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Prof

Adrian Little

Pro Vice-Chancellor (International)
International
Political theory
Indigenous
democracy
conflict
temporality
Northern Ireland
comparative
relational ontology
epistemology
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Prof

Adrian Little

 
Division
The University of Melbourne
 
Primary Interest
Contemporary political and social theory
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Adrian Little's research groups

  • The Initiative for Peacebuilding

    The Initiative for Peacebuilding brings together multidisciplinary research, engagement, and education to advance peacebuilding and conflict prevention in the Indo-Pacific region.

Projects

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States, Frontiers and Conflict in the Asia Pacific

2014 - 2019
Completed
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Resistance, Recognition and Reconciliation in Australia - lessons from South Africa and Northern Ireland.

This project examines resistances to reconciliation in Australia, South Africa and Northern Ireland. The project compares efforts toward rec..

2013 - 2017
Completed
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How can extra territorial border control governance achieve political legitimacy?

2016 - 2016
Completed
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Governing Resource Conflict in Bougainville - accountability for past and the future

2014 - 2015
Completed
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Islamic movements in secular societies: grammars of experience

There is increasing public debate about the place of Islam in western societies, but little reference to lived experience. At a same time, w..

2007 - 2012
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

2

Research Contracts

2

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

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Temporal Politics Contested Pasts, Uncertain Futures

Adrian Little

Book  |  2022

Adrian Little demonstrates how different conceptions of past, present and future contribute to the nature of political conflict in..

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Universities and multiple disaster scenarios: A transformative framework for disaster resilient universities

Lisa Gibbs, Hamza bin Jehangir, Edwin Jit Leung Kwong, Adrian Little

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Recent years have provided stark insights into the challenges of dealing with multiple, overlapping disasters in many parts of the..

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The Politics of Temporality and the Ethos of Open Societies: Transfrontier Conservation Areas as Spatio-temporal Chokepoints

Umut Ozguc, Adrian Little

Journal article  |  2022  |  GEOPOLITICS

More-than-human approaches to borders unsettle the anthropocentric reading of borders and bordering practices. They call for radic..

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The Politics of Makarrata: Understanding Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia

Adrian Little

Journal article  |  2020  |  POLITICAL THEORY

In May 2017, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was released, providing an Indigenous response to debates on recognition of Aborig..

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Democracy

Hilary Charlesworth

Scholarly edition  |  2019

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Contextualizing Concepts: The Methodology of Comparative Political Theory

A Little

Journal article  |  2018  |  Review of Politics

Over the last twenty years, comparative political theory has emerged as a distinctive contribution to contemporary theoretical and..

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Reconciliation after Recognition? Indigenous settler relations in Australia

Adrian Little

Book Chapter  |  2017

Since 2010 the political agenda on addressing Indigenous-settler relations in Australia has been dominated by the debate on consti..

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Stopping boats, saving lives, securing subjects: Humanitarian borders in Europe and Australia

Adrian Little, Nick Vaughan-Williams

Journal article  |  2017  |  European Journal of International Relations

In April 2015, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called on European leaders to respond to the migration and refugee cri..

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Fear, hope and disappointment: Emotions in the politics of reconciliation and conflict transformation

Adrian Little

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Political Science Review

The place of reconciliation in processes of conflict transformation is a deeply contested political issue. Reconciliation has play..

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Reconciliation, transformation, struggle: An introduction

Adrian Little, Sarah Maddison

Journal article  |  2017  |  INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Political Science
Government and Politics
Expanding Knowledge
International Relations
Other Law, Politics and Community Services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Society and Community
Community Services
Development Studies
Other Environmental Sciences

News

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Australia’s universities must become more welcoming

Aleem Ali, Adrian Little

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia was the third largest recipient of international tertiary students worldwide. Our lifestyle, geogra..

March 3, 2022
pursuit Article
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On the wrong track: why Australia's attempt at Indigenous reconciliation will fail

Adrian Little, Mark McMillan

Australia is being held back by its unresolved relationship with its Indigenous population. Drawing on attempts at reconciliation overseas,..

May 19, 2016
conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2018

Melbourne Leadership Award for Internationalisation of the Student Experience
2017

Australian Political Science Association Award for Outstanding Leadership in Political Science
2003

FHEA - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK)

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor In Political Theory

Social and Political Sciences

Ordinary Member

International Studies Association

Member

Australian Political Studies Association

Member

Political Studies Association of the UK

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Queen's University Belfast

Bachelor of Arts (honours)

Nottingham Trent University

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International Linkages

Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom

Universitas Gadjah Mada

Indonesia

University of Witwatersrand

South Africa