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Deborah Lupton

SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
Deborah Lupton is a sociologist with a Master of Public Health and a doctorate in the sociology of public health. She is the author/co-author of 20 books and over 270 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Deborah leads the Vitalities Lab at UNSW Sydney and also leads the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society as well as its Health Focus Area and is co-leader of the People Program.

Deborah blogs on sociological issues at ‘This Sociological Life’ and tweets @DALupton. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Royal Society of New South Wales.

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