Indigenous Australian Studies (intersectionality; critical race theory; whiteness)
Indigenous Nation Building (Nations' wellbeing; Native Title)
Indigenous Rights (Distinction between Indigenous Rights and Human Rights)
Indigenous and Settler Legal Theory (Settler Colonialism)
International Human Rights Law and Indigenous Peoples
Public Law
Reconciliation (Indigenous Settler Relationships)
Overview
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Mark McMillan joined the faculty of Melbourne Law School in 2011. He is a Wiradjuri man from Trangie, NSW. He was named National NAIDOC Scholar of the year for 2013.
His research interests are in the area of human rights and, in particular, the expression and fulfillment of those rights for Indigenous Australians.
Current Research Projects:
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC)
Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Grant: Indigenous nationhood in the absence of recognition: Self-governance insights and strategies from three Aboriginal communities
Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery Grant: “Resistance, Recognition and Reconciliation in Australia – lessons from South Africa and Northern Ireland.”
Chief Investigator and Node Leader on ARC Special Initiative Grant: “National Indigenous Research and Knowledge Network.” NIRAKN www.nirakn.edu.au
Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Grant: “Minutes of Evidence: promoting new and collaborative ways of understanding Australia’s past engaging with structural justice.” www.minutesofevidence.com.au
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Melbourne School of Government Research Cluster Grant: Indigenous Nation Building: Theory; Practice and its emergence in Australia's public policy discourse.
Melbourne Social Equity Institute Grant: Strengthening the Victorian Aboriginal community's response to methamphetamine use.
Melbourne Social Equity Institute Grant: Sharing this place: A systematic review of three Faculties within the University of Melbourne to identity and establish their opportunities for engagement with future and current Indigenous Australian students.
Publications
Selected publications
2016
Research Book Chapters
Holding on to the 'Hope of Law'.
Indigenous Australians, Social Justice and Legal Reform: Honouring Elliott Johnston.
Federation Press.
2016
National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network
(Special Research Initiative for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Researchers? Network)
awarded by QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
2013 - 2017
