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Books
Sutton (2026) Critical Pet Studies: Choreographing human-companion animal relations, Palgrave Macmillan.
Browne, J. & Sutton, Z. (Eds.) (2024) Human-animal relationships in times of pandemic and climate crises: Multispecies sociology for the new normal’, Routledge.
Journal Articles
Sutton, Z. & Hall, K., (2026) “Feral Catastrophe”: Analyzing the Narrative Construction of Australian Cats, in Annie Potts (ed.), Animals, in Georgina Endfield and Poul Holm (eds), Oxford Intersections: Environmental Change and Human Experience.
Sutton, Z. (2026) “If I don’t like the cats then they have to go”: Navigating pet unfriendly rental accommodation in South Australia, Housing Studies.
Oliver, C. & Sutton, Z. (2025) Do species meet? Antagonising interspecies relationality through textual encounters, Society & Animals.
Clarke, B., Sutton, Z., Dodd, M. & Ross, K., (2024) Bushfire risk, messaging, and older people: Setting a research agenda, Journal of Emergency Management.
Tangney, P., Star, C., Sutton, Z., & Clarke, B. (2023). Navigating collaborative governance: Network ignorance and the performative planning of South Australia’s emergency management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Sutton, Z. (2022) Mapping gender bias in the Australian health and care industry: a case study, Australian Journal of Labour Economics.25, 2, pp.171-193.
Sutton, Z. (2021) Researching towards a critically posthumanist future: on the political “doing” of critical research for companion animal liberation, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.
Sutton, Z. & Taylor, N. (2019) Managing the Borders: static/dynamic nature and the ‘management’ of ‘problem’ species, Parallax, 25(4), pp. 379-394.
Taylor, N. & Sutton, Z. (2018) For an Emancipatory Animal Sociology, Journal of Sociology, 54(4), pp.467-487.
Taylor, N., Sutton, Z, & Wilkie, R. (2018) Introduction for Journal of Sociology Special Section ‘A Sociology of Multi-Species Relations?’, 54(4), pp.463-466.
Book Chapters
Taylor, N. & Sutton, Z. (2026) Animals and Social Work, in Fouche, C. & Beddoe, L. (Eds) Elgar Encyclopedia of Social Work, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (in press)
Mackenzie, J. & Sutton, Z. (2025) Ambivalence and Veganism: Rethinking sentiment in moral choices, in Ambivalent Activism, Bristol University Press.
Sutton, Z. (2024) Fairweather friends? Rethinking multispecies companionship in the new normal, in Browne, J. & Sutton, Z. (Eds.) Human-animal relationships in times of pandemic and climate crises: Multispecies sociology for the new normal’, Routledge.
Sutton, Z. & Browne, J. (2024) Introducing multispecies sociology for the ‘new normal’, in Browne, J. & Sutton, Z. (Eds.) Human-animal relationships in times of pandemic and climate crises: Multispecies sociology for the new normal’, Routledge.
Sutton, Z., Cardilini, A. & Hall, K. (2024) A multispecies right to the city? Reimagining the speculative narratives of urban sustainability, in Castle, N. & Champion, G. (Eds.) Animals and Science Fiction, Palgrave.
Nottle, C., Young, J., Nielsen, T., Dashper, K. & Sutton, Z. (2023) Animals in our leisure and pleasure – reflections, thoughts, and ideas for a more species equitable future, in Fine et al (Eds.) Handbook on Human Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology, Routledge.
Sutton, Z. & Taylor, N. (2022) Between force and freedom: place, space and animals-as-pet-commodities, in Hodge et al. (Eds) Vegan Geographies: Ethics Beyond Violence, Lantern Press, pp. 177-198.
Young, J., Nottle, C., Nielsen, T., Dashper, K. & Sutton, Z. (2022) Pets & people. Whose leisure? Whose health? in Peel et al (Eds.) Leisure and Health, CABI.
Research Reports
Sutton, Z. (2024) ‘Paws with Friends: Evaluation of a support service for animal companions and older people’, Flinders University, South Australia.
Clarke, B., Ross, K., Sutton, Z., Smith, L., Dodd, M., & Burdon, S. (2023) ‘Facilitating bushire action planning for older Australians’, Flinders University, South Australia.
Sutton, Z. (2022) ‘Negotiating pet un-friendliness in South Australian rental accommodation’, Flinders University, South Australia.
Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Smith, L., Sutton, Z., Walton, H. & Mavromaras, K. (2021) ‘NDIS Plan Utilisation: Qualitative Consolidated Report’, Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre, University of Adelaide.
Star, C. & Sutton, Z. (2021) Final Report – South Australian Bushfire Legal Services: Review of current practices. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group, Flinders University. Adelaide.
Star, C., Tangney, P., Jones, M., McLaren, H., Sutton, Z. & Nettle, C. (2021) Final Report – Ensuring effective outcomes and implementation for climate adaptation policy: Reviewing a co-designed, stakeholder-engaged, evidence-based approach to decision-making. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group, Flinders University. Adelaide.
Sutton, Z. (2021) ‘Case Study: Portfolio diversification and votership of the Australian Greens Party’, Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre, University of Adelaide.
Sutton, Z. & Taylor, N. (2021) ‘Potential impacts of broadening policy portfolio to include human-centred policies’, Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre, University of Adelaide.
Tangney, P., Baybay, C. S., Star, C. & Sutton, Z. (2021) Benchmarking Report – Ensuring effective outcomes and implementation for climate adaptation policy: Reviewing a co-designed, stakeholder-engaged, evidence-based approach to decision-making. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group, Flinders University. Adelaide.
Tangney, P., Star, C. & Sutton, Z. (2021) Best practice decision tools report – Ensuring effective outcomes and implementation for climate adaptation policy: Reviewing a co-designed, stakeholder-engaged, evidence based approach to decision-making. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group, Flinders University. Adelaide.
Tangney, P., Sutton, Z., Star, C., & Clarke, B. (2021) Final Report – Sub-national Crisis Coordination and Governance: Implications for Defence Strategic Mobilisation Planning from a South Australian case study – Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group, Flinders University. Adelaide.
Other Outputs
‘Publishing in Critical Animal Studies’ (2026) recorded video podcast with Nik Taylor
‘Multispecies relations in the now normal’ (2020) recorded panel discussion with Dinesh Wadiwel, Gavin Smith, Facilitated by Josephine Browne for the Australian Sociological Association.
American Sociological Association ‘Animals and Society’ podcast (2020) with Dr Corey Wrenn
Leisure Studies Association panel discussion with Dr Janette Young and Dr Kate Dashper on nonhuman animal leisure (2020).
“Multispecies entanglements in a land of fire” (2020), cowritten with Gavin Smith & Elisa Armstrong, TASA Nexus.
‘“As long as it’s not dog’ — What the Bali dog meat scandal can tell us about Australian meat eating culture” (2017), available at https://animalsinsocietygroup.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/zoei-suttons-bali-dog-meat-commentary/
“‘It’s not me, it’s you.’ The problem with Breed Specific Legislation” (2014) , available at https://animalsinsocietygroup.wordpress.com/2014/07/07/its-not-me-its-you-the-problem-with-breed-specific-legislation/
