Deborah Lupton

Deborah Lupton is a Professor at UNSW Sydney, holding positions in the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre. She leads the Vitalities Lab and serves as UNSW Node Leader, Health Focus Area Leader, and People Co-Leader for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). Her expertise spans medical sociology, digital health, public health, and qualitative methods. She has authored/co-authored 20 books and over 240 articles/chapters, including influential works like Self-Tracking, Health and Medicine and Digital Sociology.

Education: BA, LittB, MPH, PhD, FASSA, FAHMS, FRSN. She has received prestigious awards such as the 2024 Fellowship from the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, a 2023 Honorary Doctorate from University of Skövde, and the 2021 Australasian Council of Deans Award. Her research projects include investigations into digitized school health, automated decision-making, and pandemic-related health practices.

Grants and Collaborations: Lupton has led/co-investigated numerous grants, including ARC Discovery Projects (2015–2018, 2019–2020), Swedish Foundation grants (2016–2018, 2019–2021), and the Medical Research Future Fund project 'Cardiac AI'. She collaborates internationally with institutions like RMIT, Monash University, and Aarhus University.

Research Supervision: Available to supervise postgraduate students in areas of health, digital culture, and sociocultural theory. She emphasizes creative methods in health education and has been involved in projects like 'Creative Approaches to Health Education' and 'Re-humanising automated decision making'.