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Imogen Harper is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies (SCHS) and the Charles Perkins Centre (CPC) at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on qualitative explorations of chronic illness, health inequality, disability, youth, and digital media. She leads an interdisciplinary project examining how socio-cultural, political, economic, and environmental forces shape health and wellbeing, bridging everyday understandings of health with clinical and systemic frameworks.
Her research interests include the sociology of health and illness, social theory, critical disability studies, and qualitative methods. Notable work analyzes how young people navigate chronic illness within societal expectations and institutional practices. Presentations include discussions on chronic illness narratives at the TASA Annual Conference (2024) and BSA Medical Sociology Conference (2023).
Her publications examine themes like diagnostic limitations, affective dimensions of chronic living, and pandemic impacts on cancer care. Though no formal awards are listed, her work contributes to emancipatory sociological theory and critical disability studies.
Imogen collaborates across institutions and has no listed advisees. Her affiliations include the Australian Sociological Association (TASA). Her research lab/teams are embedded within SCHS and CPC, focusing on interdisciplinary health equity projects.
