Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Faculty Fellow

Ravi is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science. He also currently serves as the Associate Dean Research & Graduate, in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. He is an interdisciplinary social scientist who works on Indigenous and environmental politics. His recent publications include:
- Clark, T., de Costa, R., & Maddison, S. (2019). 'The Treaty’s Going to Give the Recognition that this Wasn’t Right’ – Optimism and Pessimism in Non-Indigenous Attitudes to Treaties in Australia. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 40(6), 665–680. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2019.1675615
- De Costa, R. (2018). Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History / The Land Is Our History: Indigeneity, Law, and the Settler State. Australian Historical Studies, 49(1), 133–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2018.1415606
- de Costa, R., & Clark, T. (2015). On the responsibility to engage: non-Indigenous peoples in settler states. Settler Colonial Studies, 6(3), 191–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/2201473X.2015.1065560
Research keywords:
Settler-colonial politics; Treaty-making; truth and reconciliation processes; constitutional recognition of Indigenous rights; global biodiversity governance; sustainability and behaviour.
Themes | Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
Events |
The Changing Landscape for Global Aid |
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