Dr John Burton

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
Sustainable Minerals Institute

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
Sustainable Minerals Institute

Affiliate Senior Research Fellow of

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
Sustainable Minerals Institute

Overview

Qualifications

  • Honorary Fellow, Australian National University, Australian National University
  • Fellow, Australian Anthropological Society, Australian Anthropological Society
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, The University of York
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Sheffield

Publications

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Supervision

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Bainton, Nicholas and Burton, John (2024). The use of social impact assessment in mining projects. Handbook of social impact assessment and management. (pp. 81-96) edited by Frank Vanclay and Ana Maria Esteves. Cheltenham, Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802208870.00013

  • Burton, John and Levacher, Claire (2021). The state that cannot absent itself: New Caledonia as opposed to Papua New Guinea and Australia. The absent presence of the state in large-scale resource extraction projects. (pp. 313-346) Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/ap.2021.10

  • Burton, John (2019). The reasonableness of leaders and the gaming of mining incomes in Papua New Guinea. Pacific realities: Changing Perspectives on Resilience and Resistance. (pp. 132-150) edited by Laurent Dousset and Mélissa Nayral. Brooklyn, NY, United States: Berghahn Books. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvw04bg3.10

  • Burton, John and Onguglo, Joyce (2017). Disconnected development worlds: responsibility towards local communities in Papua New Guinea. Large-scale mines and local-level politics: between New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea. (pp. 261-289) edited by Colin Filer and Pierre-Yves Le Meur. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/lmlp.10.2017.09

  • Burton, John (2012). Evidence of the ‘new competencies’?. Dilemmas of development: the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994. (pp. 280-301) edited by Colin Filer. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/dd.12.2012.09

  • Filer, Colin, Burton, John and Banks, Glenn (2008). The fragmentation of responsibilities in the Melanesian mining sector. Earth matters: Indigenous peoples, the extractive industries and corporate social responsibility. (pp. 163-179) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781351279680-10

  • Burton, John (2007). Determinacy of groups and the ‘owned commons’ in Papua New Guinea and Torres Strait. Customary land tenure and registration in Australia and Papua New Guinea: anthropological perspectives. (pp. 175-198) edited by James F. Weiner and Katie Glaskin. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/cltrapng.06.2007.09

  • Burton, John (2005). Knowing about culture: the handling of social issues at resource projects in Papua New Guinea. Culture and Sustainable Development in the Pacific. (pp. 98-110) edited by Antony Hooper. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/csdp.04.2005.07

Journal Article

Other Outputs

  • Burton, John, Kemp, Deanna, Barnes, Rodger and Parmenter, Joni (2024). INDIGENOUSESTATE2023. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/e79f928

  • Skrzypek, Emilka, Bainton, Nicholas, Burton, John and Lèbre, Eleonore (2022). The justice dimensions of extracting energy transition metals from the Pacific. London, United Kingdom: The British Academy. doi: 10.5871/just-transitions-s-i/e-s

  • Burton, John and Banks, Glenn (2020). The Porgera mine in PNG: some background. Development Policy Blog. Development Policy Centre, The Australian National University.

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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