Dr Sonia Martin
Research Fellow
- Telephone:
- (+61 3) 8344 3738
- Email:
- sonia.martin@unimelb.edu.au
- Fax:
- (+61 3) 9347 7731
- Location:
- The Australian Centre
Carlton VIC 3053
Academic Profile (click on the link for more information)
Biography
Sonia Martin is a research fellow at The Australian Centre. She recently completed her PhD titled Social divisions in an era of welfare reform: A critical analysis of neoliberalism and the underclass thesis. This study was a critical examination of the ways in which policy maintains and legitimises social arrangements, paying particular attention to the underclass phenomenon.
Research
Sonia is currently working on an ARC project that explores the lived experiences of people living on low incomes in the context of recent welfare reform. The project is titled 150 low-income Australians: A group biography over time. Her work is grounded in the discipline of sociology and covers a range of fields and interests including: poverty, inequality, social exclusion, political economy, social policy, labour markets and social geography.
Publications
- Carson, E. and Martin, S. (2001) Social Disadvantage in South Australia, University of South Australia: Magill
- Martin, S. (2003) ‘Reconceptualising social exclusion: A critical response to the neoliberal welfare reform agenda and the underclass thesis’. Paper presented at Creating Spaces: Interdisciplinary Writings in the Social Sciences conference, Australian National University, July 2003
- Martin, S. (2004) ‘Reconceptualising social exclusion: A critical response to the neoliberal welfare reform agenda and the underclass thesis’ in Australian Journal of Social Issues, 39(1): 79-94
- Martin, S. (2007) ‘Welfare reform, the underclass thesis and the process of legitimising social divisions’. Paper submitted to the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Annual Conference, 24-26th September, 2007, Monash University
- Wilson, L., Spoehr, J. and Martin, S. (2006) ‘A spatially sensitive approach to understanding the impact of public expenditure on social exclusion’. Paper presented at the Social Change in the 21st Century conference, Queensland University of Technology, 27th October, 2006