Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprises in the People's Republic of China, Dr Minglu Chen investigates the significant role that women entrepreneurs are playing in China's economic development.
Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics, Professor Graeme Gill discusses the politics of symbols in the Soviet Union, and what that can teach us about contemporary politics in Russia and across the globe.
Democratic Deficit, Visiting Professor Pippa Norris investigates the growing divergence between perceived democratic state performance and voter expectations in more than 50 societies worldwide.
Understanding Security Practices in South Asia, Dr Monika Barthwal-Datta investigates how non-state actors are engaging in security discourses and practices at the sub-state level in South Asia.
Department of Government and International Relations
Welcome to the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. We are a comprehensive political science department, with particular expertise in International Relations, International Security, Comparative Politics, Australian Politics, Public Policy and Political Theory. Our missions are to:
Produce world class research which continually advances the intellectual boundaries of the discipline and develops our understanding of real world political phenomena.
Deliver high quality teaching and research programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, which are both intellectually and vocationally relevant.
Develop mutually beneficial links with our many professional, research and educational communities.
Establish the Department as the premier political science department in Australia, and one of the leading political science departments in the region and the world.
We are also engaged in a variety of interdisciplinary projects, including human rights, democratization, public policy, environment and climate change, immigration policy and law, and China studies.
The Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney announces the launch of The Electoral Integrity Project, generously funded by the ARC and partner organizations.
Dr Peter Chen hosted a public panel to discuss the ongoing government inquiry into the role of the media in Australia. Watch a video of Emeritus Prof Rod Tiffen (Sydney), Prof Wendy Bacon (UTS), and Mr Peter Timmins (Open and Shut). More
The Fifth Oceanic Conference on International Studies OCIS to be held in Sydney 18-20 July 2012. Hosted by the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales and Macquarie University, the conference will be on the University of Sydney's main campus.
