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Nathan campus
Glyn Davis Building (N72) -1.14
Nathan campus, Griffith University
170 Kessels Road, Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
Government and International Relations Executive
Professor Juliet Pietsch
Head of School
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.
Dr Cosmo Howard
Deputy Head of School and Director, Learning and Teaching
Dr Cosmo Howard is Deputy Head of School and Director, Learning and Teaching in the School of Government and International Relations. His current research specialises in comparative public administration, bureaucratic politics, public policy processes and neoliberal governance. His forthcoming book through Cambridge University Press is Government Statistical Agencies and the Politics of Credibility.
Professor Sara Davies
Director, Research
Professor Sara Davies is an International Relations (IR) scholar whose work focuses on Global Health Governance, and Women, Peace and Security. Sara was an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Australian Postgraduate Award Scholar (2008-2012) and an ARC Future Fellow (2014-2018). Sara’s research career has been devoted to identifying the political conditions that deny humans access to civil, economic and social human rights.
Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma
Director, Engagement
Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma is Director, Engagement in the School of Government and International Relations. His current research specialises in electoral integrity, comparative politics, political parties and electoral behaviour. Ferran has also been a policy practitioner at the national - Spain's Prime Minister's office- and local level (Barcelona City Hall). His current ARC grant is exploring How can Political Actors shape turnout?
Program Directors
- Associate Professor Luis Cabrera (Bachelor of Government and International Relations, Master of International Relations)
- Dr Tracey Arklay (Graduate Certificate in Policy Analysis, Master of Public Administration, Executive Master of Public Administration)
- Professor AJ Brown (Graduate Certificate in Integrity and Anti-corruption)
Academic staff
Academic staff
- Dr Cosmo Howard
- Prof Renee Jeffery
- Prof John Kane
- Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma
- Dr Ellie Martus
- Dr Stephen McCarthy
- Prof Duncan McDonnell
- Dr Lee Morgenbesser
- Prof Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh
- Prof Andrew O'Neil
- Prof Haig Patapan
- Prof Juliet Pietsch
- Prof Gary Sturgess
- Dr Elizabeth Van Acker
- Prof Peter Van Onselen
- Prof Xu Yi-chong
- Dr Lisa Zanotti
Emeritus
Adjunct staff
- Adjunct Professor Margaret Allison
- Adjunct Professor Terry Hogan
Administrative staff
- Ms Julie Howe (Monday–Thursday)
- Ms Angela MacDonald (Friday)
- Ms Tracee McPate