Dr John Uhr

Academic Background:
PhD (Political Science) University of Toronto, Canada 1979
MA (Political Science) University of Toronto, Canada 1975
BA (Hons: Modern History) University of Queensland, Australia, 1972

Career Highlights:
Senior Fellow, Political Science Program, RSSS, ANU, 2000
Final Director, Federalism Research Centre, ANU, 1995-1997
Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Public Policy, Graduate Program in Public Policy, ANU, from 1990
Harkness Fellow, USA, 1985-1987
Director of Studies, Australian Public Service Board, 1984-85
Committee Secretary, The Australian Senate, Canberra, 1980-1989
Political Studies Fellow, Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 1980-1981
Commonwealth Scholar, Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Award, University of Toronto, Canada, 1974-79

Research Interests:
Australian politics and public policy; Democratic theory and governance; Democratisation; Political and administrative ethics.

Recent Publications:
‘Marketing Parliamentary Committees’, Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration , December 2000, 38-41.

‘The Rage over Ravelstein’, Philosophy and Literature, October 2000, 451-466

‘Making Sense of the Referendum’, Papers on Parliament, May 2000, 1-20.

‘The Australian Senate in its Second Century’, Representation , Autumn 2000, 139-145.

‘Think Tanks and the Policy-Making Community in Australia’, NIRA Review, Spring 2000, 35-40.

‘Testing Deliberative Democracy: the 1999 Australian republic referendum’, Government and Opposition, Spring 2000, 189-210.

‘After The Referendum: The Future of Constitutional Change’, Public Law Review, March 2000, 7-10.

‘The Future Roles of Parliament’, ch 1 in Institutions on the Edge? Capacity for Governance. Eds M Keating and P Weller. Sydney: Allen and Unwin. 2000 (written with Professor John Wanna), 10-44.

‘Public Service Ethics in Australia’, chapter 34 in Handbook of Administrative Ethics. Edited by Terry Cooper. Second edition. New York: Dekker, 2000, 719-740.

‘Rules for Representation: Parliament and the Design of the Australian Electoral System’, chapter in Geoffrey Lindell and Robert Bennett eds Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight. The Federation Press, 2001,  249-290.

‘Moderating Ministerial Ethics: Putting Political Ethics in its Place’, chapter in J. Fleming and I Holland eds  Motivating Ministerial Morality . Ashgate Press, 2001, 187-200.

‘What’s so responsible about responsible government?’, chapter prepared for the The Prince’s New Clothes. University of New South Wales Press, 2002, 155-166.

‘Rewriting the Referendum Rules’, chapter 13 In John Warhurst and Malcolm Mackerras eds Constitutional Politics: The Republic Referendum . University of Queensland Press, 2002, 177-199.

'Accountability and Governance', chapter 8 in Are you Being Served? The State, Citizens, and Governance, eds G. Davis and P. Weller. Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2001, 152-174 (jointly written with Richard Mulgan).

'Parliament and Public Deliberation: Evaluating the Performance of Parliament'. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 24(3) 2001, 708-723.

'Parliament and Publication Deliberation: Evaluating the Performance of Parliament'. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 24(3) 2001, 708-723.

'Political Leadership and Rhetoric' chapter in H.G. Brennan and Francis G. Castles eds Australia Reshaped: 200 Years of Institutional Transformation . University of Cambridge Press, 2002, 261-294.

'Competing Models of Integrity' Res Publica 11(2) 2002, 13-16.

'Explicating the Australian Senate' Journal of Legislative Studies 8(3) 2002, 3-26.

Work in Progress:
‘Auditory Democracy: Separation of Powers and the Location of Listening’, chapter prepared for Talking Democracy: Historical Perspectives on Rhetoric and Democratic Theory. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001 (forthcoming).

 
Personal:
John Uhr was born in Brisbane, Australia. He has been based in Canberra since completing his graduate studies in Canada in 1979. He has been employed by government and Parliament and, since joining the ANU, he has continued to work as an adviser to many public authorities, at state as well as national level, in addition to international organisations like The Commonwealth Secretariat and The World Bank.