Carol Johnson
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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Carol Johnson is an Emerita Professor of Politics and International Relations. Her main research interests are in Australian politics (including international comparisons), the politics of gender and sexuality, the politics of emotion and analyses of ideology and discourse. She also has a particular interest in the domestic implications of Australian engagement with Asia and in the politics of social democracy.
Her applied research interests focus on how Governments govern social, economic and technological change.
Research Interests
- Australian politics and political discourse
- Australian Labor Governments from Curtin to Gillard/Rudd
- Howard, Abbott and Turnbull Governments
- Theories of Ideology and Discourse
- Politics of Identity
- Politics of Sexuality
- Politics of emotion
- Politics of social democracy
- Race/ethnicity and politics
- Gender and Politics
- Politics of technology
- Feminist Theory
- Comparative British/Australian Politics
- Socialist Theory
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2019 - ongoing Emerita Professor of Politics and International Relations University of Adelaide 2007 - ongoing Professor University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2019 Award Lifetime Achievement Award Australian Political Studies Association Australia - 2005 Distinction Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Adelaide Australia PhD University of Manchester United Kingdom MA (Econ) University of Adelaide Australia BA (Hons)
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Journals
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Working Paper
Amongst other recent research projects, Johnson's 2019 book on Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality is the major output from her sole-CI grant ARC DP14010016 ($147,000) "Expanding equality: A historical perspective on developments and dilemmas in contemporary Australian social democracy". Her sole-CI grant ARC DP 180100251 ($216,272), "In the frame: Analysing Liberal and Labor government gender equality policy", commenced in 2018.
Carol Johnson has most recently taught the courses Issues in Australian Politics, Politics, Ideology & Discourse and The Politics of Gender and Sexuality. She has now retired from teaching undergraduates but remains an active researcher (and continues to supervise a small number of postgraduate students in her specific areas of expertise).
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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY 2013-2019: RECKONING WITH SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Nicholas Allan Falcinella 2018 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Nurturing Women’s Participation in STEM: An Analysis of Australian, Indian and Singaporean Government Policies and Programs Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Kirsty Nicole Haynes 2017 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Online Backlash Against “Identity Politics”: Discursive Constructions of Social Movement Activism in “Alt-Right” and “Dirtbag Left” YouTube Videos Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Declan James Lawless 2016 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Assemblages of Surveillance, Security and State Power: The Politics of Data Collection in the Anglosphere Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Bart Csorba 2014 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Philanthropy and The Ethical State: The Role of Philanthropy and its Relationship with Government in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Elyse Mary Chapman 2013 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Perceptions of the Soviet Union in Australian political discourse between 1943 and 1950. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Belinda Quick 2013 - 2015 Co-Supervisor India and the 'Anglosphere': A Postcolonial Genealogy Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alexander Edmund Davis 2013 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Paul Kelly and George Megalogenis: Media Intellectuals in Australian Politics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Paul Kemp 2013 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Cross–Party Collaboration in the Australian Federal Parliament: Testing the Limits of Institutional Constraints and Enabling Factors Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Adele Klara Lausberg 2010 - 2019 Co-Supervisor The Thai State and Sexual Health Policy: Deconstructing the culture of silence and stigmatisation of young people's non-marital heterosexual activity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Brendan Robert Drew 2008 - 2017 Principal Supervisor The Subject of Television: A Methodology of Subject-Oriented Textual Analysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Jessie Edwards 2008 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Constructing Citizens: Social Policy and the State-Citizen Relationship Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ben Revi 2007 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Means and Ends: Macroeconomic Theory and the Australian Labor Party's Social Democratic Ideology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Thomas Caunce 2006 - 2017 Co-Supervisor The Australian Way: A Critical Review of Australia's Responses to Refugees and Asylum Seekers 1901-2013 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Katrina Stats 2006 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Reconsidering Aboriginal welfare dependency: The Howard Government years through the lens of Postcolonial theory Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Zoe Gordon 2005 - 2007 Co-Supervisor Discourse, Subjectivity and the Policy Realm: Reconceptualising Policy Workers as Located Subjects Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Zoe Gill 2004 - 2010 Principal Supervisor John Howard: A Study in Policy Consistency Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kim Murray 2003 - 2008 Principal Supervisor The Politics of Euthanasia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Robert Richardson 2002 - 2004 Co-Supervisor Politics, Governmentality & Cultural Regulation in Singapore Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Terence Lee 1995 - 2002 Principal Supervisor Jurgen Habermas and the Public Sphere Critical Engagements Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Brigid Mahoney
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Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2012 - 2014 Member of Executive Committee Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Australia 1998 - 1999 President Australian Political Studies Association Australia
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