Biography
Andrew is Professor of Sociology and Social Research in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin. His research interests include spirituality, youth religion, new religious movements (including Spiritualism), global Christianity, secularisation, non-religion, religious change, religious movements in the Global South. Andrew has presented and published extensively in these areas both nationally and internationally. He is author of three books: Freedoms, Faiths and Futures: Teenage Australians on Religion, Sexuality and Diversity (with A. Halafoff, M.L. Rasmussen & G.D. Bouma, Bloomsbury, 2021); Religion, Culture and Society: A Global Approach (Sage 2014) and The Spirit of Generation Y: Young People’s Spirituality in a Changing Australia (with M. Mason & R. Webber, Garrett Publications, 2007). He is a skilled quantitative and qualitative researcher and specialises in mixed-method projects.
Andrew is a multi award-winning educator and supervised many Masters and PhD theses in the sociology of religion, as well as gender studies, health and media. He currently teaches social research methods (qual. and quant.) including SPSS.
Read more on Andrew's profileResearch interests
Sociology of religion: spirituality, youth religion, new religious movements, global Christianity, secularisation, non-religion, religious change, religious movements in the Global South
Gender: men, masculinity, gender and the media
Research methods: quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods.
Units taught
AIX707: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
AIX708: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
ASC250: SOCIAL RESEARCH: AN INTRODUCTION
Knowledge areas
Sociology of religion: spirituality, youth religion, new religious movements, global Christianity, secularisation, non-religion, religious change, religious movements in the Global South
Gender: men, masculinity, gender and the media
Research methods: quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods.
Expertise
- Religion
Publications
No publications found
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Australian Young People's Perspectives on Religions and Non-religious Worldviews
A/Prof Mary Louise Rasmussen, Prof Gary Bouma, Prof Andrew Singleton, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Paul Myers
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2018: $36,169
- 2017: $161,611
Let the dead speak: Social engagement in a new religious movement
Dr Matthew Tomlinson, Prof Andrew Singleton
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2019: $45,973
- 2018: $36,153
- 2017: $26,102
Discovering a ¿good read¿: Pathways to reading for Australian teens
A/Prof Leonie Rutherford, Dr Michael Dezuanni, Prof Katya Johanson, Prof Andrew Singleton, A/Prof Donald Matheson, Dr Susan La Marca
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2021: $8,032
- 2020: $95,045
- 2019: $51,907
Industry and Other Funding
Anglican identity in Australia
Prof Andrew Singleton
- 2017: $1,915
- 2016: $7,000
- 2015: $3,000
Evaluation of Phunktional Theatre Company Performances
Prof Andrew Singleton, EM/Prof Ruth Webber
- 2016: $30,000
- 2015: $30,000
Christian youth workers in secular space
Prof Andrew Singleton, Mr David Fagg
- 2020: $3,000
- 2019: $3,000
- 2018: $5,000
Re-examining the church¿s practice of youth ministry (Christian youth workers in secular spaces)
Prof Andrew Singleton, Mr David Fagg
- 2018: $5,000
Conspirituality' and science in Australia: Material and Digital Practices, Activism and Risks
A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Prof Cristina Rocha, Prof Andrew Singleton, Dr Alexandra Roginski, Dr Enqi Weng
- 2021: $21,877
Supervisions
Samuel Hogan
Thesis entitled: Interfaith Peacebuilding in Regional Australia: Religious Diversity and Its Management in Toowoomba
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Caroline Lucy Denigan
Thesis entitled: Women's Home-made Houses: Sex, Gender and Self-build Housing in Australia 1970-2014
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences