Faculty of ArtsSchool of Social and Political Sciences

Dr. Lauren Rosewarne

Location: Room 439
4th Floor John Medley Building East Tower
Telephone: +61 3 8344 6820
Fax: + 61 3 8344 7906
lrose@unimelb.edu.au

 

Background

Dr Lauren Rosewarne is a Lecturer in Public Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences and is the Associate Director of the Centre for Public Policy. Lauren was the Centre Manager of the Centre for Public Policy between 2000 and 2008 and has lectured in the School since the beginning of 2007. In 2006 she coordinated the Department of Political Science Internship program and prior to this engaged in tutoring work for the Department of Political Science and the Centre for Indigenous Education.

In 2001 Lauren completed her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Political Science and Cultural Studies, and in 2002 completed a Bachelor of Public Policy and Management (Hons) degree. In 2006 she completed a PhD thesis titled 'Skin Trade Policy: Public Policy and the Portrayal of Women in Outdoor Advertising', which was supervised by A/Prof Sheila Jeffreys and Dr Tim Marjoribanks. In 2008 she completed a Graduate Certificate in University of Teaching. In 2007, her book Sex in Public: Women, Outdoor Advertising and Public Policy was published and in 2009 her book Cheating on the Sisterhood: Infidelity and Feminism will be published by Praeger.

 

 

Research


 

Subjects Taught

 

Supervision

 

 

Recent Publications

Books

(2007) Sex in Public: Women, Outdoor Advertising and Public Policy. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholar's Press.

 


Refereed Journal Articles


(2005) 'The Men's Gallery. Outdoor Advertising and Public Space: Gender, Fear and Feminism' in Women's Studies International Forum, 28/1, pp. 65-76.

 

(2007) 'Pin-ups in public space Sexist outdoor advertising as sexual harassment' in Women's Studies International Forum, 30, pp. 313 - 325.


Refereed Conference Papers Presented

 

Visual Terror: Graffiti and Outdoor Advertising as Street Harassment Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2004, University of Adelaide  (29 July, 2004).

 

Marking Their Territory: A Feminist Exploration Of Graffiti in Powell, Anastasia and Holland, Shasta (Eds.). Crime Revisited Conference Proceedings. University of Melbourne, Australia: Mens Rea: The Criminology Postgraduate Society, pp. 93 - 105. [Crime Revisited: Deviance and Conformity in the 21st Century Conference, Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne (05 November, 2004)].

 

The Croning of Camilla: a sexual political analysis of public contempt for Camilla Parker Bowles, Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2005, University of Otago (28 September, 2005).

 

Less Laundry and More Lipstick: an exploration of domestic labour portrayals in outdoor advertising, Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2007, Monash University  (24 September, 2007).

 

News Values, Stereotypes and Widowhood: a preliminary investigation into media coverage of celebrity widows, Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2007, Monash University (26 September, 2007).

 


Conference Papers Presented


Skin Trade Policy: Contemporary Trends in the Use of Men and Women in Advertising and the Global Push for Standards, Department of Political Science, Postgraduate Presentation (25 September, 2003).

 

Gender, Outdoor Advertising and Public Space, Feminist Forum, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne (25 May, 2004).

Outdoor Advertising and Public Space: Gender, Fear and Feminism, New Researchers Forum, Diversity Dialogues 2004, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia (29 July, 2004).

Regulating Sexism: A feminist exploration of outdoor advertising self-regulation in Australia, Re-Collections: Official Knowledge and the Memory of Unofficial Practices Conference, Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith University (14 December, 2004).

 

Skin Trade Policy Reconfigurations: mid-year research seminar, Department of Political Scinece, University of Melbourne (02 June, 2005).

Gender Portrayal Guidelines: An Evaluation of Self-Regulation Policies Regarding Representations of Women When Women Gain, So Does the World, Institute for Women's Policy Research (Eighth International Women's Policy Research Conference), Washington DC, United States of America (21 June, 2005).

 

Exploring our Bodies - health and popular images. Hello Gorgeous. Women's Department, University of Melbourne, Body Image Week presentation (14 September, 2005).

 

Pinups in Public Space: sexist outdoor advertising as sexual harassment. Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2005, University of Otago  (30 September, 2005).

 

Boys Own Adventure: An Exploration of Media and Feminist Explanations for Post-Catastrophe Looting Transgressions: Intersections of Culture, Crime and Social Conrol, Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne (04 November, 2005).

 

Disaster and Disgrace: a feminist analysis of post-catastrophe rape culture. Culture Fix. Cultural Studies Association of Australasia National Conference. University of Technology Sydney (26 November 2005).

 

Diversity in the Portrayal of Women in Outdoor Advertising: Myths and Reality. 6th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. New Orleans, United States of America (June 14 2006).

 

Advertising and Ageism: The Politics of the Invisible Older Woman. Equality and Diversity in the Third Age: National PSIGE Conference 2006. British Psychological Society. University of Sussex, Brighton (6 July 2006).

 

Pinups in Public Space: sexist outdoor advertising as sexual harassment. International Political Studies Association (IPSA) Conference 2006, Fukuoka, Japan (13 July, 2006).

 

The Gendered Journey: Sex and Captivity on Public Transport
Gender, Emotion, Work and Travel: Women Transport Workers and Passengers, Past and Present Conference. Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich, London (22 June, 2007).

 

Analysing Sexist Outdoor Advertising: The Usefulness of Postfeminist Theory Feminism and Popular Culture. The Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 20th Annual Conference. University of Newcastle, United Kingdom (30 June, 2007).

 

News Values, Stereotypes and Widowhood: a preliminary investigation into media coverage of celebrity widows The Merry Widow: Rethinking Widowhood In History, Culture And Society Conference. Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society, University of Swansea, Wales (8 July, 2007).

 

Decoration, distraction and doing a whole lot of nothing: the role of outdoor advertising content in women's everyday lives Everyday Life in the Global City Conference. Manchester Metropolitan University (10 July, 2007).

 

Reading Outdoor Advertising: The Relevance of Cultural Studies and Feminist Readings of Sexist Advertising Content to Public Policy, Cultural Studies Now - An International Conference. University of East London (19 July, 2007).

 

Sex and Candy: Women in Advertising and the Eroticisation of Food The 30th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association / American Cultural Associations. Albuquerque, New Mexico (14 February, 2008).

 

Sex, Space and Captivity: Outdoor Advertising and the Sexualised Landscape, The 30th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association / American Cultural Associations. Albuquerque, New Mexico (16 Saturday, 2008).

 

Infidelity in the Workplace: A Feminist Analysis Investigating the Theory and Practice of Gender and Sexuality in the Workplace. University of Surrey, United Kingdom (13 June, 2008).

 

Fetish, Feminism and Infidelity. Substitute Lack!/Accept No Substitutes! Interdisplinary Conference on Fetish, Independent Scholars, Istanbul (27 November,2008).

 

Sex, Self and Social Science: personal experience as primary source material, Feminist Research Methods International Conference, University of Stockholm, Sweden (6 February, 2009).

 


Invited Lectures


Guest lectures in Social Work Subject "Theorising Social Inequality" (17 May, 2004; 23 May, 2005).

 

Social Education Victoria "VCE National Politics Student Lecture" Who's Influencing Policy? (10 August, 2007).

 

Outdoor advertising and the sexualisation of public space ARC Art Design and Craft Biennial, "Sex, Culture and the Political Dimension" panel, Brisbane (14 October, 2007).

 

The Pornographication of Public Space: Outdoor Advertising, Public Policy and the Mainstreaming of Porn The Pornification of Culture: A Feminist Response conference. University of Melbourne (28 October, 2007).

 

Guest lecture on public policy to study tour from Suratthani Rajabhat University, Thailand (13 May, 2008).

 

Sexist Outdoor Advertising as Sexual Harassment, Brisbane International Feminist Conference, Queensland (4 September,2008).

 

Guest lecture on "Gender, Media and Public Policy: the case of sexist outdoor advertising" to Kwong Lee Dow Scholars, University of Melbourne (15 April, 2009).

 


Media Appearances


[Radio] 3CR (855 AM) Women on the Wire program - interview on sexist outdoor advertising, (23 October, 2006)

 

[Newspaper] The Age "'(Headless) body messes with minds' (by Chantal Rumble)'" - comments on sexist outdoor advertising (29 October, 2006).

 

[Radio] SYN (90.7 FM) interview on sexist outdoor advertising (03 October, 2007).

 

[Radio] ABC "Life matters" interview on "Complaining about ads" (19 May, 2009)

 

[Video] University of Melbourne "Newsroom" - comments on NRL group sex scandal (19 May, 2009).

 

[Newspaper] Herald-Sun, "Inside the mind of a footy groupie" - by Stephen Drill - comments on NRL group sex scandal (24 May, 2009).

 

[Radio] 2CC (Canberra) "Mike Welsh - Drive Show" - comments on NRL group sex scandal (25 May, 2009).

 

[Radio] ABC "Conversation Hour - with Jon Faine" - about Cheating on the Sisterhood: Infidelity and Feminism (04 June, 2009).

 

[Newspaper] Scotland on Sunday "Your cheatin' heart" - about Cheating on the Sisterhood: Infidelity and Feminism (05 July, 2009).

 


Other Public Appearances


Senate Inquiry into the Sexualisation of Children in the Contemporary Media (Witness) (29 April, 2008)

 

Citations

Reist, Melinda Tankard. (2008). The Pornification of Girlhood. Quadrant Magazine. July

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