Dr Julie Lahn
Areas of expertise
- Policy And Administration 1605
- Social And Cultural Anthropology 160104
- Studies Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Society 169902
- Anthropology Of Development 160101
Research interests
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Experiences of Work in Government Bureaucracies
- Government Sector - Indigenous Sector interaction
- Indigenous Involvement in the Professions
- Anthropology of Bureaucracy
- Anthropology of Work
Biography
Teaching:
CAEPR Higher Degree Research Convenor (2016-)
Convenor INDG8001 Australian Indigenous Development and INDG8002 Australian Indigenous Development (Advanced)
Career Highlights:
Co-Editor (with Dr Boyd Hunter) Australian Journal of Social Issues (2013-2015)
Native Title Anthropologist, preparing expert anthropological reports in support of Native Title land and sea claims by Torres Strait Islander people (1999-2004)
Researcher's projects
Obstacles to Career Progression for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Australian Public Service (2018)
Co-Researchers: Julie Lahn (CAEPR) and Samantha Faulkner (CAEPR)
Project Linkages: Australian Public Service Commission, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Senior Executive Service Steering Committee
Project Funding: Australian Public Service Commission, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Related Research: Lahn, J (2018) Being Indigenous in the Bureaucracy: narratives of work and exit. International Indigenous Policy Journal 9(1).
Reciprocal Accountability and Public Value in Aboriginal Organisations (2016-2019)
Co-Researchers: Patrick Sullivan (Nulungu Institute, Notre Dame), Janet Hunt (CAEPR, ANU), Julie Lahn (CAEPR, ANU), Kathryn Thorburn (Nulungu Institute, Notre Dame)
Project Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Project (DP160102250)
Research Output: Lahn, J (2017) ''Thwarting totalisation': the complex engagements of Indigenous organisations with state bureaucracy in remote Australia'. Paper presented at the Critical Management Studies Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Past student projects
Rosalie Willows BA Honours 1st class (Anthropology) ANU 2014-5 'The Value of Work and the Will to Improve: The Affective Atmosphere of Closing the Gap'.
Tjanara Goreng Goreng PhD ANU 2018 'The Road to Eldership: Following the Tjukurpa Way'.
Publications
- Lahn, J 2020, 'COVID-19 and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce', in F Markham, D Smith & F Morphy (ed.), Indigenous Australians and the Covid-19 Crisis: Perspectives on Public Policy, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU, Canberra, p. 1.
- Lahn, J 2018, 'Being Indigenous in the Bureaucracy: Narratives of Work and Exit', International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-17.
- Lahn, J & Ganter, E 2018, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Public Service Roles: Representation, recognition and relationships in Australian government bureaucracies', Journal of Australian Political Economy, vol. 82, pp. 133-48.
- Lahn, J 2018, 'Good policy needs good relationships: an expanded role for Indigenous public servants and regional offices in the future of Closing the Gap', in F Markham, K Jordan & D Howard-Wagner (ed.), Closing the Gap Refresh: papering over the gaps or structural reform?, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU, Canberra, pp. 12-13.
- Lahn, J 2018, 'Book Review: Reluctant Representatives: Blackfella Bureaucrats Speak in Australia's North', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 83-84.
- Lahn, J 2018, 'Insulaires du detroit de Torres', in Peter Brown and Jean-Yves Faberon (ed.), L'Australie: 101 mots pour comprendre, Centre de documentation pedagogique de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, pp. 26-27.
- Lahn, J 2018, 'Towards Epistemological Humility in Critical Area Studies: Insights from the Torres Strait (Australia) - A Locality at the Margins of Areas', in Takahiro Nakajima, Paul Pickering, Xudong Zhang (ed.), Papers from the 2018 PKU-ANU-UTokyo Winter Institute, The University of Tokyo Centre for Philosophy, Tokyo, pp. 105-120.
- Lahn, J. 2018. 'Good policy needs good relationships: an expanded role for Indigenous public servants and regional offices in the future of Closing the Gap'. 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.
- Lahn, J 2017, 'Invited Submission to the SENATE Finance and Public Administration References Committee: Appropriateness and effectiveness of the Community Development Program'.
- Lahn, J 2016, 'Indigenous Studies and Engaged Anthropology: The Collaborative Moment - [Book Review]', The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, vol. 17, no. 3-4, pp. 363-365pp.
- Biddle, N & Lahn, J 2016, 'Understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employee decisions to exit the Australian Public Service'. CAEPR Working Paper 110. Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University.
- Hunter, B & Lahn, J 2015, 'Looking back to look forward: The future of public debate of social policy in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 5-11.
- Lahn, J 2014, 'Non-Indigenous Visions', Arena Magazine, no. 132 Oct/Nov, pp. 10-11.
- Klein, E, Lahn, J, Altman, J et al 2014, Academic perspectives on The Forrest review: creating parity Topical Issue 2/2014.
- Lahn, J 2014, 'Kow Swamp', in C Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 4323-4328pp.
- Lahn, J 2013, 'Aboriginal Professionals: Work, Class and Culture'. CAEPR Working Paper 89. Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University.
- Lahn, J 2013, 'The 1836 Lewis Collection and the Torres Strait Turtle-Shell Mask of Kulka From Loss to Re-engagement', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 386-408.
- Lahn, J 2012, 'Poverty, Work and Social Networks: The Role of Social Capital for Aboriginal People in Urban Australian Locales', Urban Policy and Research, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 293-308.
- Lahn, J 2012, 'Aboriginal professionals: Work, class and culture', Theorising Indigenous Sociology: Developing Australian and International Approaches, ed. D. Howard-Wagner, D. Habibis and T. Petray, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, pp. 1-11.
- Taylor, J, Gray, M, Hunter, B, Yap, M & Lahn, J, 2012, 'Higher education and the growth of Indigenous participation in professional and managerial occupations', CAEPR Working Papers, vol. 83/2012.
- Lahn, J 2007, 'Native title and the Torres Strait: Encompassment and recognition in the Central Islands', in BR Smith and F Morphy (ed.), The Social Effects of Native Title: Recognition, Translation, Coexistence, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 135-149.
- Lahn, J. 2007. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers: a social history of the Kow Swamp remains. In, Smith, L. (ed), Cultural Heritage: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, Volume 1, History and Concepts, pp.361-410. London: Routledge.
- Lahn, J 2006, 'Women's gift-fish and sociality in the Torres Strait, Australia', Oceania, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 297-309.
- Delfabbro, P, Lahn, J & Grabosky, P 2006, 'Psychosocial correlates of problem gambling in Australian students', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 40, no. 6/7, pp. 587-595.
- Delfabbro, P, Lahn, J & Grabosky, P 2006, 'It's Not What You Know, but How You Use It: Statistical Knowledge and Adolescent Problem Gambling', Journal of Gambling Studies, vol. 22, no. 2006, pp. 179-193.
- Lahn, J, Delfabbro, P & Grabosky, P 2006, 'Classroom or cyberspace? Ethical and methodological challenges on on-line gambling surveys for adolescents', Journal of Gambling Issues, vol. 16, pp. 1-15.
- Grabosky, P, Delfabbro, P & Lahn, J 2005, 'Further Evidence Concerning the Prevalence of Adolescent Gambling and Problem Gambling in Australia: A Study of the ACT', International Gambling Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 209-228.
- Lahn, J 2005, 'Gambling Among Offenders: Results From an Australian Survey', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Criminology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 343-355.
- Lahn, J 2004, ''Living in the light' and island dance: morality and temporality in Warraber Christianities', in Richard Davis (ed.), Woven Histories Dancing Lives Torres Strait Islander Identity, Culture and History, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, pp. 73-89.
