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Associate Professor Diana Perche

Associate Professor Diana Perche

Associate Professor

BA (Hons), Master of Politics and Public Policy, PhD in Public Policy

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Social Sciences

Diana Perche is an Associate Professor in Social Research and Policy in the School of Social Sciences. Her research areas include public policy theory, historical analysis of policy development, the politics of evaluation, and the use of evidence in policy formulation and implementation.听Her research focuses on Australian politics, the participation of First Nations in Australian politics and policy-making, and the ways in which governments use evidence and ideology to design public policy affecting or targeting Indigenous people in Australia.

  • Book Chapters | 2023
    O'Neil J; Christopher W, 2023, 'Intergovernmental coordination', in Barry N; Chen P; Haigh Y; Motta SC; Perche D (ed.), Australian Politics and Policy: Senior Edition 2023, Sydney University Press, Sydney,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Cortis N; Blaxland M; Adamson E, 2022, 'Quality and marketised care: The case of family day care', in Meagher G; Stebbing A; Perche D (ed.), Designing Social Service Markets: Risk, Regulation and Rent-Seeking, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 39 - 70,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Meagher G; Stebbing A; Perche D, 2022, 'Introduction: Designing markets in the Australian social service system', in Meagher G; Stebbing A; Perche D (ed.), Designing social service markets: Risk, regulation and rent-seeking, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 1 - 37,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Perche D, 2022, 'Out of sight, out of mind? Markets and employment services in remote Indigenous communities', in Meagher G; Stebbing A; Perche D (ed.), Designing social service markets: Risk, regulation and rent-seeking, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 105 - 137,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Perche D; O'Neil J, 2019, 'Indigenous politics', in Chen P; Barry N; Butcher J; Clune D; Cook I; Garnier A; Haigh Y; Motta SC; Taflaga M (ed.), Australian Politics and Policy, Sydney University Press, pp. 390 - 411,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Perche D, 2018, ''ignore us at your peril, because we vote too': Indigenous Policy', in Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election, pp. 619 - 640,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Perche DE, 2017, 'Economic rationalism and Indigenous affairs: the project of "normalisation"', in Yeatman A (ed.), Economic Rationalism in Canberra Twenty-Five Years On - five essays, Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University, pp. 39 - 45,
  • Edited Books | 2022
    Perche D; Meagher G; Stebbing A, (eds.), 2022, Designing social service markets: Risk, regulation and rent-seeking, ANU Press, Canberra,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Perche D, 2024, 'Aboriginal Self-determination, Land Rights, and Recognition in the Whitlam Era: Laying Groundwork for Power Sharing and Representation', Australian Journal of Politics and History, 70, pp. 169 - 187,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hebden N; Perche D, 2023, 'Looking through the 鈥榃indow on the House鈥: assessing the standard of Question Time in the Australian House of Representatives, 1991鈥2020', Australian Journal of Political Science, 58, pp. 343 - 362,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Perche D; Yeatman A, 2018, 'Taking 鈥榓 rightful place in our own country鈥:Indigenous self-determination and the Australian people: A symposium', Australian Journal of Public Administration, pp. S2 - S4,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Perche D, 2018, 'Recalibrating the machinery of government forIndigenous affairs: Towards a new policy design for self-determination', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 77, pp. S28 - S36,
  • Other | 2018
    Perche D; Yeatman A (ed.), 2018, Taking 鈥榓 rightful place in our own country鈥: Indigenous self鈥恉etermination and the Australian people: a Symposium, Wiley,

My Research Supervision

Jason O'Neil (Scientia PhD, Social Sciences), 'Redefining Indigenous Self-determination in Australian Public Policy'

Bridie Moran, (PhD in Art and Design) 'Weaving Policy: An Institutional Analysis of Australian Arts and Cultural Policy Shifts for Craft'

Saniya Karimova (PhD, Social Sciences) 'Social construction of migrant populations in Panama'听

Anissa Jones (PhD, Indigenous Studies) 'Aboriginal Policy and Perspectives in Vocational Education and Training'

David Shannon (MPhil, Social Sciences) 'Interrogating the role of Public Relations and polling organisations in shaping public opinion toward First Nations peoples and communities'

My Teaching

Public Policy, Australian Politics, Social Research and Policy