A multidisciplinary team, with researchers from diverse academic backgrounds
Through collaboration, the Centre for Governance and Public Policy strives for innovation, producing relevant and timely research with a tangible outcome on governance and public policy discourse. Read more about our members and their research interests in their member profiles.
Director
Professor Kai He specialises in international relations theory and international security; foreign policy analysis and international political economy; public opinion; foreign policy crisis behaviour; Chinese politics and Sino-US relations. He is a recent co-recipient of an ARC Discovery investigating Decoding Revisionist Challenges to the international Institutional Order.
Deputy Director
Professor Juliet Pietsch is a leading scholar in the specialist fields of migration politics and political behaviour in Australia and Southeast Asia. She has published more than 60 research publications, including six single-authored and co-authored books and edited collections. Juliet has also played a lead investigator role on six ARC grants - collectively worth more than $1.6 million - that involve the development of research data infrastructure for the study of migration and political behaviours.
Members
Associate Professor Gideon Baker
Political theory, history of political thought, democratic theory and ethics in international relations.
Professor AJ Brown
Government accountability and responsiveness. federalism, regionalism and public integrity systems.
Associate Professor Luis Cabrera
International ethics, and justice and normative political theory.
Professor Sara Davies
Women’s participation in peace process, sexual and gender based violence, women’s displacement, gender and global health
Dr Outi Donovan
Peacebuilding in conflict-affected societies, gender and conflict, humanitarian interventions, international norms
Dr Hui Feng
International political economy, post-communist transitions, international finance and Chinese politics.
Dr Huiyun Feng
Foreign policy analysis, Asia security studies and Chinese politics, female leadership
Dr Max Grömping
Interest representation, political participation, authoritarianism, media politics
Dr Cosmo Howard
Comparative public administration, bureaucratic politics, public policy processes and neoliberal governance.
Adjunct Professor John Kane
Political theory, democratic studies, moral philosophy and political leadership.
Dr Jessica Kirk
Global health, disease outbreak responses, critical security studies, US politics, and the politics of emergency
Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma
Electoral integrity, comparative politics, political parties and electoral behaviour.
Dr Ellie Martus
Public policy, Russian politics, Environmental politics and policy, Industry and climate politics
Professor Duncan McDonnell
Political Parties, populism, Euroscepticism and youth wings.
Dr Lee Morgenbesser
South East Asian politics, authoritarian regimes and democratisation.
Professor Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh
Resource development and indigenous peoples, policy evaluation, negotiation and social impact assessment.
Professor Andrew O’Neill
International relations Asia–Pacific; strategic studies; Australian foreign and defence policy; and international terrorism and counter terrorism.
Professor Haig Patapan
Democratic theory and practice; political philosophy; political leadership and comparative constitutionalism.
Professor Emeritus John Wanna
Australian/NZ politics, Public policy/policy analysis, Public budgeting
Professor Emeritus Patrick Weller
Executive government; Politics and policy making in central governments in Westminster systems; Australian Politics; and International civil servants.
Prof Xu Yi-chong
Energy security, International organisations, and China and regional studies.
Professional staff
Adjunct members
- Catherine Althaus
- Henry Boer
- Val Cooms
- Jack Corbett
- Geoff Edwards
- Dennis Grube
- John Kane
- Jason Sharman
Visiting Industry fellow
Wayne Bergman
Associate members
Diletta Luna Calibeo