University of Tasmania, Australia

Dr Nicholas Hookway

Lecturer, Sociology

"PhD Tas"

Contact Details

Discipline : Sociology

UTAS Web Access Research Portal (WARP) - lists Nick's funded projects, graduate research supervision and publication information.

Nicholas Hookway is a cultural sociologist interested in ethics, religion and digital media. These interests form part of a wider research agenda focused on how contemporary subjects grapple with questions of meaning and morality in their personal life. Nick's theoretical hero is Zygmunt Bauman.

Nick is currently working on the following research projects:

• Everyday Kindness in Australia with Associate Professor Daphne Habibis (Sociology) and Dr Anthea Vreugdenhil (Social Work)
• Theorising Contemporary Moralities 
• Online and Face-to-Face Book Club Activity in Northern Tasmania with Dr Robert Clarke (English)
• Social Media and Tasmanian Bush Fires with Dr Brady Robards (Sociology)

Nick makes regular contributions to the media, including invited pieces for The Conversation and Online Opinion. Nick is the seminar convenor for the Launceston School of Social Science seminar series and is part of the TASA multi-media working group.

You can follow Nick on Twitter @HookwayNicholas. Nick's academic publications can be found on Acedemia.edu

Units

• HGA101 - Sociology A
• HGA102 - Sociology B
• HGA202 - Sociological Analysis of Modern Society
• HGA259 - Sociology of Deviance
• HGA277 - Sociology of Youth
• HGA299 - Australian Society
  
• HGA359 - Sociology of Deviance
• HGA377 - Sociology of Youth
  
• HGA399 - Australian Society