Dr. Joe Collins
PhDSenior Lecturer - Humanities-118694
School of Education and the Arts
Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains, Centre for Research in Equity & Advancement of Teaching & Education (CREATE)
Joe is an economic historian based in Rockhampton. His teaching is informed by research interests that circle and intersect the history of economic thought, debates on value, rent and price, the historical evolution of landed property, extractivism, regenerative agriculture, and the political economy of capitalism in Australia and the world. Joe's current research explores the potential for interlocking just transitions across the systems of provision for housing, education, transport, work and healthcare in regional communities.
Universities Studied At
Western Sydney University and Charles Sturt University
Universities Worked At
Joe has worked as a sessional academic across multiple disciplines at various institutions in Australia including Western Sydney University, Macquarie University, the University of Technology Sydney, Wollongong University and Charles Sturt University. His most recent and longest serving role before joining Central Queensland University was as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney where he worked from 2012 to 2024.
Awards
Australian Postgraduate Award PhD Stipend (2011-2015)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney Research Incubator Scheme (2018)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)
Media Citations
F Sice, James. "'Former fattie' Rory Robertson ups the ante on Sydney Uni's connections with Big Sugar, Big Pharma," Michael West Media, 18 July 2023, https://michaelwest.com.au/former-fattie-rory-robertson-ups-the-ante-on-sydney-unis-connections-with-big-sugar/
Collins, Joe. "Housing Part 2 - rent," The Philosopher's Zone, ABC, 11 September 2022, https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/housing-part-2-rent/101392192
Editor
Member of the editorial collective for the Journal of Australian Political Economy
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3803 Economic Theory
- 3899 Other Economics
- 4410 Sociology
- 4303 Historical Studies
- 5002 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
- 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy
- 4404 Development studies
