Members of our department research an impressive range of public policy, public management and governance questions including
- structures of federalism and institutional reform,
- political leadership,
- indigenous policy,
- environmental policy,
- social policy such as marriage education, and
- an examination of parliamentary best-practice and benchmarking.
This research, funded by industry, state and federal governments, and published in reports, journals, and books, has received international recognition through awards and prizes.
We also have close ties with two research centres at Griffith University.
Research Paper Series
The Department regularly publishes an online research paper series.
- Negotiating a Better Deal for Indigenous Landowners (PDF 141k)
- Implementing Agreements Between Indigenous Peoples and Resource Developers in Australia and Canada (PDF 147k)
- Financial Models for Agreements Between Indigenous Peoples and Mining Companies (PDF 295k)
- Indigenous People and Commercial Negotiations in Australia, Canada and the United States - Project Brief (PDF 96k)
- Indigenous People and Commercial Negotiations in Australia, Canada and the United States - Project Text (PDF 230k)
- Achieving Improved Health Outcomes for Urban Aboriginal People: Biomedical and Ethnomedical Models of Health (PDF 222k)
- The Politics of Accountability: ATSIC, The Coalition Government, and Public Sector Service Outcomes (PDF 298k)
- Indigenous Participation in Managing University Research (PDF 97.4k)
- Negotiating Aboriginal Interests in Tourism Projects: The Djabugay People, the Tiapukai Dance Theatre and the SkyRail Project (PDF 275k)
- Achieving Indigenous Involvement in Management of Protected Areas: Lessons from Recent Australian Experience (PDF 333k)
- Straddling Two Worlds: ATSIC and the Management of Indigenous Policy (PDF 311k)
- Culture, Ethics and Participatory Methodology in Cross-Cultural Research (PDF 248k)
- Policy and Politics in the Indigenous Sphere: An Introduction for Bureaucrats (PDF 289k)
- Resource Development and Inequality in Indigenous Societies (PDF 220k)
- Making Social Impact Assessment Count: A Negotiation-based Approach for Indigenous Peoples (PDF 537k)
Research awards and grants
Our research staff consistently succeed in receiving awards and funding from Australian Research Council grants and other industry-based research funds.