Carol Johnson (academic)

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Carol Johnson FASSA is an Emerita professor at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Adelaide, known for her work on Australian politics and her new book Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality: Australian Social Democracy in a Changing World. [1] She has also done research into sexuality, gender and feminism. [2]

She is active on the website The Conversation, writing articles on Australian politics, critically examining the political environment of the country. [3] [4] [5]

Career

Her early work includes publications about the Labour government in Australian politics. Johnson was president of the Australian Political Studies Association briefly from 1998-1999. [6]

Since 2000, Johnson's work has been focussed on Australian politics, but it also includes research into the lesbian and gay movement. [7] She also edited The Social Sciences in the Asian Century, investigating the "on the challenges of practising the social sciences in the Asia-Pacific region in the twenty-first century". [8] [9]

Johnson was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2005 [10] and served as a member of its executive committee for two years from 2012 until 2014. [11]

In 2019, Johnson won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Political Studies Association. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Carol Johnson". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Researcher profiles: Carol Johnson". Archived from the original on 28 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Is the Morrison government 'authoritarian populist' with a punitive bent?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Turnbull is on the winning side on marriage equality, but his troubles are far from over". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Researcher Profiles: Carol Johnson". Archived from the original on 28 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Tremblay, Manon; Johnson, Carol; Paternotte, David (2011). The lesbian and gay movement and the state: Comparative insights into a transformed relationship. Google Books. ISBN   9781409410676.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE ASIAN CENTURY (PDF). ANU Press. 2015.
  9. ↑ "Researchers Profiles: Carol Johnson". Archived from the original on 28 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Academy Fellow". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia: Academy Fellows". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Researcher Profiles: Carol Johnson". University of Adelaide. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019.
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