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Associate Professor Elizabeth Ellison is the Dean of Research, UniSA Creative.
Liz's doctoral thesis, from Queensland University of Technology, was an examination of textual representations of the Australian beach. A graduate of the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT, Liz's interest in Australian popular and cultural texts has continued through her varied publications. Most recently, she is CI on two ARC Discovery projects and has two co-authored monographs.
Liz was previously the Deputy Dean (Research) for the School of Education & the Arts at Central Queensland University until 2023. In this role, Liz specialised in applied and regional arts research, with a focus on arts evaluation. She has been lead investigator on... Read more
About me
Associate Professor Elizabeth Ellison is the Dean of Research, UniSA Creative.
Liz's doctoral thesis, from Queensland University of Technology, was an examination of textual representations of the Australian beach. A graduate of the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT, Liz's interest in Australian popular and cultural texts has continued through her varied publications. Most recently, she is CI on two ARC Discovery projects and has two co-authored monographs.
Liz was previously the Deputy Dean (Research) for the School of Education & the Arts at Central Queensland University until 2023. In this role, Liz specialised in applied and regional arts research, with a focus on arts evaluation. She has been lead investigator on projects worth nearly $4m, working closely with local councils, state government, and various arts organisations. These projects have been diverse, including delivering public art trails in remote Queensland, sector consultations, and developing a micro-credential package for arts businesses. Liz established the 'Applied Arts and Regional Communities' cluster for the Centre for Research in Equity & Advancement of Teaching & Education (CREATE) at CQUniversity.
Liz has specialised in creative industries postgraduate teaching across various graduate certificates and coursework masters degrees at both QUT and CQUniversity. She was the coordinator of CARTA, the Creative Arts Research Training Academy at CQU. She continues to supervise research students across a range of creative disciplines, and publishes on doctoral training in the humanities and social sciences.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Dandhigu yimbana: Listening on Country for social-emotional wellbeing, Australian Research Council, 07/05/2025 - 31/12/2029
Decolonising Curatorial Practices: The Relationship Between Curation and Indigenous Artistic Representation?, UniSA-Donation via Foundation, 29/11/2024 - 30/04/2027
South Australian Contemporary Dance Sector Initiative, Arts SA, 29/09/2023 - 15/01/2024
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
1
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
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| 2023 |
McGowan, L, Ellison, E & Lastella, M 2023, Beach soccer histories, Routledge, UK :.
1
4
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| 2020 |
2
4
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
McGowan, L, Ellison, E & Lastella, M 2023, Beach soccer histories, Routledge, UK :.
1
4
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| 2020 |
5
36
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| 2020 |
2
4
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| Year | Output |
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| 2023 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
2
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
2
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
3
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| 2020 |
1
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| 2019 |
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| 2017 |
5
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2025 |
Open access
1
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
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| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
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| 2023 |
2
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
6
5
3
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| 2022 |
2
1
1
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| 2020 |
Open access
16
8
9
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| 2020 |
Open access
1
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| 2020 |
Open access
1
1
2
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| 2020 |
5
3
4
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| 2020 |
Open access
29
19
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
1
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| 2019 |
1
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| 2018 |
Open access
3
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
Open access
9
2
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian Catholic University | AUSTRALIA |
| Bahamas Football Association | BAHAMAS |
| Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
| Independent Scholar | CANADA |
| Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of the Sunshine Coast | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Liberate this Place: Museums' Capacity to Sustain Liberatory Practices | Current |
| Masters by Research or PhD Project: Contemporary Art (MF &MH Joyner Scholarship in Fine Arts) | Current |
| Silence is my first language: an exploration of childhood trauma and its effects into adulthood in poetic voice | Current |
| The digital flak-jacket: Enabling Journalists in the Asia Pacific region to Safely Navigate Digital Spaces | Current |
| Translating liberal colonialism through Carlo Lucarelli¿s Albergo Italia | Current |
