PATULNY Roger

PATULNY, Roger

Professor

PhD (University of New South Wales)

Research Interests:

Loneliness; Social Isolation; the Sociology of Emotions; Emotion Management; Social Capital; Social Inclusion and Connection; Unemployment and the Future of Work; Social Mix in Public Housing; Gendered Social Networks; Volunteering; Trust; and Digital Interaction

Roger Patulny joined the department in 2023. Prior to this, he held positions at the University Wollongong and the Univesity of New South Wales, Australia, and the University of Surry, UK. His research interests include socilogical studies of loneliness, social isolation, the sociology of emotions, emotion management, social capital, social inclusion and connection, unemployment and the future of work, social mix in public housing, gender and social networks, volunteering, trust, and digital interaction. He has been a CI on competitive grants that have attracted over $1.1 million AUS in funding. These include the ARC Discovery 2009-11: ‘Poor Women and Lonely Men: Examining Gendered Social Inclusion and Connection in Australia’, the ARC Linkage 2015-17: ‘Who You Know or Where You Go? The Role of Formal and Informal Networks in Finding Employment and Maintaining Wellbeing’, and the ARC Discovery 2023-25 ‘How parents manage climate anxiety: coping and hoping for the whole family’. He has served on the executive of the Australian Sociological Association (TASA), and co-founded TASA's Sociology of Emotions and Affect (TASA_SEA) Thematic Group.

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

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Course(s) Taught:

SOCI2005 Qualitative Methods of Social Research
SOCI4027 Selected Topics in Contemporary Sociology of China II (Sociology of Emotions)

 

From 2023 to 2025 "How parents manage climate anxiety: coping and hoping for the whole family" Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation.
(For complete list of publications, please view Staff CV.)

 

Journal Articles

Kalic, N, Patulny R, (2023) The impact of gendered scripts on Chlamydia and safe sex on young Australian men and women’s performance of gender and sexual responsibility. Sexualities, Accepted 15/4/23. (H-Index 62, Q1: Anthropology).

 

Patulny R, Spies Butcher, B. (2023) ‘Come Together? The unusual combination of precariat materialist and educated post-materialist support for an Australian Universal Basic Income’. Journal of Sociology, Accepted 15/3/23 (H-Index 50, Q1: Sociology and Political Science) https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783323116722

 

Bower, M, Kent, J, Patulny, R, Green, O, McGrath, L, Teesson, L, Jamalishahni, T, Sandison, H, Rugel, E. (2023) The impact of the built environment on loneliness: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Health and Place 79 (2023) 102962.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102962

 

Sheridan, L, Andersen, P, Patulny, R, McKenzie, J, Kinghorn, G, Middleton, R (2022) Early career teachers’ adaptability and resilience in the socio-relational context of Australian schools. International Journal of Educational Research, 115(2022); 102051. (H-Index 69, Q1: Education).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2022.102051

 

Middleton, R, Kinghorn, G, Patulny, R, Sheridan, L, Andersen, P, McKenzie, J (2022) Qualitatively exploring the attributes of adaptability and resilience amongst recently graduated nurses. Nurse Education in Practice. Online First, (H-Index 53, Q1: Education).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103406

 

Patulny R, Bower, M. (2022) Beware the ‘Loneliness Gap’? Examining emerging inequalities and long-term risks of loneliness and isolation from COVID-19. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 57(3): 562-583. (H-Index 30, Q2: Sociology and Political Science).

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.223

 

Feng, Z, Patulny R. (2022) From Guanxi to Social Capital and Back Again: A qualitative study of Australian Chinese migrants. Journal of Intercultural Studies, Online First (H-Index 34, Q1: Cultural Studies). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07256868.2022.2102594

 

Van Beek, M, Patulny R. (2022) ‘The threat is in all of us”: Perceptions of Loneliness and Divided Communities in Urban & Rural Areas During COVID-19’. Journal of Community Psychology, 50(3); 1531-1548. (H-Index 86, Q2: Social Psychology) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcop.22732

 

Feng, Z, Patulny R. (2021) ‘Should I use my ‘weak’ social capital or ‘strong’ ‘guanxi’? Reviewing and critiquing two theories in the context of Western-Chinese migration’. Journal of Sociology, 57(2); 464-482. (H-Index 50, Q1: Sociology and Political Science) https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783320925152

 

Patulny, R., Mills, K, Olson R, Bellochi, A, McKenzie, J (2020), ‘The emotional tradeoff between meaningful and precarious work in new economies.’ Journal of Sociology 56(3); 333-355. (H-Index 50, Q1: Sociology and Political Science)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783320934156

 

Patulny, R., Lazarevic, N, Smith, V. (2020) ‘“Once More, With Feeling”, said the Robot: AI, the End of Work, and the Rise of Emotional Economies.’ Emotions and Society 2(1):79-97. https://doi.org/10.1332/263168919x15750193136130

 

Ramia, G; Peterie, M; Marston, G; Patulny, R. (2020) Networks, Case Managers and the Job-Search Experiences of Unemployed People. Social Policy & Administration, 54(5): 765-776. (H-Index 63, Q1: Development) https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12575

 

McKenzie, J, Olson, R, Patulny, R., Peterie, M. (2019) ‘Introduction to: ‘Social Emotions: A Multidisciplinary Approach”’ Emotions: History, Culture, Society 3(2019): 187-201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/2208522X-02010056

 

Patulny, R., Bellochi, A., McKenzie, J., Olson, R., Mills, K (2019). ‘Happy, stressed and angry: A national study of teachers’ emotions and their management’. Emotions: History, Culture, Society, 3(2019): 223-244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/2208522X-02010058

 

Marston, G; Ramia, G; Peterie, M; Patulny, R. (2019) “To Move or Not to Move: mobility decision-making in the context of welfare conditionality and paid employment”. Mobilities 14(5): 596-611 (H-Index 53, Q1: Demography) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019.1611016

 

Peterie, M; Ramia, G; Marston, G; Patulny, R. (2019) “Social Isolation as Stigma-Management: Explaining Long-Term Unemployed People’s ‘Failure’ to Network.” Sociology 53(6): 1043-1060 (H-Index 109, Q1 in Sociology and Political Science) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038519856813

 

Peterie, M; Ramia, G; Marston, G; Patulny, R.(2019) ‘Emotional Compliance and Emotion as Resistance: Shame and Anger among the Long-Term Unemployed’. Work, Employment and Society 33(5); 794-811. (H-Index 79, Q1 in Sociology and Political Science) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019845775

 

Patulny, R., Ramia, G, Feng, Z, Peterie, M, Marston, G (2019). ‘The strong, the weak and the meaningful: do friends or acquaintances help us get ‘any’ job, or ‘meaningful’ work?’ International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 39(5/6): 376-394. (H-Index 39, Q2 Economics, Econometrics Finance) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-11-2018-0193

 

McKenzie, J., Olson, R., Patulny, R., Bellochi, A, Mills, K (2019). ‘Emotion management and solidarity in the workplace: A call for a new research agenda’. The Sociological Review 67(3): 672-688 (H-Index 84, Q1 in Sociology and Political Science) DOI: 1177/0038026118822982

 

Olson, R., McKenzie, J., Mills, K., Patulny, R., Bellochi, A, (2019). ‘Gendered emotion management and teacher outcomes in secondary school teaching: A review’. Teaching and Teacher Education 80,128-144 (H-Index 123, Q1 in Education). DOI: 1016/j.tate.2019.01.010

 

Franklin, A.S., Barbosa Neves, B., Jaworski, K., Hookway, N., Patulny, R., and Tranter, B. (2019) ‘Towards an Understanding of Loneliness among Australian Men: Gender Cultures, Embodied Expression and the Social Bases of Belonging’. Journal of Sociology 55(1): 124-143. (H-Index 50, Q1: Sociology and Political Science) DOI: https://doi.org/1177/1440783318777309

 

Ramia, G; Patulny, R.; Marston, G; Cassells, K (2018) ‘The Relationship between Governance Networks and Social Networks: Progress, Problems and Prospects.’ Political Studies Review 6(4): 331-341 (H-Index 29, Q1: Political Science and International Relations .60): DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929917713952


Book Chapters

 

McKenzie J, Patulny, R., (eds) (2021) Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures. Bristol University Press. Review by Jingyu Mao:

 

Patulny, R., Bellochi A, Olson, R, Khorana, S, McKenzie, J, Peterie, M (2019). Emotions in Late Modernity, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge (Series on the Sociology of Emotions).

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