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Upcoming: Deliberation in an Age of (Un)Civil Resistance Tue 15 September 2020 Speaker: William Smith, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 11:00am - 12:00pm Read More
Upcoming: Triaging and the Deliberative System in Toronto Tue 8 September 2020 Speaker: Nick Vlahos (University of Canberra) 11:00am - 12:00pm Read More
Upcoming: Overdoing Democracy: The Problem of Political Polarization Tue 18 August 2020 Speaker: Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt University 11:00am - 12:00pm Read More
Deliberative Democracy Summer School Wed 5 February 2020 to Fri 7 February 2020 Convener: Dr Nicole Curato 9:00am - 5:00pm Read More
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Tue 7 July 2020 Why the EPBC Act Does Not Need a Review, it Needs Replacing. Read More
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The Institute was born from a belief that the best graduate education is a product of cutting edge teaching and learning methods underpinned by the highest quality applied research. We are therefore dedicated to promoting outstanding public sector leadership, policy and delivery that really works for the benefit of the public.

The Institute is a leading international provider of postgraduate and professional development programs for overseas, Commonwealth and State jurisdictions on governance, leadership and public policy themes.

We deliver four types of program:

  1. Graduate certificate programs leading to MPA for Commonwealth Government Departments (co-designed with the Australian public Service).
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