Dr Caroline Symons
Senior lecturer, School of Sport and Exercise Science
Caroline Symons is a senior lecturer in sport event management, and ethics and social policy in sport at VU.
Caroline is an authority in the area of gender, sexuality and sport studies and can provide commentary on these issues in football. She is currently the principal investigator of three major research projects in Australian sport:
- a Victoria-wide longitudinal study of girls, sport and physical activity
- women in leadership positions in Australian sport, and
- the first study exploring the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender sport experience within Australia
Portfolios
Areas of expertise
- Australian Rules Football (AFL)
- girls and sport
- sport and physical activity
Contact details
- +61 3 9919 4389
- caroline.symons@vu.edu.au