Dr Kirrily Jordan
Areas of expertise
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Policy 160501
- Studies Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Society 169902
- Race And Ethnic Relations 160803
- Visual Cultures 190104
- Art Theory 190103
- Sociological Methodology And Research Methods 160807
- Comparative Economic Systems 149901
- Heterodox Economics 149903
- Labour Economics 140211
- Welfare Economics 140219
Biography
Dr Kirrily Jordan is a political economist, visual artist and Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR).
She is committed to research methodologies that emphasise collaboration with First Nations peoples, including Participatory Action Research and Art as Social Practice. Her research interests are at the intersections of politics, community development and art, including in the potential of visual, participatory and community arts to draw attention to policy problems and point the way to a more just future.
Her research at CAEPR over 10 years has included policy analysis focussed on the Australian Government’s approach to ‘work,’ ‘welfare’ and 'community development' for Australia’s First Nations, including the CDEP and CDP schemes and new forms of welfare conditionality.
Informed by this research, Kirrily is also interested in the ways in which First Nations peoples are working towards social, political and economic change on their own terms, including through self-determined development and the use of visual and performing arts to raise awareness and advocate for improved policy-making.
Before joining CAEPR Kirrily worked at The University of Sydney examining economic inequality, and with researchers at the University of Technology Sydney and Charles Sturt University studying racism and the contributions of recent migrants to community development in Australia. She is currently completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Australian National University's School of Art.
Available student projects
How are First Nations peoples using visual, participatory and community arts to press for social, political and economic change?
Topics of students' choosing including related to social policy, economic development, employment and creative arts.
Current student projects
Magdalen Elmitt, INDG3004 Independent Research Project, 'Indigenous economic development and self-determination.’
Nina Nichols, PhD candidate, ‘The role of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in improving employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.'
Past student projects
Charlee-Sue Frail, ‘Our voice, Our future: Youth representation in the Murdi Paaki region’, Tjabal Centre Enrichment Program (ARTS3050), 2012.
Samantha Keane, Master of Applied Anthroplogy and Participatory Development (MAAPD) Supervised Special Project 'Learning from Community: Understanding Child Rearing and Wellbeing in Cultural Context', 2011.
Matilda Skeritt, INDG3004 Independent Research Project, 'Indigenous ceramics,' 2018.
Lisa Fowkes, 'Implementing the Remote Jobs and Communities Program: How is policy working in Indigenous communities?', PhD submitted 2018.
Publications
- Jordan, K 2018, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment: Key Issues for Policy, Practice and Research', Journal of Australian Political Economy, vol. 82, pp. 9-36.
- Jordan, K 2018, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment policy and Welfare to Work: The Community Development Programme and the need for new narratives, new alliances and new institutions', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 239-261pp.
- Jordan, K 2018, 'The Two Way Project, public art mural produced with Ngunnawal and Ngambri artists Dr Matilda House, Daniel Williams, Soni Rogers, Carl Brown, Tina Brown, Adrian Brown. 7 June 2018'.
- Howard-Wagner, D. 2018. 'Urban community enablement beyond service delivery'. In Markham, F, Jordan, K, Howard-Wagner, D et al (eds), Closing the Gap Refresh: papering over the gaps or structural reform, CAEPR Topical Issue No.2/2018.
- Jordan, K, ed., 2016, Better Than Welfare? Work and Livelihoods for Indigenous Australians After CDEP, ANU Press, Canberra.
- Jordan, K & Altman, J 2016, 'From Welfare to Work, or Work to Welfare', in Kirrily Jordan (ed.), Better Than Welfare? Work and Livelihoods for Indigenous Australians After CDEP, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 1-29.
- Jordan, K 2016, 'Just a jobs program? CDEP employment and community development on the NSW far south coast', in Kirrily Jordan (ed.), Better Than Welfare? Work and Livelihoods for Indigenous Australians After CDEP, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 85-124.
- Jordan, K 2016, 'Looking for 'real jobs' on the APY Lands: Intermittent and steady employment in CDEP and other paid work', in Kirrily Jordan (ed.), Better Than Welfare? Work and Livelihoods for Indigenous Australians After CDEP, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 125-154.
- Jordan, K, Fowkes, L, Altman, J et al 2016, Job Creation and Income Support in Remote Indigenous Australia: Moving Forward with a Better System. CAEPR Topical Issue No 2/2016.
- Jordan, K 2014, 'Andrew Forrest's Indigenous employment project: Do the arguments stack up?', Australian Review of Public Affairs, October.
- Jordan, K 2011, Work, Welfare and CDEP on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: First Stage assessment.
- Jordan, K 2011, 'Work and Indigenous wellbeing: Developing a research agenda', Insights: Melbourne Business and Economics, vol. 9, no. April 2011, pp. 31-37pp.
- Hunt, J. in Klein, E, Lahn, J, Altman, J et al 2014, Academic perspectives on The Forrest review: creating parity Topical Issue 2/2014.
- Biddle, N & Jordan, K 2013, 'The social benefits and costs of Indigenous employment', in Rhonda Craven, Anthony Dillon and Nigel Parbury (ed.), In Black & White: Australians All at the Crossroads, Connor Court Publishing, Ballan Australia, pp. 303-320.
- Jordan, K 2012, 'Closing the employment gap through work for the dole? Indigenous employment and the CDEP scheme', Journal of Australian Political Economy, vol. 69, no. 69, pp. 29-58.
- Jordan, K & Collins, J 2012, 'Symbols of ethnicity in a multi-ethnic precinct: Marketing Perth's Northbridge for cultural consumption', in V. Aytar and J. Rath (ed.), Selling Ethnic Neighbourhoods: The Rise of Neighbourhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, USA and Abingdon, UK, pp. 120-137.
- Jordan, K & Goodall, H 2011, 'Economic independence in Australia', in A. Cadzow and J. Maynard (ed.), Nelson Aboriginal Studies, Nelson Cengage Learning, South Melbourne, pp. 240-253.
- Jordan, K 2011, 'Work, Welfare and CDEP on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: First stage assessment', CAEPR Working Paper No. 78.
- Jordan, K 2011, 'Work and Indigenous wellbeing: Developing a research agenda', Insights, Vol. 9, April, pp. 31-37.
- Howorth, P, Jordan, K, Munro, I, & Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory 2011, Creating and Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods: A Proposal for a New Remote Participation, Employment & Enterprise Development Scheme, APONT October.
- Jordan, K, Krivokapic-Skoko, B & Collins, J 2011, 'Immigration and Multicultural Place-Making in Rural and Regional Australia', in Gary W. Luck, Digby Race, Rosemary Black (ed.), Demographic Change in Australia's Rural Landscapes: Implications for Society and the Environment, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne Australia, pp. 259-280.
- Jordan, K & Mavec, D 2010, Corporate Initiatives In Indigenous Employment: The Australian Employment Covenant Two Years On.
- Jordan, K, Bulloch, H & Buchanan, G 2010, 'Statistical equality and cultural difference in Indigenous wellbeing frameworks: A new expression of an enduring debate', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 333-362.
- Jordan, K & Bulloch, H 2010, 'Indigenous affairs in the Australian Journal of Social Issues: Past, present and future', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 297-306.
- Hunter, B & Jordan, K 2010, 'Explaining social exclusion: Towards social inclusion for Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 243-265.
- Collins, J, Darcy, S & Jordan, K 2010, 'Multi-method research on ethnic cultural tourism in Australia', in G. Richards and W. Munsters (ed.), Cultural Tourism Research Methods, CABI Publishing, Wallingford UK, pp. 87-103.
- Jordan, K, Krivokapic-Skoko, B & Collins, J 2010, 'Italian immigrants and the built environment in rural Australia', in A. Bonanno, H. Bakker, R. Jussaume, Y. Kawamura & M. Shucksmith (ed.), From Community to Consumption: New and Classical Themes in Rural Sociological Research, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bingley UK, pp. 141-154.
- Altman, J, Jordan, K, Kerins, S et al. 2009, Northern Australia Land and Water Science Review 2009 Full Report: 07. Indigenous interests in land & water.
- Jordan, K & Hunter, B 2009, 'Indigenous social exclusion and inclusion: what are people to be included in, and who decides?', Impact, Spring, pp. 18-21.
- Collins, J & Jordan, K 2009, 'Ethnic precincts as ethnic tourism destinations in urban Australia', Tourism, Culture and Communication, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 79-92.
- Jordan, K & Collins, J 2009, 'Cosmopolitan Northbridge: A changing inner-city ethnic landscape', in John N. Yiannakis & Felicity Morel-EdnieBrown (ed.), Northbridge studies day papers, Network Books, WA, pp. 249-275.
- Jordan, K, Krivokapic-Skoko, B & Collins, J 2009, 'The ethnic landscape of rural Australia: Non-Anglo-Celtic immigrant communities and the built environment', Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 376-385.
- Stilwell, F & Jordan, K 2008, 'Globalisation', in Peter W Newton (ed.), Transitions: Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 91-101.
- Stilwell, F, Jordan, K & Pearce, A 2008, 'Crises, interventions and profits: A political economic perspective', Global Change, Peace & Security, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 263-274.
- Stilwell, F & Jordan, K 2007, Who Gets What: Analysing Economic Inequality in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne and New York.
- Jordan, K & Stilwell, F 2007, 'Economic Inequality, Insecurity and Financial Futures', Dialogue (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia), vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 3-18.
- Stilwell, F & Jordan, K 2005, 'Land tax in Australia: Principles, Problems and Policies', in John Laurent (ed.), Henry George’s Legacy in Economic Thought, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 216-242.
- Stilwell, F & Jordan, K 2004, 'The Political Economy of Land: Putting Henry George in His Place', Journal of Australian Political Economy, vol. 54, pp. 119-134.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- The Two Way Project: Creative Engagement Between Canberra and Queanbeyan Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and the ANU (Primary Investigator)
- Review of UC CIRI (Primary Investigator)
- From welfare to work, or work to welfare: Will reform of the Community Development Employment Program help close the employment gap? (Secondary Investigator)