Bronwen Dalton

Bronwen Dalton
NationalityAustralian
EducationANU, Yonsei University, University of Oxford
OccupationHead of Department of Management Discipline Group
EmployerUniversity of Technology
Known forNot for Profit Research
TitleProfessor
Websitehttps://profiles.uts.edu.au/Bronwen.Dalton/about

Bronwen Mary Dalton AM is an Australian political scientist and founder of Ruff Sleepers. She was recognised with the medal of the Order of Australia in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for her contributions to social advocacy, social justice academia, and to charitable organisations.[1][2]

Education

Dalton received a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University and a Master of Arts from Yonsei University, Korea. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Oxford, where she was awarded the Oxford University Larkinson Award for Social Studies.[3] She was also awarded the British Vice-Chancellors Committee Overseas Research Scholarship as well as the Korea Foundation Scholarship.[3]

Career

Dalton is founder and CEO of Ruff Sleepers, a charity which washes dogs of homeless people. Dalton was co-director of the UTS Centre for Cosmopolitan Civil Societies in 2015, and she was the National Manager of research at Mission Australia in 2012.[4] Dalton has served on various international and national boards, including the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs’ Australia Korea Foundation, Volunteering NSW and the National Volunteering Research Advisory Group.

Dalton is also on the editorial board of the journal Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.[4] Dalton has published on various topics around Korea,[5] including media metaphors of North Korea,[6] the matriarchy as breadwinners in North Korea,[7] and immigrant parents desires for their children to attend university.[8]

Dalton's field of research includesthe field of third sector studies, including not for profit childcare, not for profit business venturing, recruitment; accountability; and advocacy. She also has published research studies on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), within Australia and Internationally.[9] Dalton has co-authored a book researching and describing sex trafficking. She has been an advisor, providing advice as well as evaluating the stragegy of "Stronger Families and Communities', for the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services. Dalton also worked alongside the community sector within NSW, informing social policy for both the NSW Attorney General's Department and the ICAC.[9]

Selected publications

Dalton has authored publications about the not-for-profit sector,[10] including:

  • Merkbawi, R., Rhodes, C., & Dalton, B. (2024). Political Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Lebanon’s Garbage Mountain. Business & Society, 63(8), 1757-1793. https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503241254549 (Original work published 2024).[11]
  • Dalton, B., & Jung, K. (2018). Becoming cosmopolitan women while negotiating structurally limited choices: The case of Korean migrant sex workers in Australia. Organization, 26(3), 355-370. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508418812554 (Original work published 2019)[12]
  • Davis, E. R., Wilson, R., & Dalton, B. (2018). Another slice of PISA: an interrogation of educational cross-national attraction in Australia, Finland, Japan and South Korea. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 50(3), 309–331. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2018.1510305.[13]

Awards

  • 2025 - King's Birthday awards.[14]
  • 2019 - Community Service Award, Citizenship Awards, Lane Cove Council.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Hundreds recognised in King's Birthday honours". ABC listen. 2025-06-08. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. ^ "Extraordinary members of ANU community named in King's Birthday Honours list". ANU College of Science and Medicine. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  3. ^ a b "Bronwen Dalton". The Conversation. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  4. ^ a b "Femininity in North Korea - East Asia Forum". East Asia Forum Quarterly: Volume 8, Number 2 2016. 8 (2): 30–31. 2016-04-01.
  5. ^ "Bronwen Dalton". The Conversation. 2024-12-01. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  6. ^ Dalton, Bronwen (2019-02-27). "Hermit kingdom, nuclear nation … If the media keep calling North Korea names, it will only prolong conflict". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  7. ^ Ware, Gemma (2024-03-07). "North Korean women are now the breadwinners – and shifting this deeply patriarchal society towards a matriarchy". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  8. ^ Dalton, Bronwen; Kaya, Ece; Wilson, Rachel; Merkbawi, Rayan (2024-12-01). "'I felt lost': immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  9. ^ a b "Bronwen Dalton - ABC News". www.abc.net.au. 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
  10. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  11. ^ Merkbawi, Rayan; Rhodes, Carl; Dalton, Bronwen (2024-11-01). "Political Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Lebanon's Garbage Mountain". Business & Society. 63 (8): 1757–1793. doi:10.1177/00076503241254549. ISSN 0007-6503.
  12. ^ Dalton, Bronwen; Jung, Kyungja (2019-05-01). "Becoming cosmopolitan women while negotiating structurally limited choices: The case of Korean migrant sex workers in Australia". Organization. 26 (3): 355–370. doi:10.1177/1350508418812554. ISSN 1350-5084.
  13. ^ Davis, Edward Rock; Wilson, Rachel; Dalton, Bronwen (2020-04-02). "Another slice of PISA: an interrogation of educational cross-national attraction in Australia, Finland, Japan and South Korea". Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 50 (3): 309–331. doi:10.1080/03057925.2018.1510305. ISSN 0305-7925.
  14. ^ "VC's update - King's Birthday Honours | Australian National University". www.anu.edu.au. 2025-06-06. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  15. ^ "Australian Honours Search Facility". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
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