//social and cultural research
David Bissell
Research School of Social Sciences
The Australian National University
Transient Spaces I'm a social scientist who is really interested in thinking about some of the relationships between mobilities, bodies and technologies
Whilst my research topics might at first seem quite disparate, what unites them is a commitment to thinking through aspects of existence that are unwilled or unforeseen: dimensions of life that we have less control over than we might have assumed. I'm therefore really interested in ideas of passivity in a variety of different empirical contexts. Following this, I'm really interested in how theories that draw on ideas of affect and emotion can help us to make sense of our everyday lives.
 
This website is designed to share some information about my research and teaching.
If you want to contact me, you can write to me at: School of Sociology, The Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.  Alternatively, you can email me at david.bissell(at)anu.edu.au; or call me on +61 2 6125 4209.
At various points in my academic career I've been a human geographer and a sociologist — but I'm not a great believer in disciplinary boundaries. What excites me is thinking about how society happens, holds together and changes.
Hello and thanks for dropping by my website!