Dr Linda Botterill

Dr Botterill will be joining the Program in July 2006

Professor Keith Dowding

Professor Dowding will be joining the Program in July 2007

Professor John Dryzek (Position: Professor)

Dr Alexander Gash (Position: ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

Mrs Mary Hapel (Position: Program Admin Officer)

Professor Barry Hindess ()

Professor Barry Hindess's research interests cover a variety of issues in social and political theory and in contemporary politics. At present he is working on problems associated with influential conceptions of political community in Western political discourse, with particular reference to such ideas as democracy, equality, liberty, power and rationality. Full Profile

Dr Andrew Knops (Position: Visiting Fellow)

Andrew is a visiting fellow in the Dept from October 2005 until September 2006. He is working on accounts of deliberative democracy that draw on formal and informal models of argument, especially pragmatic and dialetical approaches. His work is concerned with both the theoretical and empirical application of these developments. Andrew's research interests cover democratic theory and practice, with particular focus on the representation and participation of disadvantaged and marginalised groups. Andrew has jointly published on these issues in Public Administration, Contemporary Politics, the Institute for Development Studies Bulletin and the Journal of Social Policy. Andrew joins us from the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham in the UK, where he is a lecturer.

Dr Ian McAllister (Position: Professor)

Ian is former Director of RSSS He is an expert on elections, voting and party systems. He is former editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science, and has also published widely on the use of illicit drugs. Among his recent books are: The Australian Political System (with Lovell, Kukathas and Maley, 1998), How Russia Votes (with White, Rose and Boldiston, 1997), Australian Political Facts (with Mackerras and Boldiston, 1997). Full Profile

Dr Rod Rhodes (Position: Professor and Head of Program)

Rod Rhodes is Head of the Political Science Program, editor of Public Administration, President of the Political Studies Association of the UK, a member of the Executive Committee of the International Political Science Association, and a Fellow of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. Full Profile

Dr Gail Radford (Position: Program Visitor)

Gail is working on the History of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL), a three-year project funded by the Australian Research Council. WEL a non-party-political feminist lobby for women was founded in Australia in 1972. Much has been written about WEL but this is the first full-scale history. It draws on international frameworks to explore the conditions of feminist policy influence Further information about this project and regular updates on its progress can be found at http://wel.anu.edu.au/

Dr Paul 't Hart (Position: Senior Fellow)

Since January 2006, Paul 't Hart is a Senior Research Fellow in the Political Science Program. He also retains a small piece of his main position prior to his departure to Australia, e.g. Research professor of Public Administration at the Utrecht School of Governance. Among his published works are, Groupthink in Government (Johns Hopkins UP 1994), Understanding Policy Fiascoes (Transaction 1996), Beyond Groupthink (University of Michigan Press 1997), Public Policy Disasters in Western Europe (Routledge 1998), (Elgar 2001), and (Cambridge University Press 2005). Full Profile

Dr John Uhr (Position: Senior Fellow)

John Uhr' s recent publications include Deliberative Democracy in Australia and The Australian Republic: The Case for Yes. His current research interests deal with efforts to improve democratic governance, including strategies for greater public participation and accountability, parliamentary reform, and ethics in government.

Professor John Wanna (Position: Professor)

John Wanna is the ANZSOG Foundation Professor for the Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration. Formerly from Griffith University. His research interests include Australian and comparative politics, public expenditure and budgeting and government-business relations. Recent publications include Accounting to Accountability (2001) and Controlling Public Expenditure (2003).

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