Centre for Communication and Social Change

Shannon Breen

HDR student
ORCiD ID: 0009-0000-8052-4960
A headshot of Shannon Breen – a white woman with short brown hair standing in the Great Court at UQ

Research topic: Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and the language of legitimacy: Public relations in the mining industry post Juukan Gorge

Supervisors: Associate Professor Jane Johnston and Dr Aparna Hebbani

Research interests: Critical public relations, corporate social responsibility, social licence to operate in the mining industry, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy

Qualifications: Master of Communication (Public Relations and Professional Communication), School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland; Graduate Diploma in Arts (Writing, Editing and Publishing), School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland; Bachelor of Arts (Communication - Journalism), Charles Sturt University - Mitchell.

Publications

Theses

Breen, S. (2022). Communicating Corporate (ir)Responsibility: A case study of Rio Tinto and Juukan Gorge [Master’s thesis, The University of Queensland]. UQ eSpace. https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200909c

Researcher biography

A former ABC Radio broadcaster, Shannon has worked in regional South Australia, the Northern Territory, and at Triple J and Radio National. Before starting her PhD at UQ she worked in marketing and communications in the education sector.