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
Navigating Law, Politics and Informality: A Study of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, 1986-2015
Dr. Björn Dressel, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Professor Tomoo Inoue, Faculty of Economics, Sakei University, Tokyo
Our talk is structured into two parts: First, drawing on insights from ongoing research of ours on judicial politics in Southeast Asia, we propose a…
How Desirable is Intra-Party Democracy? Evidence from the Political Party Database Project
Professor Thomas Poguntke
Few scholars on political parties would disagree that intra-party democracy (IPD) is desirable. Yet, this is exactly where agreement ends. Precisely…
What have we learned about constitutional design in deeply divided societies over the last quarter of a century?
Professor Jon Fraenkel
In the aftermath of the end of the cold war, constitutional transitions in South Africa (1994), Bosnia (1995), Fiji (1997), Northern Ireland (1998)…