Dr Helena Onnudottir

Biography/Research Interests

Dr Helena Onnudottir is a social Anthropologist and a lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology (Career Development Fellowship).  Her areas of research interest include: Aboriginal Australia, Indigenous spiritualities, religious and traditional changes and Aboriginal/Indigenous rights to land and culture.  Currently, Helena's research involves an investigation of religious changes within Aboriginal Australia.

Qualifications

PhD (Social Anthropology), Department of Anthropology, Macquarie University (2003) 

Master of Arts (Hons.) Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University (1996)

Bachelor of Arts (major in Social Anthropology), Department of Social Sciences, University of Iceland (1992) 

Recent Publications

Onnudottir, H., Possamai A. and Turner B. (forthcoming June 2013), Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples:  The making of religious identities, London: Ashgate Publishing.

Onnudottir, H., Possami, A. Turner, B. And Kennedy, M. (2013) “Australian Aboriginal Muslims in Prison”, Journal of Intercultural Studies, volume 34, issue 3.

Onnudottir, H., Possamai A. and Turner B. (2012) 'Islam and Indigenous Populations in Australia and New Zealand' in F. Mansouri and V. Marotta (eds.) Muslims, Multiculturalism and the Challenges of Representations and Belonging, MUP, Melbourne.

Onnudottir, H., Possami, A and Turner, B. (2010), ‘Islam: a new religious vehicle for Aboriginal self-empowerment in Australia’, International Journal for the Study of New Religions, vol. 1. no. 1, pp. 49-74.

Darcy, Michael, Dennis Garland, Ingrid Schraner, Roslyn Richardson, Natalie Bolzan, Helena Onnudottir, Ron Brooker (2010), Homeless in Parramatta, UWS Research Partnership Project, Parramatta City Council and the University of Western Sydney.

Contact: h.onnudottir@uws.edu.au

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