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Katherine Kenny

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Associate Professor of Sociology and Deputy Directory of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at The University of Sydney. Also ARC DECRA Principal Research Fellow and Editor in Chief of Health Sociology Review.

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Speculative Frontiers of Technoscience and Innovation: Academic Scientists’ Engagement with Promissory and Emerging Technologies in Everyday Practice - Jianni Tien, Katherine Kenny, Alex Broom, Stephe... This paper revisits nanotechnology as a once-speculative field that attracted significant interest from science and technology studies (STS) scholars during its...

Our article examines tensions between speculative frontiers/sedimented practices in academic science. Published in Bulletin of Science Technology & Society, co-authored with Alex Broom, @bartlettquantum.bsky.social @katherinekenny.bsky.social available OA here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

05.02.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exciting new collection co-edited by my excellent colleague @leahmouse.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to checking it out πŸ‘‡

02.12.2025 05:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It was such a pleasure to host colleagues from King's College London for our joint public colloquium on 'The State of Racialised Health'. Thank you to all who presented their work, attended the colloquium, and engaged so deeply with the sessions.

24.02.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Open access (no paywall) article in Social Science and Medicine, outlining 'the sociology of prescribing'. This is the sort of literature I wish I had access to in one place during my PhD. I outline sociological contributions to understanding drug prescribing.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

13.02.2025 02:48 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œRather than saying β€˜I’m sorry you’ve got cancer’, it’s always β€˜Did you smoke?’. The amount of times I’ve been asked that question. I’m over it.” – Kim

Researchers Jianni Tien, Katherine Kenny and Alex Broom look at lung cancer, responsibility and shame.

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23.09.2024 08:36 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2