Jane Beilby

Project Description

Jane's research explores Indigenous-settler political relationships surrounding the criminal legal system in Australia. This exploration is grounded in a case study of Indigenous Justice Agreements (IJAs), which were developed as a negotiated policymaking mechanism following the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991), and continue today in many jurisdictions with the stated purpose of self-determination. This research will explore the relationships between Indigenous community leaders and bureaucrats involved in these agreements. It is anticipated that this research will further inform understandings of Indigenous-settler relations in Australian politics. Theoretically, this research is informed by Aileen Moreton-Robinson and Irene Watson’s writing on Indigenous and state sovereignties, Patrick Wolfe’s structural analysis of settler colonialism, and Glen Coulthard’s critique of the politics of recognition under settler liberalism.

Supervisors

Professor Juan Tauri, School of Social and Political Sciences
Dr Elizabeth Strakosch,  School of Social and Political Sciences