Dr Robyn Hollander

B Arts, B Commerce, PhD

Head of Department, Griffith Business School

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Research expertise

• Australian federalism and international comparisons
• Federalism and intergovernmental relations
• Regulation
• Competition policy
• Parliamentary representation
• Political communication

Current teaching areas

• Politics of Public Management
• Comparative European Politics
• Public Policy Processes
• Government, Regulation and Markets
• Australian Politics
• Government Business Relations
• Politics, Politicians and the Media
• Queensland Politics

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Hollander, R. (2008) John Howard, Economic Liberalism, Social Conservatism and Australian Federalism, Australian Journal of Politics and History, 54(1) 85-103
• Hollander, R. and Patapan, H. (2007) Pragmatic Federalism, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 66(3): 280-297.
• Hollander R. (2006) Elections, Policy and the Media: Tasmania's Forests and the 2004 Federal Election, Australian Journal of Political Science, 41(4)569-84.
• Hollander, R. (2006) Light-handed regulation: the case of the Tasmanian Forest Practices System, Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 13(1) 17-27.
• Hollander, R. (2006) National Competition Policy, Regulatory Reform and Australian Federalism, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 65(2) 33-47.
• Van Acker, E. and Hollander, R. (2003) Fame Takes Over: Pauline Hanson as Political Celebrity, Australian Studies in Journalism, 12: 173-97.
• Van Acker, E. and Hollander, R. (2003) Protecting our Boarders: Ministerial Rhetoric and Asylum Seekers, Australian Journalism Review, 25 (2): 103-20.
• Curran, G. and Hollander, R. (2002) Changing Policy Mindsets: ESD and NCP Compared, Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 9 (3): 158-68.
• Hollander, R. and Curran, G. (2001) The Greening of the Grey: National Competition Policy and the Environment, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 60 (3): 42-55.
• Hollander, R. and Thornthwaite, L. (2000) The Queensland Public Sector: Recent Developments in Employment Relations, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 59 (4): 76-93.

Books

• Hollander, R. (2006) Foundations of Australian Politics. Pearson, Sydney (with R. Eccleston and P. Williams).

Book chapters

• Hollander, R. (2007) Business Regulation in the Global Era,. In G.Curran and E. van Acker (eds) Globalising Government Business Relations, Pearson, Sydney.
• Hollander, R. (2007) Governing Global Media'. In G.Curran and E. van Acker (eds) Globalising Government Business Relations, Pearson, Sydney (with Paula Cowan).
• Hollander, R. (2004) Reforming Business Regulation. In E. Van Acker and G. Curran (Eds.), Governing Business and Globalisation (Second Edition), Pearson, Frenchs Forest.
• Hollander, R. (2002) Regulation and its Reform. In E. Van Acker and G.Curran (Eds.), Business, Government and Globalisation, Longman, Sydney. pp. 157-172.

Refereed conference papers

• Hollander, R. (2005) Backseat driver? the Commonwealth, Regional Forest Agreements and Australian Federalism, presented Australasian Political Science Association Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, 28-30 September.
• Hollander, R. (2005) Forest Stories ��� Media Reporting of Forest Policy 1985-2004, presented at the Ecopolitics XVI Conference, Griffith University Brisbane 4-6 July.
• Hollander, R. and Eccleston, R. (2005) The utilisation of Web-based Teaching Resources in Large Diverse Classes: An Empirical Study, presented at the Effective Teaching and Learning Conference, Griffith University, Logan 4-5 November.
• Hollander, R. (2004) Changing Places?: Commonwealth and State Government Performance and Regional Forest Agreements, presented at the Australasian Political Science Association Conference, University of Adelaide, 29 September ��� 1 October.
• Hollander, R. (2003) Who Sits in Parliament? An analysis of state and federal members of parliament, Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 29 September - 1 October, Hobart.
• Curran, G., Van Acker, E. and Hollander, R. (2002) Xenophobia: Is it enough? Populist parties in Australia and Europe, Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 2-4 October, Canberra.
• Curran G. and Hollander, R. (2001) ESD and NCP Compared: A preliminary analysis. Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 24-7 September, Brisbane.
• Hollander, R. and Van Acker, E. (2001) Fame, Fashion and Fans: Pauline Hanson as a political celebrity. Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 24-7 September, Brisbane.

Non-refereed conference papers

• Hollander R. (2008) A Tale of Two Pulp Mills: Processing pulp politics in Tasmania, Paper delivered at the Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Brisbane 7-9th July (with Giorel Curran)
• Hollander R. (2006) Continuity and Change: Developments in Australian Federalism, Paper delivered at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 27-29 September Newcastle.
• Hollander, R. (2006) Federalism under Howard, paper presented at John Howard's Decade Conference, ANU, Canberra 3-4 March.
• Hollander, R. (2000) A Big Target: National Competition Policy and its Critics, Policy Networks Conference, Brisbane.