Dr Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins
Position/s:Senior Lecturer
School of Social and Policy Studies
Phone: +61 8 82012393
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Location: Social Sciences South (329)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Key responsibilities

I teach a number of upper level topics on social policy and Indigenous policy and politics.  I convene a combined Honours topic on Research principles and Practices

Teaching

Teaching interests

Australian Social Policy, Welfare, Indigenous issues, Australian Indigenous policy and politics

Topic Coordinator:

  • POAD9030  Indigenous Issues in Public Policy
  • POLI2020  Australian Indigenous Politics
  • POLI2025  Politics of the Australian Welfare State
  • SOAD3005  Access & Equity: Social Issues in Public Policy

Topic Lecturer:

  • POAD9030  Indigenous Issues in Public Policy
  • POLI2020  Australian Indigenous Politics
  • POLI2025  Politics of the Australian Welfare State
  • SOAD3005  Access & Equity: Social Issues in Public Policy

Research and supervision

Research expertise

  • Policy and administration
  • Political science

Research interests

Australian welfare policy; comparative social policy.
Community sector and community services, especially partnerships with government.
Australian Indigenous policy, Indigenous self-determination and governance in Australia and other countries, especially Scandinavia; Indigenous international movement.

Supervisory interests

  • Access and equity
  • Australian welfare
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Globalisation and indigenous peoples
  • Indigenous policy and programs
  • Politics Australian/Aboriginal politics, pressure groups
  • Social capital
  • Social policy

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Federalism and IR (1); NGOs and philanthropy (1); Aboriginal policy and governance (1);

Associate supervisor: Aboriginal humour (1);

Publications

Book chapters
Robbins, E.J. (2011). Indigenous Representative Bodies in Northern Europe and Australia. In G. Minnerup and P. Solberg, ed. First World, First Nations. Eastbourne, UK: Sussex Academic Press, pp. 45-79. [online]. Available from: http://www.sussex-academic.com/sa/titles/SS_First_Nations/Minnerup.htm.
Robbins, E.J. and Summers, J. (2010). Indigenous affairs policy. In Woodward, Parkin & Summers, ed. Government, Politics, Power & Policy in Australia. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia, pp. 501-523.
Robbins, E.J. (2010). Welfare policy. In Woodward, Parkin & Summers, ed. Government, Politics, Power & Policy in Australia. Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson Education Australia, pp. 451-477.
Robbins, E.J. (2010). Symbolism, Accountability and Integrity: ATSIC and self-determination in the Howard Era. In Andrew Gunstone, ed. Over a Decade of Despair: The Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, pp. 7-30.
Refereed journal articles
Robbins, E.J. (2010). A nation within? Indigenous Peoples. representation and sovereignty in Australia. Ethnicities, 10(2), pp.257-274. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796810361820.
Robbins, E.J. (2009). Aboriginal legal aid funding: discriminatory policy or a failure of federalism? Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7(10), pp.15-18. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=20093287;res=AGISPT.
Robbins, E.J. (2009). Norway's Sami parliament. !Arena Magazine, 103, pp.9-11.
Robbins, E.J. (2007). The Howard government and indigenous rights: An imposed national unity? Australian Journal of Political Science, 42(2), pp.315-328. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361140701320042.
Robbins, E.J. (2006). Policy, populism and public opinion: Indigenous issues in the Howard decade. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 9(2-3), pp.71-91.
Robbins, E.J. (2004). The "failure" of ATSIC and the recognition of Indigenous Rights. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 7(4), pp.3-17.

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Book chapters
Robbins, E.J. (2011). Indigenous Representative Bodies in Northern Europe and Australia. In G. Minnerup and P. Solberg, ed. First World, First Nations. Eastbourne, UK: Sussex Academic Press, pp. 45-79. [online]. Available from: http://www.sussex-academic.com/sa/titles/SS_First_Nations/Minnerup.htm.
Robbins, E.J. and Summers, J. (2010). Indigenous affairs policy. In Woodward, Parkin & Summers, ed. Government, Politics, Power & Policy in Australia. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia, pp. 501-523.
Robbins, E.J. (2010). Welfare policy. In Woodward, Parkin & Summers, ed. Government, Politics, Power & Policy in Australia. Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson Education Australia, pp. 451-477.
Robbins, E.J. (2010). Symbolism, Accountability and Integrity: ATSIC and self-determination in the Howard Era. In Andrew Gunstone, ed. Over a Decade of Despair: The Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, pp. 7-30.
Robbins, E.J. (2009). Aboriginal policy in South Australia. In John Spoehr, ed. State of South Australia. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, pp. 131-151.
Robbins, E.J. (2005). Indigenous issues. In John Spoehr, ed. State of South Australia: Trends and Issues. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, pp. 79-101.
Summers, J. and Robbins, E.J. (2002). Aboriginal affairs policy. In Summers, JWoodward, DParkin, A, ed. Government Politics, Power and Policy in Australia, 7th Edition. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia, pp. 501-525.
Refereed journal articles
Glenn, D., Patel, F., Kutieleh, S., Robbins, E., Smigiel, H. and Wilson, A.J. (2012). Perceptions of optimal conditions for teaching and learning: a case study from Flinders University. Higher Education Research and Development (HERDSA), 31(2), pp.201-215. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2011.555390.
Robbins, E.J. (2010). A nation within? Indigenous Peoples. representation and sovereignty in Australia. Ethnicities, 10(2), pp.257-274. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796810361820.
Robbins, E.J. (2009). Norway's Sami parliament. !Arena Magazine, 103, pp.9-11.
Robbins, E.J. (2009). Aboriginal legal aid funding: discriminatory policy or a failure of federalism? Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7(10), pp.15-18. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=20093287;res=AGISPT.
Robbins, E.J. (2007). The Howard government and indigenous rights: An imposed national unity? Australian Journal of Political Science, 42(2), pp.315-328. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361140701320042.
Robbins, E.J. (2006). Policy, populism and public opinion: Indigenous issues in the Howard decade. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 9(2-3), pp.71-91.
Robbins, E.J. (2004). The "failure" of ATSIC and the recognition of Indigenous Rights. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 7(4), pp.3-17.
Refereed conference papers
Robbins, E.J. (2005). Life after ATSIC: indigenous citizenship in an era of mutual obligation. In Proceedings of the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2005. APSA Conference 2005. [online]. Available from: http://auspsa.anu.edu.au/proceedings/publications/Robbinspaper.pdf.
Journal articles
Robbins, E.J. (2011). Yuendumu Everyday: Contemporary Life in Remote Aboriginal Australia, by Yasmine Musharbash [Book Review]. Journal of Australian Studies, 35(2), pp.274-275. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2011.566167.
Other public research outputs
Robbins, E.J. (2006). Peter Saunders, James Walter (eds), "Ideas and Influence: Social Science and Public Policy in Australia" (book review). Australian Journal of Political Science, 41(3), pp.475-476.

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Professional and community engagement

Expertise for media contact

  • Indigenous Policy and Programs
  • Social Policy/Planning
  • Contracting Out in Human Services
  • Australian Welfare

Subject/s

  • Aboriginal Issues
  • Social Policy/Welfare


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