Sarah Maddison is Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Her areas of research expertise include social movements, dialogue and reconciliation, and Indigenous political culture. In 2009 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to look at international models of Indigenous representation through a study of the National Congress of American Indians and Canada’s Assembly of First Nations. Her recent books include Black Politics (Allen & Unwin 2009), Beyond White Guilt (Allen & Unwin 2011) and Unsettling the Settler State (Federation Press, co-edited with Morgan Brigg 2011). .
Experience
2015–present
Associate Professor of Politics, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
2011–2015
ARC Future Fellow, School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
2009–2011
Research Director, Indigenous Policy and Dialogue Research Unit, University of New South Wales
2007–2009
Senior Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
2004–2007
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Politics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
Education
University of Technology Sydney, BA Hons
2004
University of Sydney, PhD, Government and International Relations
Publications
2011
Beyond white guilt: The real challenge for black-white relations in Australia, Allen and Unwin
2011
Unsettling the settler state: Creativity and resistance in Indigenous settler-state governance, Federation Press
2009
Black politics: Inside the complexity of Aboriginal political culture, Allen and Unwin
2007
Silencing Dissent: How the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate,, Allen and Unwin
Grants and Contracts
2014
Non-Indigenous pathways to reconciliation in Australia
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
ARC
2011
Reconciling nations
Role:
CI and Future Fellow
Funding Source:
ARC
2010
Where’s the evidence? Understanding the use of evidence in Indigenous policy
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
ARC
2008
New possibilities for Indigenous representation
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
ARC
2008
The evolution of social movements
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
ARC
Research Areas
Australian Government And Politics (160601)
Social Change (160805)
Studies Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Society (169902)
Policy And Administration (1605)
Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Policy (160501)
Honours
2009 The APSA Henry Mayer Trust Book prize for Black politicsBlack Politics was also shortlisted for the Australian Human Rights Award for Literature Nonfiction and longlisted for the John Button prize for the best political writing.