Discourses of Religious Freedom in Australia: From diversity to the politics of belief.
Elenie Poulos
Chair: Tracy McEwan
Rev. Dr Elenie Poulos is an Adjunct Fellow at Macquarie University in Politics and International Relations. Her PhD (in Politics) was conferred in 2021 and examined the public discourses and politics of religious freedom in Australia. Her research on the intersection of religion and politics is interdisciplinary, drawing from politics, sociology of religion, critical studies in religion and discourse studies. She is especially interested in religious discourses in the public space. Elenie is a frequent commentator on religion and politics for radio and other news media.
Elenie is an ordained Minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and was, for 15 years, the director of the Church’s national justice policy and advocacy unit. She has over 20 years’ experience working in public policy, advocacy and government relations in the not-for-profit sector, including 11 years as a Commissioner of the World Council of Churches’ advisory body on international affairs.
Elenie is a past Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford and in 2023 was invited to deliver the University Sermon at the University of Oxford.