MOVING SCIENCE: Susan Kippax and the Politics of Knowledge

Susan Kippax was director of the National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR) at the University of New South Wales in Sydney until 2007. Her approach has been crucial in terms of keeping open a critical dialogue between social science, HIV policy, and the subjugated knowledge of gay men in their negotiation of HIV risk. It has been central to the construction of concepts like "negotiated safety" and to Sydney's continued effectiveness in preventing rising rates of HIV infection by communicating effectively about practices of prevention. (Quotes from original text)