Lauren Samuelsson

Dr Lauren Samuelsson completed her PhD at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her doctoral research focused on the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine and cookbooks and its role in the development of Australian food culture during its first fifty years of publication. Her research interests lay in cultural history, women’s history, the history of popular culture and the history of food and drink. Her award-winning work has been published in History Australia and Australian Historical Studies. She is also a regular guest on Australian radio, where she shares her love of food history with people nationwide. Her first book, A Matter of Taste: the Australian Women’s Weekly and its influence on Australian food culture was published in 2024 with Monash University Publishing.