The incredible surge in popularity of women’s contact sport is a key discussion topic and for a Griffith University academic, it forms the framework of the next phase of her research career.
In November’s Australian Research Council Discovery Programmes Scheme funding outcomes, Dr Adele Pavlidis was awarded $317,185 for the project “Women and the rise of contact sport”, to be hosted by the Griffith Centre for Social & Cultural Research.
Dr Pavlidis, an interdisciplinary sociologist, will look at the rise in women’s contact sport and whether this will shift attitudes towards women from an individual and societal perspective.
“What we are concerned with is the transformation of gender identity through the prism of females now being able to participate in physical sports usually the domain of men.
“Women’s contact sporting pursuits, like the burgeoning AFL competition, rugby sevens and rugby league are now commanding serious media and audience attention and become permanent fixtures on our sporting calendars.
“There has
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