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John Keane

Professor of Politics at University of Sydney

Summary

John Keane is Director of the newly-founded Sydney Democracy Initiative and Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney. His most recent book, The Life and Death of Democracy (2009), was short-listed for the 2010 Non-Fiction Prime Minister’s Literary Award.

Experience

  • Director - Sydney Democracy Initiative, University of Sydney 2011 – present

Education

  • University of Toronto, PhD (Commonwealth Fellow) , 1977
  • University of Toronto, Master of Arts, 1974
  • University of Adelaide, Bachelor of Arts (Hons), 1969