Overview
Background
Julia Keenan is a Research Fellow and PhD candidate at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. With over 15 years at CSRM, her work focuses on social performance, sustainable development, and Indigenous self-determination within the extractive industries.
Julia’s research examines the relationship between mining operations and local communities, focusing on agreement-making, gender equity, economic participation, and mine closure. Her PhD investigates corporate social performance (CSP), exploring policy implementation gaps, stakeholder engagement, and social safeguards throughout the mining lifecycle.
Julia has contributed to global mineral resource governance projects, partnering with the United Nations Environment Programme to implement the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) Resolution on Mineral Resource Governance. She also worked on the Strategic Regional Environmental and Baseline Assessment (SREBA) for the Beetaloo Sub-basin, profiling community concerns about resource development.
Since 2023, Julia has coordinated CSRM’s involvement in the Community Smart Consultation and Consent Project (CSCC), which focuses on improving natural resource governance through community-based consultation and FPIC. She has co-authored guidance documents for the International Council on Mining and Metals and Rio Tinto.
Julia holds a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts (Hons in Linguistics) from The University of Queensland and is nearing completion of her PhD.
Availability
- Ms Julia Keenan is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
Works
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2019
Journal Article
Corporate responsibility and the social risk of new mining technologies
Keenan, Julia, Kemp, Deanna and Owen, John (2019). Corporate responsibility and the social risk of new mining technologies. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 26 (4), 752-760. doi: 10.1002/csr.1717
2017
Other Outputs
Project-induced in-migration and large-scale mining: A scoping study
Bainton, Nicholas, Vivoda, Vlado, Kemp, Deanna, Owen, John and Keenan, Julia (2017). Project-induced in-migration and large-scale mining: A scoping study. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
2016
Journal Article
Company-community agreements, gender and development
Keenan, J. C., Kemp, D. and Ramsay, R. B. (2016). Company-community agreements, gender and development. Journal of Business Ethics, 135 (4), 607-615. doi: 10.1007/s10551-014-2376-4
2016
Book Chapter
Awkward alliances: is environmentalism a bonding agent between indigenous and rural settler politics in America and Australia?
Ali, Saleem and Keenan, Julia (2016). Awkward alliances: is environmentalism a bonding agent between indigenous and rural settler politics in America and Australia?. Land, indigenous peoples and conflict. (pp. 81-93) edited by Alan C. Tidwell and Barry Scott Zellin. New York , NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315726649
2014
Journal Article
Aboriginal engagement and agreement-making with a rapidly developing resource industry: coal seam gas development in Australia
Trigger, David, Keenan, Julia, de Rijke, Kim and Rifkin, Will (2014). Aboriginal engagement and agreement-making with a rapidly developing resource industry: coal seam gas development in Australia. The Extractive Industries and Society, 1 (2), 176-188. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.08.001
2014
Book
Mining and local-level development: examining the gender dimensions of agreements between companies and communities
Keenan, J. C. and Kemp, D. L. (2014). Mining and local-level development: examining the gender dimensions of agreements between companies and communities. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland.
2013
Conference Publication
Company-community agreements, gender and development
Keenan, J. C., Kemp, D. L. and Ramsay, R. B. (2013). Company-community agreements, gender and development. 23rd World Mining Congress, Montreal, Canada, 11-15 August 2013. Montreal, Canada: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
2012
Other Outputs
Why gender matters: training manual for communities and social performance practitioners, Rio Tinto: Melbourne
Collins, Nina, Kemp, Deanna, Keenan, Julia and Gronow, Jane (2012). Why gender matters: training manual for communities and social performance practitioners, Rio Tinto: Melbourne. Not available: Rio Tinto.
2011
Other Outputs
Why gender matters: a guide for integrating gender into communities and social performance at Rio Tinto
Kemp, D., Keenan, J. and Gronow, J. (2011). Why gender matters: a guide for integrating gender into communities and social performance at Rio Tinto. Not available:
2010
Other Outputs
Corporate assessment of site-level social performance in the resources industry: A brief summary of current and emerging practice
Brereton, David J., Kemp, Deanna, Evans, Robin and Keenan, Julia (2010). Corporate assessment of site-level social performance in the resources industry: A brief summary of current and emerging practice. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
2010
Journal Article
Strategic resource or ideal source? Discourse, organizational change and CSR
Kemp, Deanna, Keenan, Julia and Gronow, Jane (2010). Strategic resource or ideal source? Discourse, organizational change and CSR. Journal Of Organizational Change Management, 23 (5), 578-594. doi: 10.1108/09534811011071298
2010
Other Outputs
Why gender matters: a resource guide for integrating gender considerations into communities work at Rio Tinto
Kemp, Deanna and Keenan, Julia (2010). Why gender matters: a resource guide for integrating gender considerations into communities work at Rio Tinto. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Rio Tinto.
2009
Book
Summary of International water issues in mining and metals: A scoping paper prepared for the International Council for Mining and Metals
Moran, C. J., Vink, S., Kunz, N. and Keenan, J. (2009). Summary of International water issues in mining and metals: A scoping paper prepared for the International Council for Mining and Metals. Brisbane, Qld Australia: CWiMI.
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