Michael Luoma
Post-Doctoral Fellow (CSDD and IIGR)
He/Him
PhD (Queen's); MA (Queen's), BAH (University of Toronto)
Political Studies
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Brief Biography
Michael Luoma (PhD, Philosophy, Queenâs University, 2023) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity (CSDD) and the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (IIGR) at Queenâs University.
Michaelâs research draws contemporary political philosophy into dialogue with grounded contexts of normative and political contestation. Specifically, Michaelâs research examines the conditions for political legitimacy in Indigenous â 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.
You may find additional details about Michaelâs research, on the negotiation of modern treaty agreements, on his CSDD profile.
You may view additional details about Michaelâs research, on federalism and border governance, on his IIGR profile.
Publications
Luoma, M. (2024). âGroup-differentiated rights for Indigenous communities that straddle borders.â Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 28 (1): 121â142.
Luoma, M. (2024) âPublic Education, Multinational Identity Formation, and Territorial Legitimacy: An Analysis of the 2004 and 2023 Ontario Curricula on Indigenous Peoples.â Frontiers in Political Science, Peace and Democracy, 6: 1-16.
Luoma, M. & Moore, M. (2024). "Rectifying Historical Territorial Injustices." Res Publica, 30: 683-703.
Luoma, M. (2022). Collective Self-Determination, Territory and the Wetâsuwetâen: What Justifies the Political Authority of Historic Indigenous Governments over Land and People? Canadian Journal of Political Science, 55 (1): 19-39.
Luoma, M. âJames Tully: Indigenous Self-Government in Modern Canada.â In Gray, K. (Ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Territorial Rights (pp. 1-10). Springer.
Luoma, M. âSharing Territories: Overlapping Self-Determination and Resource Rights Cara Nine, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. 336.â Canadian Journal of Political Science 56 (4): 1000-1002.
Luoma, M. (2025). âIndigenous Perspectives on Climate Change.â In Madsen, R. & Sullivan, W.M. (Eds.), Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics: Climate Change and Morality. Brookings Institution Press. Forthcoming.