Political Organisations and Participation Research Group
@popgroupaus.bsky.social
We are an AusPSA sub-group interested in connecting and sharing around political organisations (parties, interest groups, social movement organisations, etc.) and participation (voting, deliberation, engagement, protest, advocacy, etc.).
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Hello! We're a subgroup of the Australian Political Science Association - interested in connecting / sharing around political organisations (parties, interest groups, unions etc) and participation (voting, deliberation, protest etc).
We've got a LinkedIn group too:
www.linkedin.com/groups/14554...
We've got a LinkedIn group too:
www.linkedin.com/groups/14554...
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Today's blog post is my last one for the year and it examines the question of whether the 2PP (Labor vs Liberal) is meaningful in seats where it is a Liberal vs Independent contests (mostly the teal seats) #auspol
How meaningful is the Labor 2PP in the teal seats?
For the final blog post of 2025, I wanted to look at a question that has come up regularly in the comments, and on psephological websites: how meaningful is the two-party-preferred vote, particular…
www.tallyroom.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today's blog post is my last one for the year and it examines the question of whether the 2PP (Labor vs Liberal) is meaningful in seats where it is a Liberal vs Independent contests (mostly the teal seats) #auspol
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🌈 Very excited to share my new article with @barrieshannon.com in the Australian Journal of Political Science
‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’
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‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’
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December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🌈 Very excited to share my new article with @barrieshannon.com in the Australian Journal of Political Science
‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q4GHCROND2...
‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q4GHCROND2...
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Here is our conversation article accompanying the launch of our report!
A new report shows Australians don’t want to be reduced to merely voters. They want a democracy that listens, including between elections.
Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we do
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Here is our conversation article accompanying the launch of our report!
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After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
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Was great to work on this report with Adele Webb and @maxgroemping.bsky.social! I learnt a lot working on this report, and I'm glad it's out there in the world.
🔔NEW REPORT: Today the Centre for Deliberative Democracy releases new research showing Australians favour a more engaged democracy. A survey of 4200 adults shows strong support for governments listening between elections and creating deliberative spaces for people to shape decisions. bit.ly/3KE7Lfw
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Was great to work on this report with Adele Webb and @maxgroemping.bsky.social! I learnt a lot working on this report, and I'm glad it's out there in the world.
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An interesting alternative to the Oz social media ban - youth-led movements trying to reshape big tech and harmful practices
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
Gen z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
An interesting alternative to the Oz social media ban - youth-led movements trying to reshape big tech and harmful practices
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Today's blog post dives into history and looks at how the Coalition has responded to past Labor moves to expand the size of the parliament, why the attitude of the National Party changed between 1948 and 1983, and what that has to do with redistribution rules. #auspol
The Nationals and expanding the parliament
Recent reporting, and my own experience, indicates that the federal Labor government is seriously considering an expansion in the size of the Australian federal parliament, echoing the previous exp…
www.tallyroom.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today's blog post dives into history and looks at how the Coalition has responded to past Labor moves to expand the size of the parliament, why the attitude of the National Party changed between 1948 and 1983, and what that has to do with redistribution rules. #auspol
This week's Tallyroom podcast is essential listening for understanding the modern Australian Labor Party.
👏 friends of POP: host @benraue.com in conversation with @redrabbleroz.bsky.social
www.tallyroom.com.au/63678
👏 friends of POP: host @benraue.com in conversation with @redrabbleroz.bsky.social
www.tallyroom.com.au/63678
Podcast #159 – The Labor factions
Ben was joined this week by Osmond Chiu, Per Capita research fellow and contributor editor for the Labor Left magazine Challenge, to discuss the factions of the Australian Labor Party. Read Osmond&…
www.tallyroom.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This week's Tallyroom podcast is essential listening for understanding the modern Australian Labor Party.
👏 friends of POP: host @benraue.com in conversation with @redrabbleroz.bsky.social
www.tallyroom.com.au/63678
👏 friends of POP: host @benraue.com in conversation with @redrabbleroz.bsky.social
www.tallyroom.com.au/63678
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Great to see this event we organised, with funds from @auspsa.bsky.social and featuring George Megalogenis, @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social @lizhumphrys.bsky.social & @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social has been made into a podcast by UTS Impact Studios.
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pod.link/1760672339/e...
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Great to see this event we organised, with funds from @auspsa.bsky.social and featuring George Megalogenis, @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social @lizhumphrys.bsky.social & @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social has been made into a podcast by UTS Impact Studios.
pod.link/1760672339/e...
pod.link/1760672339/e...
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The Victorian Electoral Matters Committee has recommended that group voting tickets be abolished as soon as possible, with an independent process after 2026 to come to a proposal on a referendum to change the upper house electoral structure. My take is here: #springst
Victoria moves towards abolishing GVT
The Electoral Matters Committee of the Victorian Parliament yesterday brought down the final report for their inquiry into Victoria’s upper house electoral system. The report brings Victoria …
www.tallyroom.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Victorian Electoral Matters Committee has recommended that group voting tickets be abolished as soon as possible, with an independent process after 2026 to come to a proposal on a referendum to change the upper house electoral structure. My take is here: #springst
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Great panel @auspsa.bsky.social yesterday discussing AI/ChatGPT in teaching, with Blair Williams, Diane Perche, Rob Manwaring @mussagulova.bsky.social
and Narelle Miragliotta. I’ve written about my experience with this in @ausjpa.bsky.social
and Narelle Miragliotta. I’ve written about my experience with this in @ausjpa.bsky.social
I asked my students to use #ChatGPT to write a public policy brief, as part of their my policy course:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Great panel @auspsa.bsky.social yesterday discussing AI/ChatGPT in teaching, with Blair Williams, Diane Perche, Rob Manwaring @mussagulova.bsky.social
and Narelle Miragliotta. I’ve written about my experience with this in @ausjpa.bsky.social
and Narelle Miragliotta. I’ve written about my experience with this in @ausjpa.bsky.social
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Back from Melbourne after the @auspsa.bsky.social conference ✨
I enjoyed taking part in the plenary on the future of the discipline.
It touched on some big questions - the rise of AI, the open science movt, the harsh realities of the academic job market.
A timely & thought-provoking discussion.
I enjoyed taking part in the plenary on the future of the discipline.
It touched on some big questions - the rise of AI, the open science movt, the harsh realities of the academic job market.
A timely & thought-provoking discussion.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Back from Melbourne after the @auspsa.bsky.social conference ✨
I enjoyed taking part in the plenary on the future of the discipline.
It touched on some big questions - the rise of AI, the open science movt, the harsh realities of the academic job market.
A timely & thought-provoking discussion.
I enjoyed taking part in the plenary on the future of the discipline.
It touched on some big questions - the rise of AI, the open science movt, the harsh realities of the academic job market.
A timely & thought-provoking discussion.
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An Australian export I am not proud of - Nous consultants strike again with bad advice for universities - this time at Edinburgh Uni 🤦🏻♀️ www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An Australian export I am not proud of - Nous consultants strike again with bad advice for universities - this time at Edinburgh Uni 🤦🏻♀️ www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
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Last week, our excellent PhD researcher @fravittonetto.bsky.social published this piece on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social:
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
🔮 Populist publics are becoming increasingly transnational
Brought together by a shared ideology, converging around global events, and united in their support for radical-right leaders, populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global. Fran...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Last week, our excellent PhD researcher @fravittonetto.bsky.social published this piece on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social:
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
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Please to see my book chapter co-authored with @blairwilliams26.bsky.social on gender equality in state politics is finally out!
Check it out!
Check it out!
There's been a lot happening in state politics this week.
And what good timing - my latest chapter co-authored with @katrinebeau.bsky.social exploring how state and territory legislatures have helped (or hindered) the quest for gender equality in Australia has just been published!
#AusPol
And what good timing - my latest chapter co-authored with @katrinebeau.bsky.social exploring how state and territory legislatures have helped (or hindered) the quest for gender equality in Australia has just been published!
#AusPol
The State of Gender Equality: Victories and Challenges Across Australia
This chapter compares the performance of State and Territory governments on gendered political leadership and gender equality policies. We establish a series of indicators grouped into three categorie...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Please to see my book chapter co-authored with @blairwilliams26.bsky.social on gender equality in state politics is finally out!
Check it out!
Check it out!
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Rather gobsmacked & honoured to find that I have been named Australia's top researcher in political science by The Australian!
www.theaustralian.com.au/special-repo...
www.theaustralian.com.au/special-repo...
www.theaustralian.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Rather gobsmacked & honoured to find that I have been named Australia's top researcher in political science by The Australian!
www.theaustralian.com.au/special-repo...
www.theaustralian.com.au/special-repo...
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Rob and I are in the Conversation this week!
After a series of missteps and about-faces, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has seen his popularity tank.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/is-the-...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/is-the-...
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Rob and I are in the Conversation this week!
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In @aunz.theconversation.com today, @jholloway.bsky.social, Michelle Evans, & I discuss the key findings from our recent @poppublicsphere.bsky.social article on prospective Indigenous candidates:
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
Indigenous political candidates face less voter bias than parties might think: new research
A world-first study involving 4,000 Australian adults shows political parties shouldn’t assume Indigenous candidates will face voter rejection.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In @aunz.theconversation.com today, @jholloway.bsky.social, Michelle Evans, & I discuss the key findings from our recent @poppublicsphere.bsky.social article on prospective Indigenous candidates:
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
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Great piece from my colleague @alistairsisson.bsky.social exploring the implications of our voter data on the ##HousingCrisis
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
As the home ownership dream fades, Australians may be open to a frank conversation about house prices
One of the most basic axioms in Australian politics is that voters support rising house prices. John Howard expressed this axiom when he infamously remarked that no one had ever told him “I'm angry wi...
johnmenadue.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Great piece from my colleague @alistairsisson.bsky.social exploring the implications of our voter data on the ##HousingCrisis
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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It's thrilled city population me today because Juliet Pietsch, @cosmohoward.bsky.social & I's latest Fair Go work is out now. Interested in what Aussies think Fair Go means & whether those beliefs explain attitudes to the inclusion of migrants? Check it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fairness and Belonging: Public Attitudes Towards Migration and Symbolic Boundaries
In Australia, ideals of fairness, merit, and inclusion are said to be reflected in national identity through the concept of the fair go. While the fair go embodies the right to fair opportunities for....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's thrilled city population me today because Juliet Pietsch, @cosmohoward.bsky.social & I's latest Fair Go work is out now. Interested in what Aussies think Fair Go means & whether those beliefs explain attitudes to the inclusion of migrants? Check it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Very excited to announce our ECPR Joint Sessions workshop on Symbolic politics & policy, that I am co-directing with the inimitable Florence Faucher of Sciences Po
Please submit a paper and come join us for a great few days of discussion!
Please submit a paper and come join us for a great few days of discussion!
📢 Call for Papers OPEN 📢
✍️ Hone your research at the 2026 Joint Sessions 👇
❇️ get thorough feedback
❇️ join the interdisciplinary dialogue
❇️ build enduring networks
✅ 35 confirmed Workshops
📆 7–10 April, @polsciuibk.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec
#ecprjs26 #PoliSky
✍️ Hone your research at the 2026 Joint Sessions 👇
❇️ get thorough feedback
❇️ join the interdisciplinary dialogue
❇️ build enduring networks
✅ 35 confirmed Workshops
📆 7–10 April, @polsciuibk.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec
#ecprjs26 #PoliSky
Academic Programme - ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2026
Submissions close 3 December 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very excited to announce our ECPR Joint Sessions workshop on Symbolic politics & policy, that I am co-directing with the inimitable Florence Faucher of Sciences Po
Please submit a paper and come join us for a great few days of discussion!
Please submit a paper and come join us for a great few days of discussion!
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This is such a lovely post on mentors in academia - they are there at the start, and many stay important all the way through your career. As a sounding board, or writing yet another reference for you!
I’ve been lucky to have three people I consider great mentors & who helped me pay it forward too
I’ve been lucky to have three people I consider great mentors & who helped me pay it forward too
New, from me: I became a PhD student mostly because one person, Patricia Wallace Ingraham, told me I should do it.
She passed away recently, and it made me think about the role of mentorship in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
She passed away recently, and it made me think about the role of mentorship in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
What it means to be a mentor
Who was the person that changed your life?
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August 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is such a lovely post on mentors in academia - they are there at the start, and many stay important all the way through your career. As a sounding board, or writing yet another reference for you!
I’ve been lucky to have three people I consider great mentors & who helped me pay it forward too
I’ve been lucky to have three people I consider great mentors & who helped me pay it forward too
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How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy?
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
Democracy Sausage Episode: Safety nets below and a roof above
Political scientists Mark Riboldi and Pandanus Petter join Democracy Sausage to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go. How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy? W...
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July 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy?
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
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@marijataflaga.bsky.social @markriboldi.bsky.social and I have a chat about UBIs & crisis thinking in housing and social welfare policy. I haven't listened, so if I say anything regrettable just know I've grown and changed since back then (yesterday). 😱🏠💰🗣️
reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
Democracy Sausage: Safety nets below and a roof above
Political scientists Mark Riboldi and Pandanus Petter join Democracy Sausage to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
reporter.anu.edu.au
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@marijataflaga.bsky.social @markriboldi.bsky.social and I have a chat about UBIs & crisis thinking in housing and social welfare policy. I haven't listened, so if I say anything regrettable just know I've grown and changed since back then (yesterday). 😱🏠💰🗣️
reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
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The latest from me in @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-greens-e...
The Greens’ expulsion of a co-founder is unlikely to jeopardise the party’s future
The expulsion of co-founder Drew Hutton shows transgender rights and safety are not negotiable for the party.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The latest from me in @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-greens-e...