Carol Johnson (academic)
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]
References
- "Carol Johnson". The Conversation.
- "Researcher profiles: Carol Johnson".
- "Is the Morrison government 'authoritarian populist' with a punitive bent?". The Conversation.
- "Turnbull is on the winning side on marriage equality, but his troubles are far from over". The Conversation.
- "Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun". The Conversation.
- "Researcher Profiles: Carol Johnson".
- 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.
- THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE ASIAN CENTURY. https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p325111/pdf/book.pdf: ANU Press. 2015.CS1 maint: location (link)
- "Researchers Profiles: Carol Johnson".
- "Academy Fellow". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- "Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia: Academy Fellows". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
- "Researcher Profiles: Carol Johnson". University of Adelaide.