My feminist sociological research is innovative and multi-dimensional.

For the last 15 years, my research has explored gender-based inequalities. To explore the ‘big questions’ in my field, I examine four key sites where gender inequality persists: 1) Reproduction and parenting; 2) Organisational culture; 3) Media; 4) Leisure. My work examines how gendered inequalities in these sites undermine women’s existing rights, pose difficulties in how women manage paid work and caring responsibilities, challenge their realistic portrayals in the media, and limit access to leisure time/spaces.

My research has been featured 200+ times in national and international media outlets including Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), BBC News (UK), The Independent (UK), Daily Mail (UK and Australia), Globe and Mail (Canada), Salon (USA).

Books

Journal Articles

I am the author of 50+ journal articles on a range of topics including pregnancy body image, tattoos, the public health potential of parkrun, and leadership for women in STEMM.

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Nash M, 'An evaluation of a leadership development programme for women in STEMM in Antarctica'

The Polar Journal, 8, (1) pp. 110-125. ISSN 2154-896X (2018) [Refereed Article]

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Sharman MJ, Nash M, Cleland V, 'Health and broader community benefit of parkrun - An exploratory qualitative study'

Health Promotion Journal of Australia ISSN 1036-1073 (2018) [Refereed Article]

Co-authors: Sharman MJ; Cleland V

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Cleland V, Nash M, Sharman MJ, Claflin S, 'Exploring the health-promoting potential of the 'parkrun' phenomenon: What factors are associated with higher levels of participation?'

American Journal of Health Promotion pp. 1-11. ISSN 0890-1171 (2018) [Refereed Article]

Co-authors: Cleland V; Sharman MJ; Claflin S

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Chapter in Book

I am the author of 8 chapters in edited books on topics including maternity fashion, fitness fashion websites, and fetal personhood.

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Nash M, 'Empowering sporty sisters' through active living': A feminist multi-modal critical discourse analysis of the Lorna Jane fitness fashion website'

New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times, Palgrave Macmillan, K Toffoletti, H Thorpe and J Francombe-Webb (ed) ISBN 978-3-319-72481-2 (2018) [Research Book Chapter]

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Nash M, Grant R, 'From Sex and the City to Girls: paving the way for post? feminism'

Reading Lena Dunham's Girls: feminism, postfeminism, authenticity and gendered performance in contemporary television, Palgrave Macmillan, M Nash and I Whelehan (ed), pp. 61-74. ISBN 978-3-319-52971-4 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]

Co-authors: Grant R

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Nash M, Whelehan I, 'Why Girls? Why now?'

Reading Lena Dunham's Girls: feminism, postfeminism, authenticity and gendered performance in contemporary television, Springer International Publishing AG, M Nash and I Whelehan (ed), pp. 1-16. ISBN 9783319529707 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]

Co-authors: Whelehan I

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Conference Publications

I have presented my work at 20+ national and international conferences in recent years.

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Hansen E, Nash M, Ayton J, 'How fathers experience being in a 'breastfeeding family' when breastfeeding problems occur'

2017 TASA Conference, 27-30 November 2017, Perth, Australia (2017) [Conference Extract]

Co-authors: Hansen E; Ayton J

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Howes FS, Nash M, Walters J, Nelson MR, 'Emerging visual methodologies to better understand the process of care in hypertension management in Australian general practice'

Abstracts From the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the HBPRCA and the 39th Annual Scientific Meeting of the AAS, pp. e152. ISSN 0194-911X (2014) [Conference Extract]

Co-authors: Howes FS; Walters J; Nelson MR

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Other Publications