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 Breakdown, Presidentialism, and Human Rights Abuses
Thiago Nascimento da Silva
It is well-established that presidential democracies fail more frequently than parliamentary democracies, but there is little consensus on why. We…
Explaining Variation of Colonial Narratives in Postcolonial States: Denunciation and Valorisation in Southeast Asia
Dean Dulay
Research on the negative impacts of colonialism is well-established across the social sciences. In spite of this, considerable variation exists in…
Do Exchange Rates Influence Voting? Evidence from Elections and Survey Experiments in Democracies
Dennis P. Quinn, Thomas Sattler, Stephen Weymouth
Intense debate surrounds the effects of trade on voting, yet less attention has been paid to how real exchange rate fluctuations may influence…