Position: Research Fellow

Phil joined the ANU in October 2005, prior to which he was an advisor to the Trade and Industry Select Committee of the British Parliament.

Since arriving at ANU his research has primarily focussed on comparative parliaments (particularly committee systems) and parties, and on Australian democracy. He is a co-author of a democratic audit of Australia, Australia: The State of Democracy (forthcoming 2008, Federation Press) and is working on a book, Australian Party Politics in Comparative Perspective (Manchester University Press) with Charles Lees (University of Sheffield).  He has also written on industrial and competition policy.