Dr Talia Avrahamzon
Areas of expertise
- Race And Ethnic Relations 160803
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Education 130301
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Policy 160501
- Sociology Of Education 160809
- Social And Cultural Anthropology 160104
- Public Policy 160510
- Organisation And Management Theory 150310
Research interests
Reconciliation and recognition; contested and difficult histories; whiteness, racism and prejudice development; intercultural understanding and antiracism; organisational culture and intercultural capabilities; children's agency; education; ethnography.
Biography
Talia is a research fellow at CAEPR whose multi-disciplinary research interests include racism and prejudice development; intercultural understanding and antiracism - at an individual and organisational level; culturally informed and responsive education and social policy design, implementation and evaluation; reconciliation and recognition; contested and difficult histories; ethnography and storytelling; and children's agency. She is committed to particpatory research methodologies that centre the priorities of, be led by, and engage with First Nation peoples and communities.
Her PhD research focussed on everyday reconciliation in the education system and explored how reconciliation was (re)constructed in education at the policy, school and classroom levels as well as through the perspectives of children in two primary schools.
Throughout her PhD, Talia was involved in the ANU’s College of Arts and Social Sciences Reconciliation Action Plan committee, and co-organised conferences, seminar series and workshops, including between the Australian Public Service and academia. Talia has presented at national and International conferences, and has been a visiting scholar at Queens University, Belfast and Victoria University, Wellington.
In 2019, Talia worked on a project within the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences exploring transformative reconciliation through organisational cultural change. She co-convened the Indigenous Studies first year undergraduate course in 2019 and 2020.
Talia undertook her PhD as a Sir Roland Wilson Scholar, and currently maintains a role in the public service as a researcher in residence focussing on First Nation priorities and engagement in disability policy and delivery and as a Research Fellow at CAEPR. In 2018 she was awarded the Joan Uhr Prize for her contributions to public policy and research.
Researcher's projects
Talking back to everyday reconciliation and racism
Self-determination in First Nation disability policy development and service delivery
Available student projects
Am open to supervising HDR students projects related to:
Race, racism, anti-racism, intercultural understanding - individual and organisations
Children's rights and participation in research
Indigenous Education
Social Policy
Disability Policy
Culturally informed and responsive policy development and implementation, and evaluations
Publications
- Avrahamzon, T & Robinson, G 2019, 'Settled Reconciliation: how celebrating reconciliation can silence diversity, the contemporary, and racism', AIATSIS National Indigenous Research Conference 2019, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Australia.
- Avrahamzon, T 2019, 'Reconciling education policies and the everyday practices in schools in relation to reconciliation in Australia', Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2019 - Education for a Socially-Just World, Australian Association for Research in Education, Australia.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- AIATSIS Core Cultural eLearning Impact and Currency Evaluation (work order) (Primary Investigator)