Australian Journal of Political Science

Recognition but few rewards: a 40-year review of the impact of the Australian women in agriculture movement Despite women’s contribution to the viability of Australian family farming, there is gendered inequality in access to cultural recognition and economic rewards. This article examines the extent to ...

What has been the impact of the Australian women in agriculture movement over the past 40 years? Lucie Newsom & Danielle Miller trace the battle between economic redistribution vs cultural recognition in this new article in @ausjpolsci www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎓✨ Now Open: The APSA Peter Balint Memorial Prize in Political Theory

Awarded for an unpublished paper that makes a significant scholarly contribution to political theory.

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From ‘Lost Decade’ to incomplete ‘transformation’: Australian climate policy via ideas, interests, and institutions Australia’s centre-right Coalition government’s ‘Lost Decade’ (2013–2022) entailed the dismantling of climate policy. Subsequently, the centre-left Labor government passed the Climate Change Act in...

How can we understand the political changes that allowed the Climate Change Act to pass in 2022 – and what has actually happened since?

Hopkinson, Jackson, Tobin & Paterson analyse these shifts in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Transnational publics of the populist radical right: patterns of topic convergence across Europe and the United States In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have constructed a shared transnational discourse around issues like immigration and culture wars. However, we do not know how their publics ...

Do followers of populist radical right parties across the globe talk about the same things online? @fravittonetto.bsky.social analyses the emergence of transnational publics of the populist radical right in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Transnational publics of the populist radical right: patterns of topic convergence across Europe and the United States In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have constructed a shared transnational discourse around issues like immigration and culture wars. However, we do not know how their publics ...

Do followers of populist radical right parties across the globe talk about the same things online? @fravittonetto.bsky.social analyses the emergence of transnational publics of the populist radical right in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Young people are citizens now! Reconceptualising youth engagement with Australian parliaments To avoid paralysing the institutions relied upon to transition our societies into more equitable and sustainable futures, an improved understanding of parliamentary engagement is required. This inv...

Young people – are they ‘citizens in waiting’, or ‘citizens now’? Sarah Moulds argues the latter – and shows how this can strengthen democracy in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!

The submission deadline for proposals is 31 March 2026. All enquiries and special issue proposals should be submitted by email to ausjps.eds@gmail.com

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!

Out online: an analysis of tweets posted to LGBTQIA + Australian politicians during the 2022 federal election Social media has increasingly become crucial for political actors, especially during election campaigns. However, these platforms are not without risks, as they can expose politicians to various fo...

How are LGBTQIA+ politicians in Australia treated online? @blairwilliams26.bsky.social , @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social , @gosiami.bsky.social & @jackhayes.bsky.social analyse over 75,000 tweets in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On @ecprtheloop.bsky.social I present key insights from my recent @ausjpolsci.bsky.social article on transnational populist publics. The blogpost includes examples that didn’t fit into the main piece, and shows how leaders like Trump and Meloni are now global icons for the PRR.

Get ready with me: the peacebuilding publics of TikTok This paper explores the emergence of ‘peacebuilding publics' by examining how peacebuilding is enacted through intimate, creative, and connective practices on TikTok. It asks: how are peacebuilding...

How are ‘peacebuilding publics’ formed on TikTok? Lynrose Jane Genon & @nicolecurato.bsky.social to.bsky.social examine the embodied, place-based & dialogic practices of young female Muslim leaders in the Phillipines in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Evaluating Australia’s consular management of cases of wrongful and arbitrary detention When an Australian citizen is wrongfully or arbitrarily detained abroad the response they should expect from their government at a consular, political and diplomatic level is often unclear. Efforts...

How does the Australian government respond when citizens are wrongfully and arbitrarily detained overseas? @kmooregilbert.bsky.social develops a new evaluation framework to answer this question in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Evaluating Australia’s consular management of cases of wrongful and arbitrary detention When an Australian citizen is wrongfully or arbitrarily detained abroad the response they should expect from their government at a consular, political and diplomatic level is often unclear. Efforts...

How does the Australian government respond when citizens are wrongfully and arbitrarily detained overseas? @kmooregilbert.bsky.social develops a new evaluation framework to answer this question in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Transnational publics of the populist radical right: patterns of topic convergence across Europe and the United States In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have constructed a shared transnational discourse around issues like immigration and culture wars. However, we do not know how their publics ...

Thrilled that my first (ever!) and first single-authored article is out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social 🎉

PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation?

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The use of social media in political mobilisation: the case of WeChat in New Zealand politics Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter/X have become central to political communication, yet their role in mobilising specific demographic segments remains underexplored. WeChat, widely u...

How is WeChat used to mobilise ethnic Chinese voters in political campaigns? Luna L Zhao looks at the case of New Zealand in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Beyond Robodebt and towards restored trust: exploring universal basic income as a counterpoint for Australian women Australia's punitive social security system has long produced significant harms, particularly for women who are overrepresented as payment recipients due to economic marginalisation and structural ...

From our Robodebt symposium: Zoe Staines asks whether Universal Basic Income might address the gendered harms of current policy settings & rebuild trust in Australia's punitive social security system in this article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social

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Chinese students in Australian election campaigns This study explores why Chinese international students volunteer in Australian election campaigns, despite their lack of voting rights. Through semi-structured interviews with 30 student volunteers...

Why would Chinese international students volunteer in Australian election campaigns if they can’t vote? @yexue001.bsky.social , David Smith & Minglu Chen find out in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Ignoring harm, saving face: non-knowledge, senior public servants and the Robodebt scheme Policy-making is well-known to be characterised by the boundedly rational and selective use of knowledge. However, the decision-making and knowledge manipulation which characterised the Robodebt sc...

From our Robodebt symposium: @adamjhannah.bsky.social & Linda Botterell analyse the role of strategic ignorance & knowledge avoidance in sustaining the Robodebt scheme, and how those who raised concerns were sidelined in this article @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....