Carol Johnson (academic)
{{short description|Australian political scientist}}
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Carol Johnson {{post-nominals|country=AUS|FASSA}} is an Emerita professor at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Adelaide, known for her work on Australian politics and her new book Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality: Australian Social Democracy in a Changing World.{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/carol-johnson-919|title=Carol Johnson|last=|first=|date=|website=The Conversation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820031109/https://theconversation.com/profiles/carol-johnson-919 |archive-date=2014-08-20 |access-date=}} She has also done research into sexuality, gender and feminism.{{Cite web|url=https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson|title=Researcher profiles: Carol Johnson|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228211527/https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson |archive-date=2019-02-28 |access-date=}}
She is active on the website The Conversation, writing articles on Australian politics, critically examining the political environment of the country.{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/is-the-morrison-government-authoritarian-populist-with-a-punitive-bent-126032|title=Is the Morrison government 'authoritarian populist' with a punitive bent?|last=|first=|date=|website=The Conversation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105000249/https://theconversation.com/is-the-morrison-government-authoritarian-populist-with-a-punitive-bent-126032 |archive-date=2019-11-05 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/turnbull-is-on-the-winning-side-on-marriage-equality-but-his-troubles-are-far-from-over-86928|title=Turnbull is on the winning side on marriage equality, but his troubles are far from over|last=|first=|date=|website=The Conversation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115133231/https://theconversation.com/turnbull-is-on-the-winning-side-on-marriage-equality-but-his-troubles-are-far-from-over-86928 |archive-date=2017-11-15 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/even-if-he-keeps-the-top-job-malcolm-turnbulls-troubles-have-only-just-begun-61425|title=Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun|last=|first=|date=|website=The Conversation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704132020/http://theconversation.com/even-if-he-keeps-the-top-job-malcolm-turnbulls-troubles-have-only-just-begun-61425 |archive-date=2016-07-04 |access-date=}}
Career
Her early work includes publications about the Labour government in Australian politics. Johnson was president of the Australian Political Studies Association briefly from 1998-1999.{{Cite web|url=https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson#professional-activities|title=Researcher Profiles: Carol Johnson|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228211527/https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson |archive-date=2019-02-28 |access-date=}}
Since 2000, Johnson's work has been focussed on Australian politics, but it also includes research into the lesbian and gay movement.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_abizIwjU8YC&q=Tremblay,+M.,+Paternotte,+D.,+%26+Johnson,+C.+(Eds.)+(2011).+The+lesbian+and+gay+movement+and+the+state:+Comparative+insights+into+a+transformed+relationship.+Farnham,+Surrey:+Ashgate.&pg=PP1|title=The lesbian and gay movement and the state: Comparative insights into a transformed relationship|isbn=9781409410676|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|last1=Tremblay|first1=Manon|last2=Johnson|first2=Carol|last3=Paternotte|first3=David|year=2011}} She also edited The Social Sciences in the Asian Century, investigating the "on the challenges of practising the social sciences in the Asia-Pacific region in the twenty-first century".{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE ASIAN CENTURY|publisher=ANU Press|year=2015|isbn=|url=https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p325111/pdf/book.pdf|pages=}}{{Cite web|url=https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson#professional-activities|title=Researchers Profiles: Carol Johnson|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228211527/https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson |archive-date=2019-02-28 |access-date=}}
Johnson was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2005{{Cite web|url=https://socialsciences.org.au/academy-fellow/|title=Academy Fellow|website=Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-10}} and served as a member of its executive committee for two years from 2012 until 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://socialsciences.org.au/academy-fellow/?sId=0032v000033l9OGAAY|title=Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia: Academy Fellows|last=|first=|date=|website=Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211040843/https://socialsciences.org.au/academy-fellow/?sId=0032v000033l9OGAAY |archive-date=2019-12-11 |access-date=}}
In 2019, Johnson won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Political Studies Association.{{Cite web|url=https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson#career|title=Researcher Profiles: Carol Johnson|last=|first=|date=|website=University of Adelaide|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228211527/https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/carol.johnson |archive-date=2019-02-28 |access-date=}}
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