Episode 5Dr Kevin Brianton is a Senior Lecturer in Public Relations at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. With more than 30 years' experience in market research, journalism and public relations, Kevin has worked as both a consultant

Silence and Silencing in Politics: A Wider View - by Dr Adrian Jones and Dr Gerald Roche

Dec 22nd, 2019 24m 30s

Episode 4Dr Adrian Jones OAM is an Associate Professor of History at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. As an historian who researches and teaches all kinds of European histories, Adrian specialises in the history of eastern Europea

Amplifying Minority Voices Through Research - by Dr Nasya Bahfen

Dec 18th, 2019 20m 15s

Episode 3Dr Nasya Bahfen is a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics Media and Philosophy La Trobe University. Before working as an academic, Nasya was a journalist and producer for ABC Radio Australia, ABC Radio National, and SBS in ra

A New Era of Political Resistance? - by Dr James Leibold, Dr Raul Sanchez Urribarri and Dr Dirk Tomsa

Dec 15th, 2019 25m 10s

Episode 3Associate Professor James Leibold has research expertise on the politics of ethnicity, race and national identity in modern Chinese history and society, and is currently engaged in research on ethnic policy-making and ethnic confli

Polarisation and it’s Impact: Brexit, Trump and Beyond - by Dr Andrea Carson, Dr Nick Barry, with Professor Richard Johnson

Dec 11th, 2019 25m 3s

Dr Nicholas Barry has research and teaching interests in the areas of Australian politics, political institutions, and political theory. He is currently working on a defence of luck egalitarianism, which is a responsibility-sensitive, luck-inse

Authoritarianism, Social Threat, and Support for Right-Wing Populism - Professor Stanley Feldman

Dec 8th, 2019 24m 49s

Episode 1Popular support for right-wing populist leaders and parties has been growing in countries around the world. There are several common features to these parties: Opposition to immigration, punitive crime policies, hostility to