Happy to announce that I am an Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Teaching Fellow for 2020 at University of Sydney (@GovtIr SSPS ) & this is my last ever first day of school as a student!

Missed our Sydney Ideas on #environmentaldisasters ? It's now available as a podcast @panchomolina ACES Sydney Environment Institute SSPS GOVT&IR_Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dr Christine Winter David Schlosberg Beck Pearse @Pool_Depth1_1 Pichamon Yeophantong Teresa Kramarz 🇦🇷🇨🇦

Congratulations David Schlosberg on your election as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia! 🤩 Sydney Environment Institute GOVT&IR_Sydney

Come talk #IPE University of Sydney in summer! SSPS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences GOVT&IR_Sydney Wesley Widmaier LenSeabrooke Shahar Hameiri Mel Johnston Kelly Gerard

Couldn’t be happier or more proud to announce that I have received a Dean’s Citation for Excellence in Tutorials. Between my FT PhD w/ 2 rounds of field work this year & my work for Electoral Integrity Project I value & enjoy all my hours in the classroom. SSPS GOVT&IR_Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Published: my article in JEPP on placebo policies - driven by need to demonstrate that a policy is in place, but it isn't going to fix the problem. Political value exceeds policy value. Drug Tsar case study. DM for free copy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

ECPR Joint Sessions, Toulouse, April 14-17: I'm running a Joint Session on Migrant Worker Rights from political and social perspectives. Please consider putting in an abstract. Deadline is 5 November 2019.

Syd Uni Dept of Government and International Relations doing its bit for Social Sciences Week. What can the Social Sciences tell us about the 2019 Federal election? @usyd_ssps #SSW2019 #FederalElection

Majority of voters make decisions based on policy issues, according to Sarah Cameron #SSW2019

.Luke Mansillo explaining how the polls got it so very wrong during the 2019 #federalelection . #auspol #ausvotes2019 #SSW2019

#GetUp has ambiguous role in Oz political campaigns - should they be involved? This issue started after 2016 election because they were successful in unseating hard right politicians. This resulted in a debate about involvement of citizen groups in elections @ariadne_syd #SSW2019

On the Greens - where was the climate? #Climatechange was meant the be the main issue. The locals wanted to focus on their state issues so the Greens didn’t have a single focus campaign or message. They had a strategic issue, which needs to be dealt with Stewart M Jackson #SSW2019

Congratulations David Schlosberg & Luke Craven on launching your new book tonight: #SustainableMaterialism ! The book explores the new wave of sustainability movements & activism, including food, fashion & energy that are 'overturning environmental injustices'. Keen to read it!

How do India & China balance cooperation & competition? Sujan Chinoy shares his insights into India-China relations on Mon 16 Sep for China Studies Centre & GOVT&IR_Sydney. Register now for this free event.
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Honored and delighted...

Justin and I accept our award at APSA for honourable mention for best book in the Migration and Citizenship section.

Congratulations to GOVT&IR_Sydney PhD graduate Dr Christine Winter on being shortlisted for the European Consortium for Political Research Jean Blondel PhD prize! What a star 🤩

All the Best & Brightest panelists assemble for Q&A from the audience

4th GOVT&IR_Sydney Best&Brightest talk is a great thesis by Christine White on youth participation in the development of 2nd Sydney airport at Badgerys creek Youth Action NSW

Alice Simpson Young evaluating the resilience of Sydney & Melbourne at the GOVT&IR_Sydney Best & Brightest Event - crises disproportionately impact communities not involved in decision-making processes