australian Professor who is currently the Dean of The Australian National University's College of Arts and Social Sciences; Parry took her position in early November 2022.[2] Parry specializes in social impact work undertaken at academic institutions.[3][2] Parry was previously the Vice President & Vice Principal for Service at King's College London from 2020 to 2022.[2][4] She was a Professor of Global Health & Social Medicine at King's College London from 2016 to 2022.[5]
Parry was the first female carpenter in the Australian film and television industry, working on films such as Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max 2 and Dead Calm[6], as well as the opening of the Commonwealth Games.[2]
Early life
Parry was born in Queensland. She moved to Canberra in her youth to become a cabinet maker. She later went on to become Australia's first female carpenter in the film and television industry.[2] At age 29 Parry enrolled at Macquarie University studying Liberal Arts where she won the university medal.[7] Parry later moved to the United Kingdom to complete a PhD at The University of Cambridge[8] in Geography.
Career
Parry began her professional academic career at The University of Cambridge as a Junior Research Fellow from 1997 to 2000 and then as a Senior Research Fellow from 2000 to 2004.[8]
In 2004 she began working at Queen Mary as a Reader In Cultural and Economic Geography.[8] In 2011, through funding from The Wellcome Trust, Parry collaborated with photographer Ania Dabrowska on a book exploring memory, dementia and brain donation entitled 'Mind Over Matter'.[9] An exhibition for 'Mind Over Matter' was held at Shoreditch Town Hall in October 2011 combining both science and art.[10]
Parry was then appointed at King's College London (KCL) to establish the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine[2] in 2016[8] alongside Nikolas Rose. In 2016 she was made Head of the School of Global Affairs as a Professor at KCL.[2][8] In early 2020, Parry established and was made director of the King's Sanctuary Programme which welcomes forced migrants into their institution and community, offer a comprehensive programme of education and research on migration, and develop an action plan to improve the lives of forced migrants in the UK.[11] In June 2020, Parry was appointed as Vice President and Vice Principal for Service at KCL[2][8][4] and continued to introduce and develop various social impact programmes within the institution[4] such as accommodating Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russo-Ukrainian War, providing them with education at KCL and accommodation.[3]
It was announced in mid-2022 that Parry would become the dean of The Australian National University's College of Arts and Social Sciences; she took her position in early November 2022.[2]
In November 2023, Parry won a $16 million grant with from the European Union to undertake a project spanning six years, investigating the relationship between cooling technologies and global warming.[12]
Personal life
Parry is a gay woman,[13] who lives with her wife Sally, in Canberra.[14] She is an advocate for LGBT rights,[13] migrant rights[3] and the Dignity in Dying campaign organisation.[15]
Selected works
- Bioinformation (2017)
- Bodies across borders: The global circulation of body parts, medical tourists and professionals (2015)
- Mind Over Matter: Memory, Forgetting, Brain Donation and the Search for Cures for Dementia (2011)
- Trading the Genome: Investigating the commodification of Bio-information (2004)
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