Dr Harry Ballis
Senior Lecturer, Sociology
| Phone: | +61 3 990 26545 or +61 3 512 26545 |
| Fax: | +61 3 990 26359 or +61 3 512 26359 |
| Office: | 2S 205, Gippsland Campus |
| Email: | harry.ballis@monash.edu |
Biography
Dr Ballis has published a number of papers in academic journals and contributed chapters in books on the sociology of work and organisations, career change, health and religion. He has experience in conducting and analysing qualitative data, particularly unstructured focused interviews as well as in the design and implementation of survey research.
Research interests
Research interests are in the areas of:
Current research project
Currently he is doing collaborative research with a colleague from the Faculty of Business in the areas of:
Recent publications
- Hardy, L. and Ballis, H. (2010) “Socialising Accountability in a Religious Charity Organisation”, Asian Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (APIRA), University of Sydney, 11-13 July, refereed Conference Proceedings
- Han, G.S., Chesters, J. and Ballis, H. (2009) “Challenge and Excitement – Part One: Loving and Hating Rural Medicine”, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 4(1): 41-46
- Han, G.S., Chesters, J. and Ballis, H. (2009) “Challenge and Excitement – Part Two: Loving and Hating Rural Medicine”, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 4(2): 57-62
- Han, G.S., Chesters, J. and Ballis, H. (2007) 'Ethnomedicine and dominant medicine in multicultural Australia: a critical realist reflection on the case of Korean-Australian immigrants,' Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 3(1) (http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/1)
Teaching
- SCY 1801 – Sociological Reflections on Everyday Life
- SCY 2816 / 3816 – Qualitative Social Research
- SCY 2204 / 3204 – Sociology of Work
Postgraduate supervision
Extensive experience in postgraduate supervision, having supervised 11 PhD theses and 2 MAs to successful completion.
Currently supervising 5 postgraduate students (either as principal or as associate supervisor) in the areas of:
- work
- work and organisations
- health
- gambling
- religion