Associate ProfessorKiran Pienaar

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    FEATURED
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    Co-editor of Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience
    Co-editor (Design & Production) of the international feminist STS journal Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience
  • AFFILIATION
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    International member of the Centre for Critical Global Change (Goldsmiths, University of London)
    Invited member of the Centre for Critical Global Change (Goldsmiths, University of London), a research centre focusing on planetary change, health and sociality
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
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    Deakin’s Mid-Career Researcher Award (2025)
    1 Nov 2025
    Runner-up and highly commended for impactful research in critical drug studies and narcofeminisms.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
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    Co-convenor of Deakin's Cultures of Technoscience (CoT) network
    1 Jun 2026
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL ROLE
    International editorial board member of the journals International Journal of Drug Policy, Contemporary Drug Problems, Harm Reduction Journal and Health Sociology Review
  • AFFILIATION
    Member of the Australian Women and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)
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    Member of the Alfred Deakin Institute (ADI), Deakin University
  • AFFILIATION
    Member of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)