Dr Alissa Macoun
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Indigenous Politics and Policy, Settler Colonialism, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, Northern Territory Intervention, race and racism, whiteness, colonial knowledge politics, Australian politics, QUT Centre for Justice
Research field
Political Science, Policy and Administration, Other studies in Human Society
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member - Australian Political Studies Association (APSA)
- Member - Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association (ACRAWSA)
Publications
- O'Brien, E. & Macoun, A. (2022). Responsible citizens, political consumers and the state. Acta Politica, 57(2), 377–395. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208579
- Strakosch, E. & Macoun, A. (2020). The violence of analogy: abstraction, neoliberalism and settler colonial possession. Postcolonial Studies, 23(4), 505–526. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206675
- Macoun, A., Parker, K. & Strakosch, E. (2019). Australian political studies and the production of disciplinary innocence. Australian Journal of Political Science, 54(3), 378–395.
- Macoun, A., (2016). Colonising white innocence: Complicity and critical encounters. In S. Maddison, T. Clark & R. de Costa (Eds.), The limits of settler colonial reconciliation: Non-Indigenous people and the responsibility to engage (pp. 85–102). Springer.
- Macoun, A. & Miller, D. (2014). Surviving (thriving) in academia: feminist support networks and women ECRs. Journal of Gender Studies, 23(3), 287–301. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75936
- Macoun, A. & Strakosch, E. (2013). The ethical demands of settler colonial theory. Settler Colonial Studies, 3(3 - 4), 426–443. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63908
- Strakosch, E. & Macoun, A. (2012). The vanishing endpoint of settler colonialism. Arena Journal, 37 - 38, 40–62. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/65339
- Macoun, A., (2011). Aboriginality and the Northern Territory intervention. Australian Journal of Political Science, 46(3), 519–534. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/65337
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- APSA PhD Thesis Prize 2013
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- University of Queensland Graduate School Dean¿s Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- High Commendation from the Mayer Journal Article Prize panel for 'Aboriginality and the Northern Territory Intervention' published in the AJPS in 2011