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
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…
Past Events
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…
The Will of the People Revisited
Professor Christian List (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
The notion of the “will of the people” has long been at the centre of populist conceptions of democracy, but it has taken on renewed salience in…
Carrots and Sticks
Fabian Habersack (University of Innsbruck)
How voter loyalty and electoral opportunities shape parties' policy priorities in EuropePolitical parties often adjust their policy agendas in…