Dr Francis Markham
Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
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Areas of expertise
- Economic Geography 160401
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Policy 160501
- Policy And Administration 1605
Research interests
- Indigenous social and economic policy
- The political economy of Australian settler-colonialis
- The commercial gambling industries
- Critical quantitative geography
- Social applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
An update to date list of his publications is available on Google Scholar.
Biography
Francis Markham is a Research Fellow at at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at the Australian National University. His research aims to integrate critical geographic theory with quantitative methods, in particular the social applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Markham takes geographical approaches to investigate questions related to Indigenous public policy. He regularly works with First Nations organisations to undertake research that is of benefit to Indigenous peoples in Australia.
His current research aims to understand the "wealth gap" between First Nations and non-Indigenous people in Australia. It will link contemporary economic disparities to the stolen wealth of First Nations, and will investigate the role of intergenerational wealth transfers in reproducing economic inequalities.
Publications
- Markham, F, Gobaud, A, Mehranbod, C et al. 2023, 'Casino accessibility and suicide: A county-level study of 50 US states, 2000 to 2016', Addiction, vol. 118, no. 7, pp. 1351-1358.
- Puszka, S, Walsh, C, Markham, F et al. 2022, 'Towards the decolonisation of disability: A systematic review of disability conceptualisations, practices and experiences of First Nations people of Australia.', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 305.
- Demaria, K, Sturmberg, B, Riley, B et al. 2022, 'Exploring the feasibility of electric vehicle travel for remote communities in Australia', Australian Geographer, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 201 - 222.
- Dreise, A, Markham, F, Lovell, M et al. 2021, First Nations Regional and National Representation: Aligning Local Decision Making in NSW with Closing the Gap and the proposed Indigenous Voice.
- Staines, Z, Altman, J, Klein, E et al. 2021, Remote access: Guiding principles for a new livelihood and work program in remote Indigenous Australia.
- Hartwig, L, Markham, F & Jackson, S 2021, 'Benchmarking Indigenous water holdings in the Murray-Darling Basin: a crucial step towards developing water rights targets for Australia', Australasian Journal of Water Resources, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 98-110.
- Hartwig, L, Jackson, S, Markham, F et al. 2021, 'Water colonialism and Indigenous water justice in south-eastern Australia', International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 30-63.
- Woods, K, Markham, F, Smith, D et al. 2021, Toward a Perpetual Funding Model for Native Title Prescribed Bodies Corporate, CAEPR Commissioned Report No. 7.
- Anthony, T, Jordan, K, Walsh, T, Markham, F & Williams, M. 2021, 30 years on: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recommendations remain unimplemented.
- Dinku, Y, Hunter, B & Markham, F 2020, Implications of COVID-19 for the Indigenous labour market.
- Young, M & Markham, F 2020, 'Tourism, capital, and the commodification of place', Progress in Human Geography, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 276-296.
- Markham, F & Sanders, W 2020, Support for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament: Evidence from opinion research since 2017 - CAEPR Working Paper 138/2020.
- Vincent, E, Markham, F & Klein, E 2020, '"Moved on"? An exploratory study of the Cashless Debit Card and Indigenous mobility', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 55, pp. 27-39.
- Lahn, J, Puszka, S, Lawton, P et al. 2020, Beyond Parity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Planning: Achieving Equity through Needs-Based and Strengths-Based Approaches.
- Jordan, K, Markham, F & Altman, J 2020, Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development: Australia Overview.
- Dinku, Y, Hunter, B & Markham, F 2020, 'How might COVID-19 affect the Indigenous labour market?', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 189-209.
- Dinku, Y, Markham, F, Venn, D et al. 2020, Language use is connected to indicators of wellbeing: Evidence from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey 2014-15 .
- DITRC, AIATSIS: J. Battin, J. Lee, D. Marmion, R. Smith, T. Wang, ANU: Y. Dinku, J. Hunt, F. Markham, D. Angelo, E. Browne, I. Kral, C. O’Shannessy, J. Simpson & H. Smith (2020) National Indigenous Languages Report. Canberra: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, formerly the Department of Communications and the Arts. https://www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do/indigenous-arts-and-languages/national-indigenous-languages-report
- Williamson, B, Markham, F & Weir, J 2020, Aboriginal peoples and the response to the 2019-2020 bushfires.
- Markham, F, Marshall, V & Morphy, F 2019, 'Land and water ownership and use', in Bill Arthur & Frances Morphy (ed.), Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (Second Edition), Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, Sydney, pp. 142-157.
- N Biddle, L Allen and F Markham. 2018, '2006-16 Aboriginal Population Change in New South Wales.'.
- Simpson, Jane Helen; Angelo, Denise;Browne, Emma Clare,;Kral, Inge; Markham, Francis; O'Shannessy, Carmel; Venn, Danielle 2018, 'Census data on Australian Languages', 22nd Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, ed. Sebastian Drude, Nicholas Ostler, Marielle Moser, FEL & EL Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 115-120.
- Markham, F & Altman, J 2019, Submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs.
- Altman, J & Markham, F 2019, 'Basic Income and Cultural Participation for Remote-Living Indigenous Australians', in Elise Klein, Jennifer Mays & Tim Dunlop (ed.), Implementing a Basic Income in Australia: Pathways Forward, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 87-109.
- Tidemann, C, Engerer, N, Markham, F, Doran, B, Pezzey, J 2019, 'Spatial disaggregation clarifies the inequity in distributional outcomes of household solar PV installation', Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1-9.
- Biddle, N, Breunig, R, Markham, F et al. 2019, Introducing the longitudinal MADIP and its role in understanding income dynamics in Australia.
- Biddle, N, Breunig, R, Markham, F et al. 2019, 'Introducing the Longitudinal Multi-Agency Data Integration Project and Its Role in Understanding Income Dynamics in Australia', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 476-495.
- Colvin, R. M., Kemp, L., Talberg, A., De Castella, C., Downie, C., Friel, S., Grant, W. J., Howden, S. M., Jotzo, F., Markham, F. & Platow, M. J. 2020, 'Learning from the Climate Change Debate to Avoid Polarisation on Negative Emissions', Environmental Communication 14:1, 23-35, DOI:10.1080/17524032.2019.1630463.
- Altman, J & Markham, F 2018, Submission to the Select Committee on the effectiveness of the Australian Government's Northern Australia agenda.
- Markham, F & Biddle, N 2018, 'Recent changes to the Indigenous population geography of Australia: evidence from the 2016 Census', Australian Population Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-13.
- Markham, F & Biddle, N 2018, Indigenous residential segregation in towns and cities, 1976–2016.
- Markham, F & Biddle, N 2018, Income, poverty and inequality.
- Biddle, N & Markham, F 2018, Indigenous identification change between 2011 and 2016: evidence from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset.
- 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.
- Markham, F, Young, M, Reis, A et al 2018, 'Does carbon pricing reduce air travel? Evidence from the Australian ‘Clean Energy Future’ policy, July 2012 to June 2014', Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 70, pp. 206-214.
- Livingstone, C, Adams, P, Cassidy, R et al 2018, 'On gambling research, social science and the consequences of commercial gambling ', International Gambling Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 56-68.
- Markham, F & Biddle, N 2017, Indigenous Population Change in the 2016 Census.
- Markham, F, Young, M, Doran, B et al 2017, 'A meta-regression analysis of 41 Australian problem gambling prevalence estimates and their relationship to total spending on electronic gaming machines', BMC Public Health, vol. 17, no. 495, pp. 11pp.
- Markham, F & Young, M 2017, 'Rehabilitating Reno: a Commentary on Hancock and Smith', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, pp. 1-6pp.
- Markham, F, Young, M & Doran, B 2017, 'Improving spatial microsimulation estimates of health outcomes by including geographic indicators of health behaviour: The example of problem gambling', Health & Place: An International Journal, vol. 46, pp. 29-36pp.
- Markham, F & Young, M 2017, 'Commentary on van der Maas et al. (2017): Going where the action is', Addiction, vol. 112, no. 12, pp. 2225-2226pp.
- Markham, F, Doran, B & Young, M 2016, 'The relationship between electronic gaming machine accessibility and police-recorded domestic violence: A spatio-temporal analysis of 654 postcodes in Victoria, Australia, 2005-2014', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 162, pp. 106-114.
- Davidson, T, Rodgers, B, Markham, F et al. 2016, The 2014 Study on Gambling expenditure by level of problem gambling, type of activity, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics..
- Davidson, T, Rodgers, B, Markham, F et al 2016, 2009 Study on Gambling expenditure by level of problem gambling, type of activity, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics..
- Rodgers, B, Davidson, T, Markham, F et al. 2015, Gambling Expenditure in the ACT (2009): By level of problem gambling, type of activity, and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.
- Markham, F & Young, M 2016, 'Commentary on Dowling et al. (2016): Is it time to stop conducting problem gambling prevalence studies?', Addiction, vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 436-437.
- Markham, F, Young, M & Doran, B 2016, 'The relationship between player losses and gambling-related harm: evidence from nationally representative cross-sectional surveys in four countries', Addiction, vol. 111, no. 2, pp. 320-330.
- Markham, F 2015, 'Book review: Qualitative Research in Gambling: Exploring the Production and Consumption of Risk', Urban Studies, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 1194-1197.
- Markham, F & Doran, B 2015, 'Equity, discrimination and remote policy: Investigating the centralization of remote service delivery in the Northern Territory', Applied Geography, vol. 58, pp. 105-115.
- Markham, F 2015, The Open Accessibility and Remoteness Index for Australia: Technical Report.
- Markham, F, Doran, B & Young, M 2014, 'Estimating gambling venue catchments for impact assessment using a calibrated gravity model', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 326-342pp.
- Markham, F, Doran, B & Young, M 2014, 'The spatial extents of casino catchments in Australia', Growth and Change, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 60-78pp.
- Markham, F, Bath, J, Taylor, J et al 2013, New directions in Indigenous service population estimation.
- Markham, F, Young, M & Doran, B 2013, 'Detection of Problem Gambler Subgroups Using Recursive Partitioning', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 281-291pp.
- Markham, F, Young, M & Doran, B 2012, 'The relationship between alcohol consumption, gambling behaviour and problem gambling during a single visit to a gambling venue', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 770-777pp.
- Altman, J & Markham, F 2015, 'Burgeoning Indigenous land ownership: Diverse values and strategic potentialities', in Sean Brennan, Megan Davis, Brendan Edgeworth, Leon Terrill (ed.), Native Title from Mabo to Akiba: A Vehicle for Change and Empowerment?, The Federation Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 126-142.
- Lea, T, Young, M, Markham, F et al 2012, 'Being Moved (On) The Biopolitics of Walking in Australia's Frontier Towns', Radical History Review, vol. 114, no. 114, pp. 139-163pp.
- Sloan, N, Doran, B, Markham, F et al. 2016, 'Does base map size and imagery matter in sketch mapping?', Applied Geography, vol. 71, pp. 24-31.
- Young, M & Markham, F 2017, 'Coercive commodities and the political economy of involuntary consumption: The case of the gambling industries', Environment and Planning A, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 2762-2779pp.
- Young, M, Markham, F, Reis, A et al 2015, 'Flights of fantasy: a reformulation of the flyers' dilemma', Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 54, pp. 1-15.
- Young, M & Markham, F 2015, 'Beyond disclosure: gambling research, political economy, and incremental reform', International Gambling Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 6-9.
- Markham, F, Young, M & Doran, B 2014, 'Gambling expenditure predicts harm: evidence from a venue-level study', Addiction, vol. 109, no. 9, pp. 1509-1516.
- Young, M & Markham, F 2014, 'Boozing and losing: the relationships between alcohol and gambling', Australasian Epidemiologist, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 25-27.
- Young, M, Doran, B & Markham, F 2013, 'Gambling Spaces and the Racial Dialectics of Social Inclusion: A Case Study of a Remote Australian Casino', Geographical Research, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 192-203pp.
- Young, M, Markham, F & Doran, B 2013, 'Gambling Spaces and the Paradox of Aboriginal Social Inclusion', in Rhonda Craven, Anthony Dillon and Nigel Parbury (ed.), In Black & White: Australians All at the Crossroads, Connor Court Publishing, Ballan Australia, pp. 275-286.
- Young, M, Markham, F & Doran, B 2012, 'Too close to home? The relationships between residential distance to venue and gambling outcomes', International Gambling Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 257-273pp.
- Young, M, Markham, F & Doran, B 2012, 'Placing Bets: gambling venues and the distribution of harm', Australian Geographer, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 425-444pp.
- Biddle, N & Markham, F 2013, Mobility.
- Biddle, N & Markham, F 2013, Regional centres.
- McFadden, A, Young, M & Markham, F 2015, 'Venue-Level Predictors of Alcohol-Related Violence: An Exploratory Study in Melbourne, Australia', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 506-519pp.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- RD007555 - Monitoring and Accountability Framework (Secondary Investigator)
- Footprints in Time: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Social and Emotional Wellbeing Research Report (Secondary Investigator)
- Development of a predictive tool to inform responses to food (in)security amongst Aboriginal peoples of NSW (Secondary Investigator)
- Bringing to light the regulatory disparities for electricity access and services in remote Australia (Secondary Investigator)
- Research into perpetual funding options for Native Title PBCs (Primary Investigator)
- Evaluation of OCHRE - Local Decision Making (Secondary Investigator)
