Dr Melissa Lovell
Areas of expertise
- Australian Government And Politics 160601
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Policy 160501
- Social Policy 160512
- Political Theory And Political Philosophy 160609
- Race And Ethnic Relations 160803
- Citizenship 160602
Research interests
Melissa Lovell is a political scientist with expertise in the fields of Indigenous Affairs governance, social policy, and political ideology. Her research draws on interpretive and qualitative traditions of research to develop better understandings of the ways in which political problems are framed, and the effect of political framing on policymakers’ perceptions of what constitutes appropriate evidence or effective policy options.
Biography
Dr Lovell completed her PhD in political science in the School of Politics at ANU in 2012, and has taught courses in political ideas, social policy, political theory and introductory political science at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. She is currently employed as the Convenor of the Freilich Project at the Australian National University, which exists for the study of all kinds of bigotry and the promotion of diversity and inclusion.
Publications
- Lovell, M, Guthrie, J, Simpson, P et al 2018, 'Navigating the political landscape of Australian criminal justice reform: senior policy-makers on alternatives to incarceration', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 227-241.
- Fogarty, W, Lovell, M & Langenberg, J 2018, Deficit Discourse and Strengths-based Approaches: Changing the Narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing.
- Fogarty, W, Riddle, S, Lovell, M et al 2017, 'Indigenous Education and Literacy Policy in Australia: Bringing Learning Back to the Debate', The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. Online, pp. 1-13pp.
- Guthrie, J, Dance, P, Lokuge, K et al 2017, Exploring the potential of Justice Reinvestment in Cowra.
- Lovell, M 2016, 'The Normalisation of Income Management in Australia: Analysis of the Parliamentary Debates of 2007 and 2009-10', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 433-448pp.
- Fogarty, W, Lovell, M & Dodson, M 2015, 'A view beyond review: Challenging assumptions in Indigenous education development', UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Journal in the Arts, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1-23.
- Simpson, P, Guthrie, J, Lovell, M et al 2015, 'Assessing the Public's Views on Prison and Prison Alternatives: Findings from Public Deliberation Research in Three Australian Cities', Journal of Public Deliberation, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1-25.
- Lovell, M 2012, 'A settler colonial consensus on the northern intervention', Arena Journal, no. 37/38, pp. 199-219pp.
- Lovell, M 2014, 'Languages of Neoliberal Critique: The Production of Coercive Government in the Northern Territory Intervention', in J Uhr, R Walter (ed.), Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 221-240.
- Lovell, M 2014, 'Submission to the Indigenous Jobs and Training Review 1 September 2014'.
- Lovell, M 2011, 'Michel Foucault', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 259-261pp.
- Dryzek, J, Ayirtman Ercan, S, Niemeyer, S et al 2010, 'Deliberative Democracy', in Mark Bevir (ed.), Encyclopedia of Political Theory, Sage Publications, Europe, pp. 352-56.