Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


   Prof. Douglas Kirsner

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Position Personal Chair
Email douglas.kirsner@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone +61 3 924 43980
Campus Burwood
Location Burwood (Room D5.14)
Role and profile Editorial Advisor, Psychoanalysis and History
Associate Editor, International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies
Associate Editor, Organisational and Social Dynamics
Editorial Advisory Board, Psychotherapy in Australia
Visiting Fellow, School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
Teaching responsibilities Political Philosophy
Freud and Philosophy
Psychoanalysis, Groups and Organizations;
Master of Psychoanalytic Studies,
Political Philosophy.
Research interests
  • History and philosophy of psychoanalysis and its institutions, including
    US and international psychoanalysis.
  • The work of Elliott Jaques.
Current research projects Trust and Mistrust in Individuals, Organizations and Societies
All psychoanalysis is local
Qualifications PhD (Deakin), MA (Monash), BA (Hons), Dip Crim (Melb)
Memberships Corresponding Member, Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
Member, International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations
Board Member and Country Representative for Australia, Requisite Organization
International Institute
China-America Psychoanalytic Alliance
Conferences International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, Melbourne, June
2011
World Psychotherapy Congress, Sydney, August 2011
Research link View Deakin associated research data

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22nd April 2013