Dominic O'Sullivan (born 1970) is a New Zealand political scientist. He has been a faculty member at Charles Sturt University in Australia since 2008,[1] and is an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[2]

Dominic O'Sullivan
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Waikato
Known for
  • Author
  • political scientist
RelativesVincent O'Sullivan (father)
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
Institutions
Thesis
WebsiteCharles Sturt University profile

Academic career

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O'Sullivan currently works at Charles Sturt University[1] where he is a professor of political science. O'Sullivan is also an adjunct professor in the Centre for Māori Health at AUT University. Prior to his work at Charles Sturt University, he was a senior teacher and research fellow at the University of Waikato[3] where he completed his PhD titled Faith, politics and reconciliation: the Roman Catholic Church, New Zealand Maori and indigenous Australians.[4] O’Sullivan graduated from Rosmini College, Auckland in 1988.

O'Sullivan's primary area of interest is the politics relating to indigenous peoples.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Selected publications

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  • O’Sullivan, D. Beyond Biculturalism: the Politics of an Indigenous Minority. Wellington. Huia Publishers, 2007
  • Bishop, Russell, Dominic O'Sullivan, and Mere Berryman. Scaling up Education Reform: Addressing the Politics of Disparity. New Zealand Council for Educational Research. PO Box 3237, Wellington 6140 New Zealand, 2010.
  • O'Sullivan, Dominic. "The treaty of Waitangi in contemporary New Zealand politics." Australian Journal of Political Science 43, no. 2 (2008): 317–331.
  • O'Sullivan, Dominic. "Needs, rights, nationhood, and the politics of indigeneity." MAI Review LW 1, no. 1 (2006): 12.
  • O’Sullivan, D. Indigeneity: a politics of potential – Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. Bristol. Policy Press, 2017.
  • O’Sullivan, D. Indigenous Health: power, politics and citizenship. Melbourne. Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2015.
  • O’Sullivan, D. Faith Politics and Reconciliation: Catholicism and the Politics of Indigeneity. Wellington. Huia Publishers and Adelaide. ATF Press, 2005
  • O’Sullivan, D. Sharing the Sovereign: Indigenous Peoples, Recognition, Treaties and the State. Singapore. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
  • O’Sullivan, D. ‘We Are All Here to Stay’: Citizenship, Sovereignty and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Canberra. ANU Press, 2020
  • O’Sullivan, D. and Piper, C. Turanga Ngatahi: Standing Together: The Catholic Diocese of Hamilton 1840–2005. Wellington. Dunmore Publishing, 2005
  • O’Sullivan, D. ‘Postcolonialism’ in Hayward, J. (ed.) New Zealand Government and Politics. Melbourne. Oxford University Press, 2015
  • O’Sullivan, D. ‘Maori self-determination and a liberal theory of indigeneity’. In Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches. Marc Woons (ed). Bristol. E-International Relations. 2014, pp. 64–71

Personal life

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O'Sullivan was born in 1970 in Hamilton to Tui Walsh and Vincent O'Sullivan. He is Māori, of Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu descent.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dominic O'Sullivan".
  2. ^ "View our current honorary fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Dominic O'Sullivan".
  4. ^ O'Sullivan, Dominic (2003). Faith, politics and reconciliation: the Roman Catholic Church, New Zealand Maori and indigenous Australians (Doctoral thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/13889.
  5. ^ "Interview: Dominic O'Sullivan". Newshub.
  6. ^ "What Canada can learn from New Zealand on electoral reform".
  7. ^ "Can Indigenous Australians be deported as 'aliens'? A High Court decision will show us the strength of modern colonial power".
  8. ^ "What New Zealand's vote means for Maori – and potentially First Nations in Canada".
  9. ^ "It's Time for the Constitution of Australia to Recognise Indigenous People". 28 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Change the Date or Add a Date". 15 January 2019.
  11. ^ O’Sullivan, Dominic. "Tui Rererangi Walsh O'Sullivan". Pacific Journalism Review. 29 (1&2): 263–267. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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