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ProfessorEmma Kowal

Associate Head Of School, Research

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0003-3866-3224 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Associate Head Of School, Research
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • +61 3 924 45058 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • FELLOWSHIP
    Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Deputy Chair of Panel A, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
    21 Apr 2025
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Chair, Selection Committee for the Outstanding Female Researcher Medal, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
    14 Apr 2025
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Chair, AI in Research Ethics Working Group, Australian Health Ethics Committee, NHMRC
    3 Feb 2025
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee, National Health & Medical Research Council
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Member of the Health Research Impact Committee, National Health & Medical Research Council
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    College of Experts, Australian Research Council
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    Editorial Advisory Board Member, Melbourne University Press
    8 Apr 2019 - 2 Jun 2025
    Editorial Advisory Board
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    Editorial Board Member, Social Studies of Science
    Editorial Board member
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    Editorial Board Member, American Ethnologist
    Editorial Board
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    Editorial Board Member, Engaging Science and Technology Studies
    Editorial Board
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    Editorial Board Member, Current Anthropology
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2015 Thomson Reuters Women in Research Citation Award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2015 Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2013 National Citation for Outstanding Student Learning
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2019 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Award for Emerging Leader
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2021 4S Infrastructure Award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    The Educator Higher Education Hot List 2020
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Top 50 female scientists in Australia, Cosmos Magazine, 2023
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Top 50 female researchers in Australia, Cosmos Magazine, 2024
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Honourable Mention, 2024 Fleck Prize for Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia
  • OFFICE HELD
    Past President, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Founder of the Deakin Science and Society Network, 2017 (opens in a new tab)⁠
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