Summary
I am a social and political philosopher specializing in democratic theory. I edit the Journal of Democratic Theory, which has just established the International Prize for Research in Democracy, and am also the interviews editor for the magazine Political Reflections.
Experience
- Honorary Research Fellow (HKIEd), Democratic Theory, Queensland University of Technology – present
- Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto 2010 – 2011
- Consultant and Intern, International Labour Organisation 2009 – 2009
- Lecturer and Tutor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Queensland University of Technology 2008 – 2008
Education
- Queensland University of Technology, PhD/Political Science, 2010
- Trent University (Canada), Bachelor of History, 2006
Publications
- The Forgotten Democracies of Orthodox Eurasia, London: Palgrave MacMillan UK 2013
- "Post-Colonial Public Law: Are Current Legal Establishments Democratically Illegitimate?", African Journal of Legal Studies 2012
- An Interview with Pauline Keating: Digging for Democracy in China, Journal of Democratic Theory 2012
- An Interview with Francis Fukuyama: Discussing Democracy in a Post-Universalist Pre-History , Journal of Democratic Theory 2012
- "The Taliban did not create the Taliban, Imperialism did", Journal of South Asian Development 2012
- An Interview with John Keane: Exploring the Imaginations of Democracy, Journal of Democratic Theory 2012
- "An Interview with David Held: Exploring the Concepts of Cosmopolitanism and Democracy", Journal of Democratic Theory 2011
- "An Interview with Ben Isakhan: On the Alternative Histories of Democracy", Journal of Democratic Theory 2011
- An Interview with Dr. Jean-Paul Gagnon: On Democracy and Politics, Political Reflection 2011
- The End of War? Global Citizenship and Changes to Conflict, Political Reflection 2011
- "An Interview with Ulrich Beck: Democratic Theory in Second Modernity", Journal of Democratic Theory 2011
- "A Potential Demarcation between ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Democratic Theory?", Social Alternatives 2011
- "Establishing Indigeneity in African Pluralities using PRO169 Parameters", Brill Journal of African and Asian Studies 2011
- "China’s Naval Policy off the Coast of Somalia", Journal of Global Analysis 2011
- "Surface and Sub-Surface Land Ownership: Realpolitik for 4th World Empowerment", Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 2011
- "Huron Socialism: A New Political System", AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 2011
- "Democratic Theory and Theoretical Physics", Taiwan Journal of Democracy 2010
Research Areas
- Political Science (1606)
- Comparative Government And Politics (160603)
- Public Policy (160510)
- Public Administration (160509)
- Political Theory And Political Philosophy (160609)
- Social Theory (160806)
Grants and Contracts
- International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2007)
- Role: PhD Student
- Funding Source: Commonwealth of Australia
- Faculty Based Postgraduate Award (2007)
- Role: PhD Student
- Funding Source: Queensland University of Technology
Honours
Awarded an Honorary Research Fellowship with the Centre for Greater China Studies housed by the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Available for
- Multidisciplinary Research Collaboration
- Contract Research
- Speaking Engagements
- Expertise Requests
- Talking With Students
- Consulting Offers
- Career Opportunities
- Media Interviews