Age over youth: Grandfather effect shapes politics
As millennial and post-millennial voters become the largest group of voters around the world, Flinders University experts warn that the ‘grandfather effect’ has seen politicians of […]
Philosophy and politics inspire professor
Political theorist Flinders Professor George Crowder has been made a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He joins an elite group of […]
Michelle Grattan to deliver Flinders lecture
Michelle Grattan – one of Australia’s most respected and awarded political journalists – will deliver Flinders University’s 2014 Dean Jaensch Lecture.
Scotland the Free?
Nearly 14,000 South Australians will be taking a keen interest on the events that take place on September 18 – the date of Scotland’s referendum on independence.
Flinders forum questions soaring remand rates
He said the forum was an opportunity to advance and inform the thinking and practices behind one of the key public policy issues of the day.
US engagement at ‘critical moment’, says scholar
“There are a lot of people on Capitol Hill who think partnership is a dirty word. The current administration doesn’t. Now is the critical moment to engage with the US.”
Appealing to the ‘better angels’ of Australian politics
Associate Professor Haydon Manning believes in Abraham Lincoln’s ‘better angels’ of politics, but he admits they’ve been hard to find in Australia lately.
Multiculturalism now part of tradition
Multiculturalism’s portrayal as a threat to liberal democracy is unwarranted.
Don Dunstan, media man, subject of major project
SA Premier Don Dunstan’s relationship with the media could be volatile, but he also helped to shape its critical role in modern politics.