Adjunct Professor Elim Papadakis

Position: Visiting Fellow
School and/or Centres: Centre for European Studies

Qualification:

PhD University of London (London School of Economics & Political Science) (1983); B.A. Hons (European Studies) The University of Kent at Canterbury (1978).

Biography
Research interests
Publications

Elim Papadakis was previously Professor of European Studies at ANU (1997-2003) and, from 2001, Foundation Director of the National Europe Centre, ANU. Prior to that, he was Professor of Sociology and Head of Department at the University of New England and Research Fellow in Social Policy, University of Kent at Canterbury. In 2001 he was a co-recipient of the 2001 Henry Mayer Prize for the best article published in the Australian Journal of Political Science and in 1999 of the Robert M Worcester Prize for the year’s outstanding contribution to the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, the official journal of the World Association for Public Opinion Research. He is author of over 100 publications, including Environmental Politics and Institutional Change (Cambridge University Press) and The Green Movement in West Germany, (Croom Helm and St Martin’s Press).

Professor Papadakis’s research interests have concentrated on environmental and social policy, the relationship between public opinion and public policy and the interaction between citizens and the state.

Selected Publications i. Books Environmental Politics and Institutional Change, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996 Politics and the Environment: the Australian Experience, Sydney, Allen and Unwin, 1993 The Private Provision of Public Welfare, (with P. Taylor-Gooby), Wheatsheaf Books, 1987 The Green Movement in West Germany, London, Croom Helm & New York, St Martin’s Press, 1984 ii. Reference Works Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement, Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press 1998 (first edition); (second edition, 2007, with Miranda Schreurs) iii. Refereed journal articles ‘The Politics of Light-Handed Regulation: New Environmental Policy Instruments in Australia' (with R. Grant) Environmental Politics, Special Issue, A. Jordan, R. Wurzel and A. Zito (eds). New Instruments of Environmental Governance?, 2003, vol.12 no.1, 27-50 ‘Challenges for global environmental diplomacy in Australia and the European Union’ (with R. Grant) Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2004, 58 (2): 279-292. ‘Global Environmental Diplomacy: Australia’s stances on global warming’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2002, 56 (2): 265-277 ‘Media responsiveness to ‘old’ and ‘new’ politics issues in Australia’ (with R. Grant) Australian Journal of Political Science, 2001, Vol. 36. no. 2, 293-308 (awarded the 2001 Henry Mayer Prize for the best article published in the journal) ‘Constituents of confidence and mistrust in governmental and nongovernmental institutions’ Australian Journal of Political Science, 1999, Vol. 34. no. 1, 75-93 ‘Public Opinion, Democracy and the European Union’, Australasian Journal of European Integration, Vol. 1. no. 1, 1998, 32-57 ‘A Comparison of Mass Attitudes towards the Welfare State in Different Institutional Regimes, 1985-1990’ (with Clive Bean) International Journal of Public Opinion Research, vol. 10, no. 3, 1998, 211-236 (awarded the 1999 Robert M Worcester Prize for the year’s outstanding contribution to the official journal of the World Association for Public Opinion Research) ‘Polarized Priorities or Flexible Alternatives?’ (with C. Bean), International Journal of Public Opinion Research, vol. 6, no. 3, 1994, pp. 264-288 ‘Class Interests, Class Politics and Welfare State Regime’, British Journal of Sociology, vol. 44, no. 2, 1993, pp. 249-70 ‘Popular Support for the Welfare State: A Comparison Among Institutional Regimes’ (with C. Bean), Journal of Public Policy, 1993, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 25-52 ‘Public Opinion, Public Policy and the Welfare State’, Political Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, 1992 pp. 21-37 ‘Social Movements, Self-limiting Radicalism and the Green Party in West Germany’, Sociology, vol. 22, no.3, 1988, pp. 171-92 ‘Consumer Attitudes and Participation in State Welfare’, (with P. Taylor-Gooby), Political Studies, vol.35, no.3 ,1987, pp. 467-81 ‘Positional Satisfaction and State Welfare’ (with P. Taylor-Gooby), Sociological Review, vol. 34, no. 4, 1986, pp. 813-27 iv. Book chapters ‘Environmental Policy and Politics’ in I. McAllister, S. Dowrick and R. Hassan (eds) The Cambridge Handbook of Social Sciences in Australia, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 345-357 ‘Environmental Capacity Building in Australia’ in H. Weidner and M. Jänicke (eds) Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2002, 19-44 ‘Social theory and the environment: a systems theoretical perspective’ in F. Buttel, P. Dickens, A. Gisjswijt and R. Dunlap (ed) Social Theory and the Environment, Rowman and Littlefield, 2002, 119-143 ‘Australia and Europe’ in J. Cotton and J. Ravenhill (eds) The National Interest in a Global Era. Australia in World Affairs 1996-2000, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, 130-148 ‘Social Movements: The Citizens in Action’ in G. Davis, M. Keating and P. Weller (eds.) Are You Being Served? State, Citizens and Governance Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2001, pp.36-57 ‘Australia: Ecological Sustainable Development in the National Interest’ W. Lafferty and J. Meadowcroft (eds), Implementing Sustainable Development. Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 23-52