Eve Vincent

Eve Vincent is an Associate Professor in Macquarie University's School of Communication, Society and Culture, specializing in critical analyses of Australian welfare policy, Indigenous-state relations, and class dynamics. Her ethnographic research spans desert communities, urban schools, and welfare systems, consistently centering marginalized perspectives.

Education:

• First Class Honours in History, University of Melbourne (2003)
• PhD in Anthropology, University of Sydney

Research Focus: Vincent investigates how punitive welfare policies (e.g., cashless debit cards, ParentsNext) target Indigenous communities and single mothers, documented in Who Cares? Life on Welfare in Australia (2023). Her earlier work examined native title conflicts (‘Against Native Title’, 2017) and environmental justice (Unstable Relations, 2016). Recent collaborations explore class in romance (Love Across Class, 2024).

Publication Trends: 2024-2025 outputs reveal intensified critique of welfare automation (Robodebt) and cross-class intimacy. Articles blend policy analysis with intimate ethnography, highlighting emotional labor in welfare compliance and class negotiation within relationships. Her work bridges anthropology, sociology, and Indigenous studies through narrative-driven scholarship.

Grants & Projects:

• Primary Chief Investigator: How do you feel about work? Subjective relations to work in contemporary Australia (2025-2027)
• Chief Investigator: Interventionist Logics and Indigenous Australia: Cashless Welfare Card Trial (2017-2023)
• Collaborator: Welfare Reform in Indigenous Australia, 2007-2017 (2018-2019)