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Upcoming: Australia's coal seam gas debate: insights from history, justice, legal geography, planners and lawyers Tue 24 September 2019 Speaker: David Turton, Australian National University 11:00am - 12:00pm Read More
Upcoming roundtable:Using Participedia for Democracy Research: A Roundtable Discussion Tue 20 August 2019 Speakers: Edana Beauvais (McGill University), Dr Simon Niemeyer (University of Canberra), Dr Francesco Veri (University of Canberra) 11am - 1pm Read More
A CITIZENS' AGENDA FOR THE ACT? LESSONS FROM BELGIUM'S PERMANENT CITIZENS' COUNCIL Mon 19 August 2019 Professor Min Reauchamps, Associate Professor Carolyn Hendriks, Beth Slatyer, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis AM, Associate Professor Simon Niemeyer Read More
Media Management: the skills toolkit Thu 5 September 2019 Virginia Haussegger AM Read More
Upcoming: Democracy and power in Earth system governance: progress, paralysis and potential Tue 1 October 2019 Speaker: Jonathan Pickering, University of Canberra 11:00am - 12:00pm Read More
Upcoming: Deliberative Democracy Summer School Wed 5 February 2020 to Fri 7 February 2020 Convener: Dr Nicole Curato 9:00am - 5:00pm Read More
VIRGINIA HAUSSEGGER AM NAMED ACT AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2019 Tue 30 October 2018 VIRGINIA HAUSSEGGER AM NAMED ACT AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2019 Read More
PROFESSOR MARK EVANS - INAUGURAL DIRECTOR OF DEMOCRACY 2025 AT MOAD Tue 16 October 2018 Professor Mark Evans, the Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA) at the University of Canberra has accepted the post of inaugural Director of "Democracy 2025 - bridging the trust divide" Read More
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Thu 15 August 2019 Are we ready to address the gendered politics of Australia’s political leadership culture? Read More
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