Dr Elizabeth Eddy
BA(Hons) Griff., PhD Qld.
Position: Lecturer, Social Sciences, Honours Coordinator
Office: D1.28
Tel: +61 7 5430 1269
Email: eeddy@usc.edu.au
Teaching areas
- Social and Community Studies
Research areas
- Environmental justice
- Higher education and welfare policy
- Liberal governance
Profile
Dr Elizabeth Eddy has taught in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences since 1996 and is in the School of Social Sciences. Her multi-disciplinary courses contribute to a range of programs including social science, community work, social work, environment and heritage and international studies. She is currently the Faculty's Honours Coordinator.
Elizabeth brings to her teaching a strong focus on social justice issues, drawing on her long-term involvement in Australian social justice and environmental movements, and she is on the editorial board of Social Alternatives Journal.
Since she began teaching at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Elizabeth has been an executive member of the staff union, the National Tertiary Education Union, and is currently the branch President. She is a NTEU National Councillor and on the Queensland NTEU Division Executive. Elizabeth is also one of the staff representatives on the University of the Sunshine Coast staff consultative committee.
Elizabeth's current research interest include the industrial and social implications of liberal governance reform for higher education and welfare policies.
Publications
Journal articles
- Eddy E. 2006. Neoliberalism and governance, Social Alternatives, 25:2, 3-7.
- Eddy E. 2006. Neoliberalism and political inclusion, Social Alternatives, 25:2, 20-25.
- Eddy E. 2005. Conflicting imaginary spaces in a local environmental dispute, Transformations, [Issue 9 Independent Articles].
- Eddy E. 2004. Environmental security – securing what? Social Alternatives 23:4, 23-28.
- Eddy E, Lowe I. 2004. Globalisation, social justice and the environment, Social Alternatives, 23:4, 3-4.
- Eddy E. 2003. Environmental security, The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, ELOSS Publishers Co. Ltd.
Conference papers
- Eddy E. 2004. Welfare reform and the welfare of community workers, Refereed Proceedings of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Adelaide University, Adelaide, 29 September - 1 October.
- Eddy E. 2003. Australian higher education modernisation: enterprise bargaining and the changing basis of academic "autonomy", Refereed Proceedings of the Australasian Political Studies Association, UTAS, 29 September-1 October, Hobart.
- Eddy E. 2003. Enterprise bargaining, “flexibility” and “accountability” at a new university. In: (Bowden B, Kellett J, eds), Transforming Labour - Work, Workers, Struggle and Change: Proceedings of the Eighth National Labour History Conference, Brisbane Labour History Association, Brisbane, 3-5 October.
Theses
- Eddy E. 1996. PhD. Department of Government, University of Queensland, The Green Movement in Southeast Queensland: Sustainability, Institutional Failure and Social Conflict.
- Eddy E. 1989. BA(Hons). Humanities Division, Griffith University, The Alternative Economic Strategy Debate in Australia, 1974-1986.
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