Julie Lahn joined CAEPR in June 2006 and is currently collaborating on two projects: a study of 'social capital and social exclusion in rural and urban areas' and, as a member of a large CAEPR team, investigating the 'socio-economic value of indigenous management of dugong and marine turtles' for the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance.

Research Interests

Julie is an anthropologist whose published work on Australian Indigenous issues addresses a number of core themes including: morality, relatedness, resource use, religion, repatriation, and native title and land rights. She has worked with Torres Strait Islanders since 1994, where she conducted her doctoral research (entitled, Past Visions, Present Lives: Sociality and locality in a Torres Strait community). She has been an anthropological consultant since 1998 and has prepared numerous reports documenting the native title interests of Torres Strait Islanders and more recently those of Aboriginal people in south west Cape York. Previous research has included the role of social research (including social indicators) within marine park management (for James Cook University and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority) and gambling practices in the ACT (for ANU's Regulatory Institutions Network).