Dr Catherine Howlett

 Photo of Ms Cathy HowlettB. Arts (UQ), B. Science (Honours) Griffith, PhD

Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

 Contact details for Dr Catherine Howlett

Research Expertise

  • Indigenous people and resource development
  • The politics of resource development
  • Indigenous people and Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
  • Indigenising the science curriculum
  • Research Methods
  • State theory
  • Social corporate responsibility in the mining sector

 Current Teaching Areas

  • Environment and Development (Lecturer)
  • Social Science Research Methods (Convenor and Lecturer)
  • Development and Indigenous Peoples (Convenor, Lecturer and Tutor)
  • Anthropological Perspectives (Convenor, Lecturer and Tutor)
  • Sustainable Development (Convenor, Lecturer and Tutor)

 Selected Publications

  • Seini, M., Matthews, C., Howlett, C. and Dillon, B. 2006. Questioning Links Between Information Provision and the Retention of Commencing Indigenous Students within the Science and Technology Group. Report to Student Orientation and Engagement Committee. Griffith University, Brisbane.
  • Howlett, C.  2005. Flogging a Dead Horse? Neo Marxism and Indigenous Mining Negotiations. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC.
  • Burns, G. L. and Howlett, C.  2003 Staying Ahead: the case for indigenous studies in Environmental Science.  Paper prepared for the AES professional advisory board
  • Howlett, C. 2001. Indigenous people and mining: A tentative theoretical framework for evaluation of the state's role in the mining negotiation process, Australian Political Science Association Conference, Brisbane.

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