Dr John Burton

Senior Research Fellow

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

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  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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