Articles by Dr Joe McCarthy
- Profile
- Dr Joe McCarthy is a fixed-term lecturer in the ANU's College of Arts and Social Sciences. Although Joe's PhD thesis explored China's environmental policy reform, he has recently become more interested in examining academic casualisation. A research interest that grew from experiencing eight out of the past ten years as a casual academic. You can find him @JoemacANU where he promises to try and maintain a sporadically interesting Twitter account related to academic casualisation.
Economy, Featured, Green Agenda Quarterly Journal Spring 2020, Social Justice
A casual reflection on academia: before and after the pandemic
COVID-19 has thrown Australia’s university sector into crisis. For the past two decades, the tertiary education industry has expanded on the back of rising international student enrolments. However, the coronavirus pandemic, and the resultant border closures, have disconnected universities from these enrolments, one of their most significant revenue streams. Universities have been hard hit: Job losses have already commenced as... Read More