Biography

Dr Lucas Marie PhD

Deputy Director

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Dr Lucas Marie is a cultural anthropologist, who, as Deputy Director within the Military Professional Mastery Branch at the Australian Defence College, has set the direction for enhancing and embedding social science education and training programs across Defence. In response to the Brereton Inquiry, Lucas became the lead coordinator for Afghanistan Inquiry Response Enterprise Initiative 58 (EI58) - Building Defence's Cross-Cultural Capabilities, and Enterprise Initiative 13 - Building Defence's Ethical Capabilities. Both of these roles are ongoing. 

Prior to joining CDLE, Lucas has been involved in anthropological and sociological research and teaching at the University of Melbourne and Curtin University. His work has been published in The Australian Journal of Anthropology (TAJA), The Australian Journal of Media and Culture (Continuum), The Global Hip Hop Studies Journal (GHHS), and on The Conversation news website. He also recently published a book with Taylor & Francis: Routledge Press.

He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Anthropology in 2019, and is a member of the Australian Anthropological Society.