Kristen Foley
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
My research explores how health and illness outcomes are structured across and amongst populations; with a strong emphasis on the sociopolitical realities and affective economies of value that give rise to these patternings. I use predominantly qualitative methods to consider interplays between people, science, culture, emotion, market, policy, and place; and have contributed methodological innovations to both public health and social science disciplines. I am an invited guest lecturer to students in allied and public health fields. I hold an NHMRC funded post-doctoral scholarship (allied health priority stipend) to explore the commercial determinants of alcohol consumption for Australian women in midlife.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Grant-Funded Researcher University of Adelaide 2024 - ongoing Clinical Council Board Member Adelaide Primary Health Network 2022 - ongoing Research Fellow Torrens University Australia -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2016 Flinders University Australia Master of Public Health 2010 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Freeman, T., Foley, K., Anaf, J., Nosworthy, B., & Baum, F. (2025). A systematic-narrative hybrid review of evidence: Exploring how corporate social responsibility initiatives impact population health. Health, 1-21.
Scopus2 WoS12025 Ward, P., Foley, K., Warin, M., Lunnay, B., Palmer, C., & MacLean, S. (2025). A hope for hope: refocusing health promotion on hopefulness to reduce alcohol consumption and breast cancer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(2), 188-1-188-8.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12025 Ward, P. R., Foley, K., Warin, M., & Lunnay, B. (2025). A political economy of hope: Materialisations of social class and inequity in women's imaginings of alcohol (free) futures. Social Science and Medicine, 371, 117884-1-117884-9.
2025 Potter, R. E., Foley, K., Richter, S., Cleggett, S., Dollard, M. F., Parkin, A., . . . Lushington, K. (2025). National review into work conditions & discrimination for pregnant and parent workers in Australia. Safety Science, 186, 106830.
2025 Stanhope, J., Foley, K., Butler, M., Boddy, J., Clanchy, K., George, E., . . . Weinstein, P. (2025). Australian allied health professionals’ perspectives on current practice, benefits, challenges, and opportunities in nature-based approaches. Health and Place, 93, 103430-1-103430-15.
2025 Foley, K., McLean, C., De Zylva, R., Asa, G., Maio, J., Batchelor, S., . . . Dimassi, A. (2025). Developing a Critical Imagination for How Researchers can use Artificially Intelligent Tools Reflexively and Responsibly During Qualitative Literature Reviews. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24.
Scopus12025 Foley, K., McLean, C., & Olivares-Aising, D. (2025). Social practice methodologies for understanding patterns of and within occupation. Journal of Occupational Science, 32(3), 397-419.
Scopus1 WoS12024 Foley, K. (2024). Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague, written by Barr, Philippa Nicole. Emotions: History, Culture, Society, 8(2), 326-327.
2024 Lunnay, B., Foley, K., Lawn, S., Baigent, M., Weightman, A., Lawrence, D., . . . Ward, P. R. (2024). Work-related impacts on doctors' mental health: a qualitative study exploring organisational and systems-level risk factors. BMJ open, 14(11), e088283.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22024 Lunnay, B., & Foley, K. (2024). Gender-responsive health promotion for women: Regulating the sociopolitical landscape of alcohol product marketing. Health Promotion International, 39(5), daae119-1-daae119-7.
Scopus8 Europe PMC42024 Fitzpatrick, S. E., Foley, K., Crittenden, T., Watson, D., & Dean, N. R. (2024). Australian women’s experiences of post-partum rectus diastasis: A qualitative study. Women's Health, 20, 17455057241233123.
Scopus4 Europe PMC12024 Schumacher, A. E., Kyu, H. H., Aali, A., Abbafati, C., Abbas, J., Abbasgholizadeh, R., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 1989-2056.
Scopus539 WoS314 Europe PMC4442023 Foley, K., Lunnay, B., Kevin, C., & Ward, P. R. (2023). Developing a Women's Thought Collective methodology for health research: The roles and responsibilities of researchers in the reflexive co-production of knowledge. Health Expectations, 26(5), 1954-1964.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC42023 Attrill, S., Foley, K., Gesesew, H. A., & Brebner, C. (2023). Allied health workforce development for participant-led services: structures for student placements in the National Disability Insurance Scheme.. BMC Med Educ, 23(1), 13 pages.
Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC22023 Robinson, S., Foley, K., Moore, T., Valentine, K., Burton, J., Marshall, A., . . . Brebner, C. (2023). Prioritising Children and Young People with Disability in Research About Domestic and Family Violence: Methodological, Ethical and Pragmatic Reflections. Journal of Family Violence, 38(6), 1191-1204.
Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC32023 Lunnay, B., Seymour, J., Foley, K., Musolino, C., & Ward, P. R. (2023). Through the wine glass: How biographical midlife transitions and women's affective interpretations interact with alcohol consumption.. International Journal of Drug Policy, 117, 1-9.
Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC102022 Ward, P. R., Foley, K., Meyer, S. B., Wilson, C., Warin, M., Batchelor, S., . . . Lunnay, B. (2022). Place of alcohol in the ‘wellness toolkits’ of midlife women in different social classes: a qualitative study in South Australia. Sociology of Health and Illness, 44(2), 488-507.
Scopus31 WoS27 Europe PMC162022 Huppatz, E., Lunnay, B., Foley, K., Miller, E., Warin, M., Wilson, C., . . . Ward, P. (2022). Adaptive capacity: A qualitative study of midlife Australian women's
resilience during COVID-19. SSM. Mental Health, 2, 1-8.
Scopus7 WoS22022 Meyer, S. B., Lunnay, B., Warin, M., Foley, K., Olver, I. N., Wilson, C., . . . Ward, P. R. (2022). Examining social class as it relates to heuristics women use to determine the trustworthiness of information regarding the link between alcohol and breast cancer risk. PLoS One, 17(9), 1-19.
Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC112022 Dean, N. R., Foley, K., Long, R., & Ward, P. (2022). Experiences of women undergoing abdominoplasty in the public sector: a qualitative study. Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 5(1), 56-67.
Scopus12021 Foley, K., Freeman, T., Ward, P., Lawler, A., Osborne, R., & Fisher, M. (2021). Exploring access to, use of and benefits from population-oriented digital health services in Australia. Health Promotion International, 36(4), 1105-1115.
Scopus34 WoS29 Europe PMC242021 Foley, K., Warin, M., Meyer, S., Miller, E., & Ward, P. (2021). Alcohol and flourishing for Australian women in midlife: a qualitative study of negotiating (un)happiness. Sociology, 55(4), 751-767.
Scopus36 WoS312021 Lunnay, B., Foley, K., Meyer, S. B., Warin, M., Wilson, C., Olver, I., . . . Ward, P. R. (2021). Alcohol consumption and perceptions of health risks during COVID-19: a qualitative study of middle-aged women in South Australia. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 1-11.
Scopus40 WoS30 Europe PMC212021 Miller, E. R., Olver, I. N., Wilson, C. J., Lunnay, B., Meyer, S. B., Foley, K., . . . Ward, P. R. (2021). COVID-19, alcohol consumption and stockpiling practises in midlife women: repeat surveys during lockdown in Australia and the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 1-11.
Scopus17 WoS16 Europe PMC142021 Lunnay, B., Toson, B., Wilson, C., Miller, E. R., Meyer, S. B., Olver, I. N., . . . Ward, P. R. (2021). Social class and changes in Australian women's affect and alcohol consumption during COVID-19. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 645376-1-645376-15.
Scopus25 WoS21 Europe PMC172021 Rudge, A., Foley, K., Lunnay, B., Miller, E. R., Batchelor, S., & Ward, P. R. (2021). How are the links between alcohol consumption and breast cancer portrayed in australian newspapers?: A paired thematic and framing media analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(14), 7657-1-7657-18.
Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC52021 Ward, P. R., Lunnay, B., Foley, K., Meyer, S. B., Thomas, J., Olver, I., & Millere, E. R. (2021). The Case of Australia. The International Journal of Social Quality, 11(1-2), 289-308.
Scopus102020 Foley, K., Attrill, S., McAllister, S., & Brebner, C. (2020). Impact of transition to an individualised funding model on allied health support of participation opportunities.. Disability and rehabilitation, 43(21), 10 pages.
Scopus23 WoS24 Europe PMC162020 Gordon, S., Bidargaddi, N., Immanuel, S., Fouyaxis, J., Foley, K., Hall, K., & Baker, N. (2020). Opportunities for Technology-Assisted Healthy Ageing in a Local Government Context. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 268, 77-86.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12019 Meyer, S. B., Foley, K., Olver, I., Ward, P. R., McNaughton, D., Mwanri, L., & Miller, E. R. (2019). Alcohol and breast cancer risk: Middle-aged women's logic and recommendations for reducing consumption in Australia. PLoS ONE, 14(2), 20 pages.
Scopus32 WoS29 Europe PMC222019 Tsourtos, G., Foley, K., Ward, P., Miller, E., Wilson, C., Barton, C., & Lawn, S. (2019). Using a nominal group technique to approach consensus on a resilience intervention for smoking cessation in a lower socioeconomic population.. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1577-1-1577-15.
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Books
Year Citation 2023 Ward, P. R., & Foley, K. (2023). The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World: Imagined Emotions and Emotional Futures. Emerald Publishing Limited.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2024 Foley, K., Lunnay, B., & Ward, P. R. (2024). When the politics of contextuality (can) subvert science: A case study of Australian women’s perceptions of alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk. In M. Farina, & A. Lavazza (Eds.), Philosophy, Expertise, and the Myth of Neutrality (pp. 238-256). Routledge.
DOI Scopus42023 Foley, K., Lunnay, B., & Ward, P. R. (2023). Feeling and (dis)trusting in modern, post-truth, pandemic times. In P. R. Ward, & K. Foley (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World: Imagined Emotions and Emotional Futures (pp. 211-232). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd..
DOI Scopus32023 Ward, P. R., & Foley, K. (2023). Introduction: Pandemic-emotions, ontologies of uncertainty and imagining emotional futures. In P. R. Ward, & K. Foley (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World: Imagined Emotions and Emotional Futures (pp. 1-20). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd..
DOI Scopus12023 Lunnay, B., Foley, K., & Ward, P. R. (2023). Qualitative research in sociology: 'Seeing' social class in qualitative data. In How to Conduct Qualitative Research in Social Science (pp. 74-92). Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI Scopus12023 Lunnay, B., Warin, M., Foley, K., & Ward, P. (2023). Is Happiness a Fantasy Only for the Privileged? Exploring Women's Classed Chances of Being Happy Through Alcohol Consumption During COVID-19. In P. Ward, & K. Foley (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World: Imagined Emotions and Emotional Futures (pp. 113-133). Emerald Publishing.
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