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Personal profile
Personal profile
Dr Donna Bridges is a gender and work theorist and a feminist, qualitative researcher. Her work focuses on gender norms in society, gender constructions, workplace inequality, discrimination and harassment. She has completed a PhD about women’s roles in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) – specifically in the areas of the combat arms and United Nations peacekeeping. During the PhD she undertook extensive interview research with women across the ADF. Her military research concentrates on the traditional roles of both genders within organisational cultures exploring organisational change as well as barriers to change. Her research interests span disciplines relating to gender and work; organisations; peace and conflict studies; hegemonic masculinities; feminisms; the power of discrimination and exclusion, and social justice. She is currently working on two projects “The Gendered Spaces of Social Work” that analyses the gendered nature of the social work profession that focuses on gendered power and gendered dynamics in a female dominated profession. “Women in Regional Trades and resilience” exploring the experience of women who work in the manual trade industries in Australia, specifically factors that contribute to women’s resilience and success in the manual trades. Donna also has research interests in the areas of qualitative research, teaching and learning in higher education and professional development.
Research Interests
- Gender and work – non-traditional work occupations for women
- Military sociology – women’s integration into defence forces and gender relations in the ADF
- Gender – peace and security
- Gender and social work
- Qualitative research
- Higher education and professional development
Education/Academic qualification
Graduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Charles Sturt University
2015
Award Date: 01 Jan 2015
Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology), University of Western Sydney
2000 → 2005
Award Date: 01 Jan 2006
Bachelor of Applied Science (Social Ecology) (Honours) , University of Western Sydney
1998 → 1999
Award Date: 01 Jan 1999
Bachelor of Applied Science (Social Ecology), University of Western Sydney
1994 → 1998
Award Date: 01 Jan 1998
External positions
Research Coordinator- The Transformational Practices Research Initiative & Caring Journeys, University of Western Sydney
Mar 2012 → Apr 2013Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Coordinator, The Education for Practice Institute
2008 → 2011Lecturer/Researcher, University of Western Sydney
Mar 2000 → Mar 2007Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Donna Bridges is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Research Output
Addressing the persistent barriers to women’s employment in the manual trades
Bamberry, L., Bridges, D., Wulff, E., Jenkins, S. & Krivokapic-Skoko, B., 14 Feb 2020.Research output: Other contribution to conference › Presentation only
Attracting and retaining women in male dominated trades: understanding resilience
Bridges, D., Wulff, E., Jenkins, S., Bamberry, L. & Krivokapic-Skoko, B., 26 Mar 2019.Research output: Other contribution to conference › Presentation only
Attracting and retaining women into male dominated trades: Understanding resilience
Jenkins, S., Bridges, D., Bamberry, L., Krivokapic-Skoko, B. & Wulff, E., Aug 2019.Research output: Other contribution to conference › Presentation only
Attracting and retaining women into male dominated trades
Jenkins, S., Bridges, D., Bamberry, L., Wulff, E. & Krivokapic-Skoko, B., 10 Jun 2019.Research output: Other contribution to conference › Presentation only
Challenges to diversity: Women in regional trades – the case of capital and symbolic violence
Bridges, D., Wulff, E., Krivokapic-Skoko, B., Jenkins, S. & Bamberry, L., 28 Nov 2019.Research output: Other contribution to conference › Abstract
Activities
- 5 Public event
Women in Trades - Ministerial Visit - International Women's Day event
Donna Bridges (Organiser), Elizabeth Wulff (Organiser), Branka Krivokapic-Skoko (Organiser)03 Feb 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public event › Government
Women in Trades: Report Launch
Donna Bridges (Organiser), Branka Krivokapic-Skoko (Member), Larissa Bamberry (Member), Elizabeth Wulff (Organiser), Stacey Jenkins (Member)10 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public event › Industry
‘Women in Regional Trades: Understanding Resilience’
Donna Bridges (Organiser), Branka Krivokapic-Skoko (Organiser), Elizabeth Wulff (Organiser), Larissa Bamberry (Organiser), Stacey Jenkins (Organiser)10 May 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public event › Industry
Women in Regional Trades: Understanding Resilience
Donna Bridges (Organiser), Branka Krivokapic-Skoko (Organiser), Stacey Jenkins (Organiser), Larissa Bamberry (Organiser), Elizabeth Wulff (Organiser)11 Apr 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public event › Industry
‘Women in Regional Trades: Understanding Resilience’
Donna Bridges (Organiser), Larissa Bamberry (Organiser), Elizabeth Wulff (Organiser), Branka Krivokapic-Skoko (Organiser), Stacey Jenkins (Organiser)12 Oct 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public event › Industry
Press / Media
Men's behaviour, workplace gender and men's health in construction industry”
09/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Gender in the workplace – women working in male dominated workplaces
02/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
NSW Minister to visit Charles Sturt in Bathurst
02/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
How clothing can change the way women work
17/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media