The Higher Research Seminar: John Dryzek, University of Canberra – ‘Democratic Resilience: The Shallow and the Deep’

The Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367, unless otherwise indicated. PhD Mid-term seminars 13:15 to 14:45. Convenors: Professor Annika Björkdahl and Professor Fariborz Zelli. 

Wed, 11^th June, 13.15 hrs, in Eden’s big conference room.

John Dryzek, University of Canberra

”Democratic Resilience: The Shallow and the Deep”

Chair: Moira Nelson

Professor Dryzek is one of the globally most influential scholars in the fields of democratic theory and practice and environmental politics. One of the instigators of the ‘deliberative turn’ in thinking about democracy, he has published eight books in this area with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Polity Press. His work in environmental politics and climate governance has yielded seven books with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Basil Blackwell.

He has further worked and published extensively on comparative studies of democratization, critical public policy analysis, and the history and philosophy of social science. His current research emphasizes global justice, governance in the Anthropocene, and confronting contemporary challenges to democracy.

John Dryzek is Distinguished Professor and former Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. Prior to that, he was Distinguished Professor of Political Science and ARC Federation Fellow at the Australian National University. He is former Head of the Political Science Departments at the University of Oregon and University of Melbourne, and of the Social and Political Theory Program at ANU. 

He Dryzek is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, and former editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science. 

Given John Dryzek’s extraordinary standing and the high topicality of his talk, we hope that many of you are interested and join for his seminar next week. 

See the program for Spring 2025: The Department’s Higher Research Seminar Series | Department of Political Science