Professor Peter Anderson

Chancellery Division,
Indigenous Strategy,
Carumba Institute
Biography
Professor Peter J. Anderson is from the Walpiri and Murinpatha First Nations in the Northern Territory. His research theorizes the understandings of the organisational value of academic freedom in Australian universities and also more broadly in the polar south. He researches in the areas of- organisational leadership
- Indigenous peoples’ education
- teacher and academic professional development
Personal details
Positions
- Executive Director, Carumba Institute and Professor of Education
Chancellery Division,
Indigenous Strategy,
Carumba Institute
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Monash University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
- Diversity Australia - Research Committee
- Universities Australia- Deputy Vice Chancellors (Research) committee
- Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity- The Atlantic Institute, Rhodes Trust, University of Oxford
- Editor- International Journal Critical Indigenous studies
Selected publications
- Anderson P, Maeda K, Diamond Z, Sato C, (2021) Post-Imperial Perspectives on Indigenous Education: Lessons from Japan and Australia, Routledge.
- Anderson P, Diamond Z, Diamond J, (2021) Embracing and resisting Indigenist perspectives in Australian pre-service teacher education. In P Anderson, K Maeda, Z Diamond & C Sato, Post-Imperial Perspectives on Indigenous Education: Lessons from Japan and Australia, Routledge, pp. 126-150.
- Anderson P, Maeda K, Diamond Z, Sato C, (2021) Introducing Indigenous education in Japan and Australia. In PJ Anderson, K Maeda, ZM Diamond & C Sato, Post-Imperial Perspectives on Indigenous Education: Lessons from Japan and Australia, Routledge, pp. 1-22.
- Anderson P, Diamond Z, (2021) Stabilising and sustaining Indigenous leadership in Australian universities. In P Anderson, K Maeda, Z Diamond & C Sato, Post-Imperial Perspectives on Indigenous Education: Lessons from Japan and Australia, Routledge, pp. 186-208.
- Goerke V, Anderson P, (2021) The usefulness of the idea and concept of reconciliation for guiding Australian Indigenous higher education in the postcolonial, post-imperial world. In P Anderson, K Maeda, Z Diamond & C Sato, Post-Imperial Perspectives on Indigenous Education: Lessons from Japan and Australia, Routledge, pp. 227-254.
- Moreton-Robinson A, Anderson P, Blue L, Nguyen L, Pham T, (2020) Report on indigenous success in higher degree by research: Prepared for Australian Government Department of Education and Training.
- Tudball L, Anderson P, (2017) Recognizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights and perspectives through civics and citizenships. In L Tudball & A Peterson, Civics and citizenship education in Australia: Challenges, practices and international perspectives, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 61-80.
- Anderson P, Rennie J, White S, Darling A, (2017) PREEpared - Partnering for Remote Education Experience: Improving teacher education for better indigenous outcomes - Final report.
- Walsh L, Anderson P, Zyngier D, Fernandes V, Zhang H, (2016) Evaluation of the Richmond Emerging Aboriginal Leadership (REAL) Program.
- Anderson P, Atkinson B, (2013) Closing the gap: Using graduate attributes to improve Indigenous education, International Education Journal, 12 (1), pp. 135-145.
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Member of AIATSIS as a Measure of esteem under the Excellence in Research Australia(ERA) Framewor. AIATSIS membership therefore has equivalent prestige to membership of Australia's Learned Academies
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Elected executive member - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies- Research Advisory Committee
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Elected Editorial board member
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Editor
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Creating social change frameworks through curriculum and pedagogical strengthening development informed by First Nations Australian sovereignty and the United Nations Declaration Rights of Indigenous People.
Research projects
- Title
- Engaging and partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and community to improve student outcomes
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ID16-5428
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Title
- National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 00004443.0
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Indigenous Knowledge; Research Capacity Building
Supervision
Current supervisions
- A pedagogical analysis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curricula in Optometry Programs
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Sharon Bentley, Dr Shelley Hopkins