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Assoc Prof Annette Bromdal

Assoc Prof Annette Bromdal
Name Annette Bromdal
Pronoun She/They
Position Associate Professor (Sport, Health and Physical Education)
Section School of Education
Office G310A
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1609
Extension 1609
Email
Qualifications MSocSc Sodertorns Hogskola , PhD Monash
Languages Finnish (non accredited translator)
French (non accredited translator)
German (non accredited translator)
Swedish (accredited translator)

Biography

Annette Brömdal is an Associate Professor in Sport, Health and Physical Education at UniSQ. Prior to their academic position at UniSQ Annette worked at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (now UN WOMEN) and coordinated projects and initiatives preventing trafficking in women in Thailand by addressing normative dimensions of demand. Annette’s research interests fall within the areas of bodies, gender and sexuality in elite sports, medicine, contemporary sexuality education, the corrective service system, and around ageing, specifically associated with critical intersex studies and critical trans discourses. Annette is currently leading a research project investigating the lived experiences of formerly incarcerated trans persons in Australia and collaborates with scholars in associated fields in the US, New Zealand and Europe. They have contributed to 50+ high-quality research outputs (including 1 solo-authored book; 2 creative works displayed at a high-profile art exhibition with international curator contributions; 2 stakeholder research reports in the LGBTQIA+ health and rights promotion space; one evidence-based teacher toolkit for the QLS Department of Education [676 citations; h-index 16; i10-index 23 [Google Scholar; 17 May 2024]), and have been awarded over AUD$6.3 million in research/grant funding as Chief/Co-Investigator, including two MRFF grants in 2024. Annette’s contribution to quality research and publications, and learning and teaching have been recognised through the UniSQ School of Education's Q1 Research Awards (2020); UniSQ Unit-Specific Publication Excellence Award (2019), and the School of Education Teaching Excellence Award (2015, Deakin) for their sustained excellence in Good Teaching from 2012 -2015. Annette's teaching is underpinned by collaborative practice, inquiry-based learning, critical pedagogy, and social-activist-educator-ideology. Annette has also received a UniSQ Highly Commended Excellence Award for Diversity and Inclusion in 2020 and 2022. In 2024, Annette was also co-awarded the Rosalind Franklin Society Special Award in Science (shared award) for the journal article ‘Developing the “Oppression-to-Incarceration Cycle” of Black American and First Nations Australian Trans Women: Applying the Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice Framework’ selected as the best paper of the year in the Journal of Correctional Health Care. A/Prof Brömdal was the International Sociological Association's 2023 Local Organising Committee Member responsible for the 2023 World Congress for Sociology's Inclusion and Equity portfolio culminating in the 2023 World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne. Annette is the past Co-Convenor of the Gender, Sexualities and Cultural SIG for AARE (2016 - 2020) and currently a Queensland Queering Education Consultative Committee member. Within the UniSQ Annette is the School of Education Director for all the Non-Initial Teacher Education Programs in the School; an Academic Team Leader for nine academics in the School; a UniSQ Human Research Ethics Committee member; and a UniSQ SAGE Athena Swan Committee member.

Research Career


  • Gender, Sexuality and Education ( 130308 )
  • Sociology not elsewhere classified ( 160899 )
  • Medical Ethics ( 220106 )
  • Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation ( 160202 )
  • Gender Specific Studies ( 169901 )
  • Correctional Theory ( 440202 )
  • Gender Studies ( 440500 )
  • Gender ( 390406 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Sociology ( 441000 )
  • Criminology ( 440200 )
  • Transgender Studies ( 440508 )
  • Gender Relations ( 440504 )
  • Sociology Of Gender ( 441010 )
  • Gender And Crime ( 440209 )
  • Intersectional Studies ( 440505 )

Associate Professor Annette Brömdal’s health promotion and rights research focuses on bodies, gender, and sexuality through co-designing and working in partnerships with LGBTQIA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community stakeholders. As a nationally and internationally recognised expert, their research contributes to an important evidence-base utilised by multi-stakeholders to alleviate injustices for diverse LGBTQIA+ communities across societal settings.

Annette has contributed to 50+ high-quality research outputs (including 1 solo-authored book; 2 creative works displayed at a high-profile art exhibition with international curator contributions; 2 stakeholder research reports in the LGBTQIA+ health and rights promotion space; one evidence-based teacher toolkit for the QLD Department of Education [677 citations; h-index 16; i10-index 23 [Google Scholar; 20 May 2024]), and have been awarded over AUD$6.3 million in research/grant funding as Chief/Co-Investigator, including two MRFF grants in 2024.

They have been invited to deliver transgender affirming PDs to inter/national staff caring for transgender persons in prison, provided policy directives to the VIC and the NT Departments of Corrections on transgender incarcerated persons, are currently an Editor for the International Journal of Transgender Health, and have had their work cited by the UN report "Mapping of Good Practices for the Management of Transgender Prisoners" (2020) and the recent WPATH's Standards of Care (2022).

Annette has a wealth of supervisory experience, currently supervising RA staff, 11 HDR students, and since 2017 Annette has supervised 7 HDR, 11 Honounrs to completion. Furthermore, their inter/national leadership in the gender, sexuality, health, and rights space is recognised through their receipt of two UniSQ Publication Excellence Awards (2019; 2020), a UniSQ Highly Commended Excellence Award for Diversity and Inclusion (2020, 2022), and the Rosalind Franklin Society Special Award in Science (shared award) for the journal article ‘Developing the “Oppression-to-Incarceration Cycle” of Black American and First Nations Australian Trans Women: Applying the Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice Framework’ selected as the best paper of the year in the Journal of Correctional Health Care.

A/Prof Brömdal is leading a number of funded/non-funded research projects in partnership with LGBTQIA+ communities and government stakeholders (e.g., Queensland Health, Queensland Council for LGBTI Health, Queensland Positive People, LGBTI Community Ageing Network Sunshine Coast, DiversityWise, True Relationships & Reproductive Health Queensland, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art), including with international scholars at world-renowned institutions (such as the Universities of Brown, and Vanderbilt in the US), and for the last 18 years their research has specifically centred around promoting the health and rights of Rainbow community-members in healthcare, sports, educational, and carceral settings through innovative methodological approaches.

Annette’s publications include articles in scholarly journals such as the International Journal of Transgender Health; Archives of Sexual Behaviour; Journal of Homosexuality; Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health; Feminism & Psychology; Journal of Personality; Ethos; Punishment & Society; Journal of Interpersonal Violence; International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics; Sport, Education and Society; Sex Education; Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education; Qualitative Research Journal; book chapters in Responsibility and Responsibilisation in Education (2018 Routledge); The Palgrave Handbook of Sexuality Education (2017); The Palgrave Handbook of Incarceration across Popular Media (2020); Uplifting Careers in Gender & Sexuality in Education (2019; Palgrave); and single authored books: Intersex – A Challenge for Human Rights and Citizenship Rights (2008 VDM Verlag).


Member of the The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
Member of Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
Member of Queensland Queering Education Consultative Committee


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  • Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research (CHIER)

Teaching


EDH2152: Health and Wellbeing
EDH3150: Physical Activity and Society


13 Years


Non-Initial Teacher Education Programs Director (Doctor of Education, Master of Education, Doctor of Professional Studies, Master of Professional Studies) School of Education, BELA, UniSQ (2019 - Current)
Academic Team Leader; School of Education, BELA, UniSQ (2019 - Current)
Human Research Ethics Committee Member, UniSQ (2017 - Current)
SAGE Athena SWAN Committee Member, UniSQ (2021 - Current)
Research and Research Training Coordinator, School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education, BELA, USQ (2017- 30 June 2019)

Supervision


  • Gender, Sexuality and Education ( 130308 )
  • Sociology not elsewhere classified ( 160899 )
  • Medical Ethics ( 220106 )
  • Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation ( 160202 )
  • Gender Specific Studies ( 169901 )
  • Correctional Theory ( 440202 )
  • Gender Studies ( 440500 )
  • Gender ( 390406 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Sociology ( 441000 )
  • Criminology ( 440200 )
  • Transgender Studies ( 440508 )
  • Gender Relations ( 440504 )
  • Sociology Of Gender ( 441010 )
  • Gender And Crime ( 440209 )
  • Intersectional Studies ( 440505 )