Staff profile

Dr Daniel Bray

Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences

SS 323, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BEng (Hons-Monash), PhD (Melbourne).

Area of study

International Development
International Relations
Politics

Brief profile

Daniel Bray's research and teaching expertise is in international relations, globalisation, democratic theory, and environmental politics. He has previously held teaching positions at The University of Melbourne and Deakin University. His current research involves investigating the role of leadership in the international climate change negotiations.  

Research interests

International Relations

- Global environmental politics

- Pragmatism and normative IR theory

Political Theory and Political Philosophy

- Democratic governance beyond the nation-state

- Political leadership

Teaching units

POL1SNS - States, Security and International Relations

POL2/3GEP - Global Environmental Politics.

POL5GAG - Globalisation and Governance.

Recent publications

  • Bray, D (2011) Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism: Representation and Leadership in Transnational Democracy, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
  • Bray, D (2011) ‘Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism and the Role of Leadership in Transnational Democracy’, in J Hoover, M Sabaratnam and L Schouenborg (eds), Interrogating Democracy in International Relations, Routledge, London.
  • Bray, D 2009, ‘Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism: A Deweyan Approach to Democracy beyond the Nation-State’, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 37(3): 679-715.
  • Bray, D 2009, ‘Anti-Neoliberalism and the Struggle for Transnational Democracy’, paper Presented at the workshop ‘Neoliberalism and Public Involvement in Global Governance: From Transnational Contestation to Transnational Democracy’, Melbourne, 30 November – 1 December.
  • Bray, D 2008, ‘Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism: A Deweyan Approach to Democracy beyond the Nation State’, paper presented at the conference, ‘Interrogating Democracy in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, 25-26 October.
  • Bray, D 2006, ‘Models of Democracy for Global Politics: Protecting the World and Developing Humanity’, paper presented at the Second Oceanic Conference on International Studies, The University of Melbourne, July 2006.
  • Bray, D 2005, ‘The Problem of Legitimacy in the European Union: Rethinking the Dynamics of Recognition and Representation’, CESSA Review, 33, pp 33-51.