Dr Haydn Aarons
National School of Arts and Humanities
Areas of expertise: Sociology, Survey Research, Quantitative Methods
HDR Supervisor accreditation status: Full
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0460-8729
Email:Haydn.Aarons@acu.edu.au
Location: Melbourne campus
Haydn Aarons is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. He has been teaching and researching in Sociology for over twenty years. He published widely on a range of sociological topics including religion, health, rural communities, cultural consumption, and quantitative research methods.
Publications
Books
- Aarons, H., and Willis, E., 2023. The Sociological Quest: An Introduction to the Study of Social Life, 6th Edn. Routledge. London
- Aarons, H. 2021 A Practical Introduction to Survey Design. SAGE Publishers London
- Aarons, H and Glossop B. 2009. Mildura Social Indicators 2008. Mildura Rural City Council and the State Government of Victoria
Edited books
- Aarons, H and Pietsch J. 2012 (Eds) Australia a Changing Nation: Fear, Identity, and Governance in the 21st Century. ANU Press
Journal articles and book chapters
- Aarons, H., 2021 Moral Distinction: Religion, Musical Taste, and the Moral Consumer. Journal of Consumer Culture
- West, B. and Aarons, H., 2016. War memory, national attachment and generational identity in Australia. Journal of Sociology 52: 586-604
- Aarons, H. 2011. On Elias and Dunning's Mimetic Leisure: Revitalising the Sociology of Taste. Rivista Sulle Transformationi Sociale 1 (2) 238 - 255
- Phillips, T. and Aarons, H. 2008 Choosing Buddhism: Towards a Traditional Style of Reflexive Spiritual Engagement. British Journal of Sociology Virtual Edition: secularization, individualisation, and modernization
- Phillips, T and Aarons, H. 2007 Looking 'East': An Exploratory Analysis of Western Disenchantment. InternationalSociology 22 (3) 325 - 341
- Phillips, T. and Aarons, H. 2005 Choosing Buddhism: Towards a Traditional Style of Reflexive Spiritual Engagement. British Journal of Sociology 56 (2) 215 - 232
- Aarons, H and G, D. Bouma 2004: Religion and Spiritualities. Sociolinguisitcs/Soziolinguistik: An international Handbook of the Science of Language and Society/Ein Internationales Handbuch zur Wissenschaft von Sprache und Gesellschaft.
- Aarons, H and Pietsch J. 2012 Social Attitudes Towards Contemporary Challenges Facing Australia. Australia a Changing Nation: Fear, Identity, and Governance in the 21st Century. Aarons H and Pietsch (eds) ANU Press. PP 1 - 14.
- Pietsch, J and Aarons, H. 2012. 'Australian Engagement with Asia: Towards closer, political, economic, and cultural ties. Australia a Changing Nation: Fear, Identity, and Governance in the 21st Century. Aarons H and Pietsch (eds) ANU Press. PP 33 - 46
- Aarons, H. 2012. Religion. Sociology: Antipodean Perspectives. Beilharz, P and T Hogan (eds) Oxford University Press. PP 309 - 312
- Aarons, H. 2012 Consumption. Sociology: Antipodean Perspectives. Beilharz, P and T Hogan (eds) Oxford University Press. PP 313 - 317
Accolades and awards
- National Award for best health assessment. Aarons, H and Senior, L. 2012 Whole of Region Health Needs Assessment for the Lower Murray Medicare Local. Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth Government of Australia. Canberra
- Faculty teaching award, 2016
Appointments and affiliations
- Deputy Head of School, Social Sciences
- The Australian Sociological Association
- The Australian Evaluation Society
Public engagement
- Aarons, H., 2022 Migrating From Settlement to Prosperity: An Evaluation of SydWest Multicultural Services. ACU and State Government of NSW.
- Aarons, H 2014 Carer and Family Impact of Caring for a Person with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Lower Murray Medicare Local. Commonwealth Government of Australia. Canberra
- Aarons, H and Senior, L. 2012 Whole of Region Health Needs Assessment for the Lower Murray Medicare Local. Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth Government of Australia. Canberra
- Aarons, H. 2010 Childhood Accidents for the Mildura Region. State Government of Victoria
- Aarons, H. 2010 Labour and the Wine, Beverage, and Citrus Industry in the Sunraysia Region. Mildura Development Corporation and the State Government of Victoria.
- Aarons, H and Hunter, S. 2008 Social Effects of Drought on Horticultural Families. Mildura Rural City Council, Mallee Family Care and La Trobe University.
