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Dr Stewart Jackson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations, with a specialisation in Australian politics, at the University of Sydney. His broad interests cover the breadth of Green politics in Australia and the Asia Pacific, with a special interest in party development. These interests also extend to green political theory, particularly environmental feminism, and the intersection of social movements and parliamentary politics.
Government and International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS)
Research interests
Dr Jackson's first book, The Australian Greens: From Activism to Australia's Third Party, focused on the role of party members in shaping the Australian Greens, and the potential impact of success on the party's original aims and principles. This focus has led to a continuing examination of the philosophical drivers of the Greens, and the impacts of existing state and parliamentary institutions on that growth. 2018, saw the publication of his second, co-authored, title, Australian Politics in the 21st Century, an Australian politics textbook.
Dr Jackson’s current party research focuses on the physical and philosophical barriers to the development of the green parties in the Asia Pacific, requiring extended collaborations with parties across the region This research will also examine the potentials for green political movements and parties to emerge in the Asia Pacific, and has implications for the development of environmental parties across the geopolitical South.
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