DrLeah Williams Veazey

PhD (Sydney); MSc (London); BA(Hons) (Cambridge)

Leah Williams Veazey is ARC DECRA Research Fellow in the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies in the School of Social and Political Sciences. She is the author of the award-winning book Migrant Mothers in the Digital Age (2021, Routledge) and has published widely in the areas of migration, parenthood, digital cultures, and experiences of health and healthcare. Her research uses qualitative methods, most commonly in-depth interviews, to explore contemporary social experiences, with a focus on the intersections of health, mobility and relational sociology.

Leah's current research, funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) entitled "Future-proofing Australia's Care Economy", explores the intersections of work, migration and care in the lives of healthcare workers and healthcare students. Specifically, the project explores how healthcare workers' family relationships and informal care responsibilities shape their migration decisions, experiences in the workplace and plans for the future.

Before commencing her DECRA, Leah taught across the Discipline of Sociology & Criminology and the School for Public Health, and worked on a number of research projects, including an ARC-funded project on the history of sociology, led by Associate Professor Fran Collyer, and an NHRMC-funded project on the experiences of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, led by Professors Lyn Gilbert and Alex Broom. Her recent projects at the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies include experiences of contemporary cancer care, the social life of death, and the social dimensions of antimicrobial resistance.

Leah has recently joined the Australian Centre for Gender Equality & Inclusion at Work as a Research Fellow, contributing to the Working for Women Research Partnership.