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Benjamin Hegarty is a Senior Research Associate at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, specializing in medical anthropology and global health. His research employs ethnographic methods informed by queer theory and science technology studies (STS) to investigate the sociocultural dimensions of health, particularly how structural inequalities influence health outcomes in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Hegarty has worked on long-term, interdisciplinary projects addressing issues related to gender, sexuality, and reproductive health rights. He authored the book 'Made-Up State: Trans Femininity, Technology, Citizenship in Indonesia,' published by Cornell University Press in 2022. He received the Anne Bolin Gilbert Herdt Book Prize from the American Anthropological Association in 2023. His recent projects include a rapid ethnographic assessment of transgender rights and health in Indonesia, funded by the Australian Human Rights Institute, which explores the intersection of legal, medical, and health forms of gender affirmation within transgender communities. Hegarty serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has been awarded competitive fellowships, including the French Institutes Advanced Studies Fellowship for 2024-2025 at the Institute Advanced Studies in Paris and a Research Affiliate position at the University of Oxford's School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography.
Kirby Institute • Sydney, Australia
Conducts research on global health using ethnographic methods in the Asia Pacific region.
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