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Thursday 05 April
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
Speculation about a change in political leadership seems almost perpetual in Australia—it is a tenuous bargain, with more similarities to street gangs than business enterprises. Glyn Davis, professor of political science and vice-chancellor of Melbourne University, expands on his recent essay for Griffith Review, arguing that Australian political leadership is unlike that required or expected in any other public endeavour. He reviews the history of the leadership turbulence that besets both sides of Australian politics and reaches some worrying conclusions.
Featuring
Glyn Davis
Glyn Davis is professor of political science, vice chancellor and principal of the University of Melbourne.
Professor Davis was educated in political science at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University, before undertaking post-doctoral appointments as a Harkness Fellow at the University of California (Berkeley), the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Professor Davis is chair of Universities Australia, and a board member of the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Internationally, Professor Davis is Chair of Universitas 21 (a grouping of twenty-four leading universities from around the globe), a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, and a director of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King’s College London.