The SPIR seminar series brings together the School’s research community and domestic as well as international leaders in the field of politics and international affairs. Across each semester, the series showcases a diverse and exciting range of topics.
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Upcoming Events
Hopes and disappointments: assessing institutional change in the federal parliament since the Jenkins Review
Dr Maria Maley (ANU)
In November 2021 the Human Rights Commission presented its report called the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (known as…
Past Events
Market for Warriors: A Rational Theory of Military Clubs
Dr Charles Miller (ANU)
Disproportionate recruitment of distinctive ethnic and religious groups has been a staple strategy of rulers throughout history. Why, however, do…
Sortition within Political Parties
Distinguished Professor Keith Dowding (ANU), Dr William Bosworth (ANU)
It is proposed that political parties should select their parliamentary candidates by way of sortition. Alternatives such as party primaries, caucus…
Democratic Principles for a Multilevel, Multidemoi Democracy
Professor Simona Piattoni (University of Trento)
Democracy is conventionally understood as “delegation with accountability”. As such, it presupposes the existence of a demos from which the matching…