
Dr Adele Pavlidis
Vice President
Dr Adele Pavlidis is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology with the School of Humanities,
Languages and Social Science, and previously a DECRA Fellow (2018 to 2021). She is author of two books, Sport, Gender and Power: The Rise of Roller Derby
(2016, Routledge, with Simone Fullagar) and Feminism and a Vital Politics of
Depression and Recovery (Palgrave, with Simone Fullagar and Wendy O'Brien) and
is currently working on her third book, Collision Paths in the Pursuit of Gender
Equity: A Feminist Perspective on the Affective Dynamics of Contact Sports (under
contract, with Simone Fullagar and Wendy O'Brien). She has published widely on a
range of sociocultural issues in sport and leisure, with a focus on gender and power
relations. Theoretically her work traverses contemporary scholarship on affect,
power and organizations, and she is deeply interested in social, cultural and
personal transformation and the entanglements between people, organizations, and
wellbeing. Prior to beginning her career as an academic Adele worked in the
Community sector as a Drug and Alcohol Worker and Youth Worker, as well as
Grant Writing, Administration and Volunteer Management in Local Council and State
Government. Currently her work focuses on sport as a key site of change in
Australian society and an important context for changing and challenging attitudes
towards women. In particular she is interested in connecting social, cultural and
health concepts with sport in the hope of creating more inclusive futures.
Adele is Vice-President of AWGSA and convenes their Research Seminar Series together with a team of committee members. Please get in touch with her if you are interested in delivering a seminar with AWGSA.