EaPr Carol Johnson
School of Society and Culture
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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 Albanese
- Howard, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison 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
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Emerita Professor of Politics and International Relations | University of Adelaide |
| 2007 - ongoing | Professor | University of Adelaide |
| 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 | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD | |
| University of Manchester | United Kingdom | MA (Econ) | |
| University of Adelaide | Australia | BA (Hons) |
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" resulted in a sole-authored book and articles. Her sole-CI grant ARC DP 180100251 ($216,272), "In the frame: Analysing Liberal and Labor government gender equality policy", resulted in an open access sole-authored book and open access articles. See publications.
Carol Johnson 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 but remains an active researcher.
| 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 |
| 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 |