Michael Luoma

Michael Luoma (PhD, Philosophy, Queen’s University, 2023) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (IIGR) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity (CSDD) at Queen’s University.

Michael’s research draws contemporary political philosophy into dialogue with grounded contexts of normative and political contestation. Specifically, Michael’s research examines the conditions for political legitimacy in Indigenous – settler relations, with a focus on the requirements for fair negotiation of territorial authority among self-determining peoples in a multinational federal system. Pursuant to this objective, Michael has conducted research on Indigenous political authority and collective self-determination, territorial rights and restitution, federalism, transnational Indigenous communities, and the negotiation of modern treaties.

In his capacity as postdoctoral fellow at the IIGR, Michael is pursuing research on multinational federalism and border governance in the field of Indigenous – state relations, in association with the Institute’s partnership with the 21^st Century Borders project.

You may find additional details about Michael’s research, on the negotiation of modern treaty agreements, on his CSDD profile.

Publications
Articles:

Luoma, M. (2022). Collective Self-Determination, Territory and the Wet’suwet’en: What Justifies the Political Authority of Historic Indigenous Governments over Land and People? Canadian Journal of Political Science, 55 (1): 19-39.

Luoma, M., Moore, M. (2024). Rectifying Historical Territorial Injustices. Res Publica.

Book Reviews and Encyclopedia Entries:

Luoma, M. (2023). Sharing Territories: Overlapping Self-Determination and Resource Rights Cara Nine, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. 336. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 56 (4): 1000-1002.

Luoma, M. (2024, forthcoming). James Tully: Indigenous Self-Government in Modern Canada. In K. W. Gray (Ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Territorial Rights. Springer.