Dr Giorel Curran

B Arts, Dip Education, MLitt, PhD

Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School

Contact details for Dr Giorel Curran

Research expertise

• Environmental politics and policy
• Environmental political theory
• Political theory
• Comparative politics
• Political sociology

Current teaching areas

• Environmental politics and policy
• Public policy
• Political theory
• Theories of democracy
• Comparative politics

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Curran, G. and R. Hollander. 2008, A Tale of Two Pulp Mills: Realising Ecologically Sustainable Development in Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration 67(4) (forthcoming).
• Curran, G. 2009, Ecological Modernisation and Climate Change in Australia. Environmental Politics 18(2) (forthcoming).
  
• Curran, G. 2007, Making Another World Possible: the Politics of the World Social Forum. Social Alternatives, 26(1): 7-12.
• Curran, G. 2006, Whither Environmentalism: Environmental Politics in the 21st Century. Social Alternatives, 25 (2): 48-53.
• Curran, G. 2005, Sustaining Employment: mutual obligation, the environment and Work for the Dole, Environment, Workplace and Employment, 1 (3/4): 243-57.
• Curran, G. 2004, Anarchism, Environmentalism and Anti-Globalisation, Interdisciplinary Environment Review, 5 (2): 37-50.
• Curran, G. 2004, in press) Mainstreaming populist discourses: the race-conscious legacy of neo-populist parties in Australia and Italy, Patterns of Prejudice, Vol. 38, No. 1, March.
• Curran, G. and Hollander, R. 2002, Comparing Policy Mindsets: ESD and NCP compared, Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 9, No. 3, September, pp. 158-168.
• Curran, G. 2001, The Third Way and Ecological Modernisation, Contemporary Politics, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 41-56.
• Curran, G. and Hollander, R. 2001, The Greening of the Grey: National Competition Policy and the Environment, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 42-55.

Books

• Curran, G. and E. van Acker (Eds.) 2007, Globalising Government Business Relations. Pearson Longman: Frenchs Forest.
• Curran, G. 2006, 21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalisation and Environmentalism, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Curran, G. and Van Acker, E. (Eds.) 2004, Governing Business and Globalisation, Second Edition, Pearson.
• Curran, G. and Van Acker, E. (Eds.) 2002, Business, Government and Globalisation, Pearson, x +215 p.

Book chapters

• Curran, G. 2009, (Con)Temporary Utopian Spaces. In Hayden, P. and C. el-Ojeili (Eds). Globilization and Utopia: Critical Essays. Palgrave MacMillan, London (forthcoming).
  
• Curran, G. and E. van Acker 2007, Governing Business and Globalisation. In Curran, G. and E. van Acker (Eds). Globalising Government Business Relations. Frenchs Forest: Pearson Longman.
• Curran, G. 2007, Environmental Risk: the Climate Change Challenge. In Curran, G. and E. van Acker (Eds). Globalising Government Business Relations. Frenchs Forest: Pearson Longman.
• Curran, G. 2004, Environment, Globalisation and Equality. In Horton, K. and Patapan, H. (Eds), Globalisation and Equality, Routledge, London.
• Curran, G. 2004, The Politics of Environment and Development. In E. van Acker and G. Curran (Eds), 2nd Edition, Governing Business and Globalisation, Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson.
• van Acker, E. and G. Curran 2004, Introduction: Government and Business in a Global World, in E. van Acker and G. Curran (Eds), 2nd Edition, Governing Business, and Globalisation, Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson.
• Curran, G. 2002, Governing the Environment in E. van Acker and G. Curran (Eds), Business, Government and Globalisation, Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson.
• Curran, G. and E. van Acker 2002, Introduction, with E. van Acker, in E. van Acker and G. Curran (Eds). Business, Government and Globalisation, Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson.
• Curran, G. 2000, Environmental politics and policy: economic challenges to political decision-making, in P. Boreham, G. Stokes and R. Hall (Eds). The Politics of Australian Society: Political Issues for the New Century, Frenchs Forest: Pearson.

Refereed conference papers

• Curran, G. 2006. 'Whither the Global Justice Movement?' Refereed Conference Paper for The Australian Sociological Association  Conference, Sociology for a Mobile World, University of Western Australia, December.
• Curran, G. 2005, 'Whither Environmentalism?: Environmental Politics in the New Millennium', paper presented at 11th International Conference on the Environment, Orlando, Florida, June.
• Curran, G. 2004 'Regenerating the urban/nature relationship: urban sustainability groups in Australia', paper presented at 10th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment, Boston, USA: July.
• Curran, G. 2004 'Anarchism, Environmentalism and Anti-Globalisation', paper presented at the 10th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment, Boston, USA: July.
• Curran, G. 2003 'Conceptualising and institutionalising sustainability: ESD views from the departments', paper presented at the Australasian Political Science Association Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart, September/October.
• Curran, G. 2003 'Towards 20/20 Vision on the Environment', paper presented at the Vision2020 Conference by the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Griffith University, Brisbane, November.
• Curran, G, R. Hollander and E. van Acker 2002 'Xenophobia: Is it Enough? Far Right Populist Parties in Australia and Europe', paper presented at the Australian Political Science Association Conference, ANU Canberra, October.
• Curran, G. 2002 'Sustainability and Democracy: Towards Quality Governance', International Institute of Administrative Sciences  Conference, New Dehli, November: Towards Quality Governance for Sustainable Growth and Development.
• Curran, G. 2001 'ESD and NCP Compared: A Preliminary Analysis', with R. Hollander, for Australian Political Science Association Conference,  Griffith University, Brisbane, September.
  
• Curran, G. 2000 'The Third Way and Ecological Modernization: Reconfiguring the Market/State Nexus' for the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS): Public Administration and Globalisation: International and Supranational Administrations Conference, 19-22, Bologna Italy, June.
  

Non-Refereed conference papers

• Curran, G. and Hollander R. 2008 'A Tale of Two Pulp Mills: Processing Pulp Politics in Tasmania'. Paper presented to the Australian Political Science Association Conference, Brisbane, July.
• Curran, G. 2008 'The Politics of the World Social Forum'. Paper presented to the Oceanic Conference on International Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, July.
• Curran, G. 2008 'Globilisation and Radical Democracy'. Paper presented to the Australasian Sociology Association Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, December.