Political Theory and Political Philosophy
Political thought of dissident intellectuals, perspectives of deliberative democracy, democratic theory, liberalism, Marxism and the state, Communism and the Cold War.
Faculty Research Focus
- Political thought of dissident intellectuals
- Democratic theory
- Marxism and the State
Current Research Projects
- The Spectre of Velvet Revolution: Dissidents, International Civil Society and post-Communist Authoritarianism
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Research Interests
The Faculty will consider any research topic that interests potential PhD students; however, students will benefit from researching in areas that align with the Faculty’s strengths. Please contact the Faculty to discuss your PhD topic.
Alternatively you may contact one of our academics below to discuss your area of interest.
- Approaches to justice in continental and analytic philosophy - Dr Miriam Bankovsky
- Citizenship, Civil Society, Liberalism, and 19th-century Political History - Dr Jennifer Ridden
- Communism - Professor Robert Manne
- Conflict resolution - Dr Thomas Weber
- Contemporary French philosophy - Dr Miriam Bankovsky
- Contemporary political issues relating to Ireland or Britain - Dr Philip Bull
- Critical theory - Dr Miriam Bankovsky
- Democratic governance beyond the nation-state - Dr Daniel Bray
- Distributive justice - Dr Greg Bognar
- Ethics and public policy - Dr Greg Bognar
- History and politics of race - Dr Gwenda Tavan
- Labourism - Professor Peter Beilharz
- Liberalism - Professor Judith Brett
- Peace and nonviolence - Dr Thomas Weber
- Political leadership - Dr Daniel Bray
- Political Philosophy - Dr Jack Reynolds
- Political science - Dr Kirsty Duncanson
- Political theory - Dr Nicholas Barry
- Political theory and Australian politics - Dr Miriam Bankovsky
- Political thought of dissident intellectuals and Hannah Arendt - Dr Stefan Auer
- Politics and the Media - Professor Robert Manne
- Politics of Eastern and Central Europe - Professor Robert Manne
- Politics of HIV/AIDS - Professor Dennis Altman
- Social and political thought of MK Gandhi - Dr Thomas Weber
- Socialism - Professor Peter Beilharz
- The Cold War - Professor Robert Manne
- The politics of recognition and reconciliation - Dr Rachel Busbridge
- The self-limiting revolutions of 1989 in Central Europe - Dr Stefan Auer
- Twentieth-century guerrilla and national liberation movements - Dr Roland Burke
- women political and social activists of the late nineteenth-century - Dr Susan Gilbert
