Raewyn Connell
Title
Raewyn Connell
Rights
Permission to upload photo by the author. Photo attribution: Raewyn Connell
Birth Date
1944
Birthplace
Sydney, Australia
Primary Sources
Connell, R. (2026). Trans Lives. Polity Press.
Connell, R. (2021). Transgender health: on a world scale. Health Sociology Review, 30(1), 87–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2020.1868899
Connell, R. (2020). Gender in world perspective (4th ed). Polity Press.
https://www.wiley.com/en-au/Gender:+In+World+ Perspective,+4th+Edition-p-9781509538997
Connell, R. (2019). The Good University: What Universities Really Do and Why It’s Time for Radical Change. Monash University Publishing.
Connell, R. (2019). Canons and colonies: the global trajectory of sociology. Estudoshistóricos, 32(67), 349-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S2178-14942019000200002
Connell, R. (2018). Decolonizing sociology. Contemporary Sociology, 47(4), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094306118779811
Connell, R. (2016). Masculinities in Global Perspective: Hegemony, Contestation, and Changing Structures of Power. Theory and Society, 45(4), 303–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-016-9275-x
Connell, R. (2014). Using southern theory: Decolonizing social thought in theory, research and application. Planning Theory, 13(2), 210-223.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095213499216
Connell, R. (2012). A iminente revolução na teoria social (J. Maia, Trans.). Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais, 27(80), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-69092012000300001
Connell, R. (2011). Confronting Equality: Gender, knowledge and global change. Polity Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003115250
Connell, R. (2007). The northern theory of globalization. Sociological theory, 25(4), 368-385.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9558.2007. 00314.x
Connell, R. (2021). Transgender health: on a world scale. Health Sociology Review, 30(1), 87–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2020.1868899
Connell, R. (2020). Gender in world perspective (4th ed). Polity Press.
https://www.wiley.com/en-au/Gender:+In+World+ Perspective,+4th+Edition-p-9781509538997
Connell, R. (2019). The Good University: What Universities Really Do and Why It’s Time for Radical Change. Monash University Publishing.
Connell, R. (2019). Canons and colonies: the global trajectory of sociology. Estudoshistóricos, 32(67), 349-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S2178-14942019000200002
Connell, R. (2018). Decolonizing sociology. Contemporary Sociology, 47(4), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094306118779811
Connell, R., Pearse, R., Collyer, F., Maia, J. M., & Morrell, R. (2018). Negotiating with the North: How Southern-tier intellectual workers deal with the global economy of knowledge. The Sociological Review, 66(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026117705038
Connell, R. (2016). Masculinities in Global Perspective: Hegemony, Contestation, and Changing Structures of Power. Theory and Society, 45(4), 303–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-016-9275-x
Connell, R. (2015). Hégémonie, masculinité, colonialité. Genre, Sexualité et Société, 13. https://doi.org/10.4000/gss.3429
Connell, R. (2015). Meeting at the edge of fear: Theory on a world scale. Feminist Theory, 16(1), 49–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700114562531
Connell, R. (2015). El género en serio: Cambio global, vida personal, luchas sociales. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género.
Connell, R. (2014). Rethinking gender from the South. Feminist studies, 40(3), 518-539.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.15767/feministstudies.40.3.518 Connell, R. (2014). Using southern theory: Decolonizing social thought in theory, research and application. Planning Theory, 13(2), 210-223.
Connell, R. (2012). A iminente revolução na teoria social (J. Maia, Trans.). Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais, 27(80), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-69092012000300001
Connell, R. (2011). Confronting Equality: Gender, knowledge and global change. Polity Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003115250
Connell, R. (2007). The northern theory of globalization. Sociological theory, 25(4), 368-385.
Connell, R. (2007). Southern theory: The global dynamics of knowledge in social science. Polity Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003117346
Connell, R. (2005). Masculinities (2nd ed.). Allen & Unwin.Connell, R. W. (1997). Why is classical theory classical?. American journal of sociology, 102(6), 1511-1557. https://doi.org/10.1086/231125 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/231125
Secondary Sources
Kislenko, I., & Connell, R. (2025). Southern theory, knowledge production and Russia’s war in Ukraine: An interview with Raewyn Connell. Current Sociology 73(1), 105–119. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921231218736
Hil, R., & Connell, R. (2022). Raewyn Connell on why and how universities need to change, and soon: Interview with Richard Hil. Social Alternatives, 41(1), 76. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.423186375652556
Elliot, K. (2020). Young men navigating contemporary masculinities. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-36395-6.pdf
Messerschmidt, J.W., Martin, Y., Messner, P., Michael A. and Connel, R. (Eds.) (2018). Gender reckonings: new social theory and research. New York University Press.
Kulkarni, M., & Jain, R. (Eds.). (2018). Global masculinities: Interrogations and reconstructions. Taylor & Francis.
Nascimento, M., & Connell, R. (2017). Reflecting on twenty years of Masculinities: an interview with Raewyn Connell/ Uma reflexao sobre os vinte anos do livro “Masculinities”: entrevista com Raewyn Connell. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 22(12), 3975. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320172212. 27242016
Budgeon, S. (2014). The dynamics of gender hegemony: Femininities, masculinities and social change. Sociology, 48(2), 317-334. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038513490358
Hil, R., & Connell, R. (2022). Raewyn Connell on why and how universities need to change, and soon: Interview with Richard Hil. Social Alternatives, 41(1), 76. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.423186375652556
Elliot, K. (2020). Young men navigating contemporary masculinities. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-36395-6.pdf
Collyer, F., Connell, R., Maia, J., & Morrell, R. (2019). Knowledge and Global Power: Making New Sciences in the South. Monash University Publishing.
Mamdani, M., & Parker, G. (2019). Decolonising Universities. In J. D. Jansen (Ed.), Decolonisation in Universities: The politics of knowledge (pp. 15–28). Wits University Press. https://doi.org/10.18772/22019083351.6
Messerschmidt, J.W., Martin, Y., Messner, P., Michael A. and Connel, R. (Eds.) (2018). Gender reckonings: new social theory and research. New York University Press.
Kulkarni, M., & Jain, R. (Eds.). (2018). Global masculinities: Interrogations and reconstructions. Taylor & Francis.
Nascimento, M., & Connell, R. (2017). Reflecting on twenty years of Masculinities: an interview with Raewyn Connell/ Uma reflexao sobre os vinte anos do livro “Masculinities”: entrevista com Raewyn Connell. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 22(12), 3975. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320172212. 27242016
Budgeon, S. (2014). The dynamics of gender hegemony: Femininities, masculinities and social change. Sociology, 48(2), 317-334. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038513490358
Carmody, M. (2005). Ethical erotics: Reconceptualizing anti-rape education. Sexualities, 8(4), 465-480.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1363460705056621
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1363460705056621
Kimmel, M. S., Hearn, J., & Connell, R. W. (Eds.). (2004). Handbook of studies on men and masculinities. Sage Publications.
Extra Resources
Raewyn Connell (n.d.). Home. Accessed April 10, 2022. http://www.raewynconnell.net/
Ruxton, S., & Burrell, S (Hosts). (2022, March 10). Prof Raewyn Connell - Making Sense of Men and Masculinities in the 21st Century. [Audio Podcast]. Now and Men. Accessed June 23, 2022.
https://now-and-men.captivate.fm/episode/raewyn-connell
Brehm, W (Host). (2016, August 1). Raewyn Connell: Decolonizing Knowledge. [Audio Podcast]. FreshEd Podcast. Accessed June 5, 2022. https://freshedpodcast.com/raewynconnell/
Ruxton, S., & Burrell, S (Hosts). (2022, March 10). Prof Raewyn Connell - Making Sense of Men and Masculinities in the 21st Century. [Audio Podcast]. Now and Men. Accessed June 23, 2022.
https://now-and-men.captivate.fm/episode/raewyn-connell
Brehm, W (Host). (2016, August 1). Raewyn Connell: Decolonizing Knowledge. [Audio Podcast]. FreshEd Podcast. Accessed June 5, 2022. https://freshedpodcast.com/raewynconnell/
Bryson, L. (2014). Connell, Raewyn (1944-). The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Accessed June 5, 2022.
http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0734b.htm
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Citation
“Raewyn Connell,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed December 6, 2025, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/763.