Fields of Research

Public policy
International relations
Australian government and politics
Political science
Public administration
Policy and administration
Environment policy
Other Indigenous studies
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy
Government and politics of Asia and the Pacific
Criminology
Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems)
Research, science and technology policy
Comparative government and politics
Economic development policy
International criminal law
Environmental law
Public economics - public choice
Heterodox economics

Research Objectives

International organisations
Government and politics
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Political systems
Trade and environment
International political economy (excl. international trade)
Public services policy advice and analysis
International relations
Understanding climate change
Expanding knowledge in human society
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Institutional arrangements
Justice and the law
Law enforcement
Climate change mitigation strategies
Management of greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation
Civics and citizenship
Pacific Peoples community services
Management of greenhouse gas emissions from energy activities
Energy storage, distribution and supply
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Horticultural crops
Other environmental management
Other law, politics and community services
Rehabilitation and correctional services
Industrial chemicals and related products
Social impacts of climate change and variability
International agreements on trade
Taxation
Transformation of coal into electricity
Environmentally sustainable mineral resource activities
Professions and professionalisation
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Conserving collections and movable cultural heritage
Gender and sexualities

Career Best Publications

Comparing Business and Public Interest Associability at the International Level; International Political Science Review
Globalization and the Environment: Risk Assessment and the WTO; Edward Elgar
International Environmental Policy: Interests and the Failure of the Kyoto Process; Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
International Toxic Risk Management: Ideals, Interests and Implementation; Cambridge University Press
Norms, Interests and Environmental NGOs: The Limits of Cosmopolitanism; Environmental Politics
Steering through Complexity: EU Environmental Regulation in the International Context; Political Studies

Research Publications

'Perfidy afoot!' Connor, the IEA and the loans affair; Australian Journal of Politics and History
A new process for negotiating multilateral environmental agreements? The Asia-Pacific climate partnership beyond Kyoto; Australian Journal of International Affairs
Accounting for risk in multilateral negotiations; Globalization and the Ennvironment: Risk Assessment and the WTO
Assessing political science quality: 'excellence in research for Australia'; European Political Science
Australia and the OECD; Revista de Economia Mundial
Australia in the Greenhouse: Science, Norms and Interests in the Kyoto Protocol; Energy & Environment
Australia's Antarctic Agenda; Australian Journal of International Affairs
Australia's Role in International Climate Negotiations: Kyoto and Beyond; Energy and Environment
Balancing Risks to Nature and Risks to People: The Coode Island/Point Lillias Project in Australia; Managing Conflict in Facility Siting: An International Comparison
Baptists and Bootleggers? The Basel Convention and Metals Recycling Trade; Agenda
Caution on the benefits of research: Australia, Antarctica and climate change; Looking South: Australia's Antarctic Agenda
Comparing Business and Public Interest Associability at the International Level; International Political Science Review
Constructing an Australia that can Deal with Uncertainty: Societies and People; Living with Climate Change
Controlling pollution using economic instruments in competitive electricity markets: The challenges of multilevel governance; Energy and Environment
Democratic accountability in global governance: business and civil society in multiple arenas; The challenges of global business authority: democratic renewal, stalemate or decay?,
Editor of Special Issue of Energy and Environment: Australia and Climate Change; Energy and Environment
Enhancing the Implementation and Management of Drug Diversion Strategies in Australian Law Enforcement Agencies: Final Report
Environmental Policy and Administration in Australia; Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration
Environmental Politics; The Australian Study of Politics
Exploring the impact of international civil servants: the case of the OECD; Australian Political Science Association 2008 Conference
Exploring the impact of international civil servants: the case of the OECD; International Journal of Public Administration
Fifty years of the OECD and forty years of Australian membership; Australian Journal of Politics and History
Forum Shopping and Global Governance; Rethinking International Institution: Diplomacy and Impact on Emerging World Order
Forum Shopping and Global Governance; Asia–Europe Think Tanks’ Dialogue: “Rethinking International Institutions, Diplomacy and Impact on Emerging World Order
Forum shopping in global governance: understanding states, business and NGOs in multiple arenas; Global Policy
Forum Shopping, Redundancy, Duplication, Omissions and Overlaps: Some Reflections on Multi-level and Multi-arena Governance; 2006 Fulbright Symposium: Maritime Governance and Security
From Sustainable Development to Sustainability: The Response of Business; Business and Sustainability: Between Government Pressure and Self-Regulation
G20 endorsement in post crisis global governance: more than a toothless talking shop?; The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Globalization and the Environment: Risk Assessment and the WTO; Edward Elgar
Green Politics
Handbook of Research on NGOs; Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Handmaiden to the G20?: The OECD's Evolving role in global governance; APSA Conference
Hydroelectricity; Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty
International Environmental Policy: Interests and the Failure of the Kyoto Process; Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
International Organizations and Global Diplomacy: Some Theory and a Case; Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration
International Toxic Risk Management: Ideals, Interests and Implementation; Cambridge University Press
Is the Asia-Pacific Partnership a viable alternative to Kyoto?; Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
Johnston, Donald James, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1996-2006; Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations
Learning from the RSPT mistakes: is reform still possible?; Australian Journal of Political Science
Lessons Not Learned in Environmental Governance: International Climate Policy Beyond Kyoto; Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law
Middle powers and international organisations: Australia and the OECD; Edward Elgar
Multi-level and multi-arena governance: the limits of integration and the possibilities of forum shopping; International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
Negotiating Climate Change: A Forensic Analysis; Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
NGOs and global politics; Handbook of Research on NGOs
NGOs and multi-level, multi-arena governance; Handbook of Research on NGOs
Norms, Interests and Environmental NGOs: The Limits of Cosmopolitanism; Environmental Politics
Norms, Interests and NGOs in the International System; APSA Conference
Policy change and industry associability: the Australian mining sector; Australian Journal of Public Administration
Private regulatory approaches and international tax policy; Business, Civil Society and the ‘New’ Politics of Corporate Tax Justice: Paying a Fair Share?
Privilege and Underprivilege: Countervailing groups, policy and the mining industry at the global level; Global Public Policy: Business and the countervailing powers of civil society
Regulating the Environment; Regulating International Business
Review Essay: Arenas of power - Theodore J. Lowi; Australian Journal of Public Administration
Right deeds and wrong reasons: The politics of nature, history and the preservation of Recherche Bay; Rediscovering Recherche Bay
Risk Assessment and Decision-Making for Genetically Modified Foods; Risk: Health Safety and Environment
Salmon and Fruit Salad: Australia's Response to World Trade Organisation Quarantine Disputes; Australian Journal of Political Science
Science and Public Policy: The Virtuous Corruption of Virtual Environmental Science; Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Setting and Implementing the Agenda: Australian Antarctic Policy; Looking South: Australia's Antarctic Agenda
Steering through Complexity: EU Environmental Regulation in the International Context; Political Studies
Tasmania
Tasmania; In: Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, the States and the Territories
The Australian Parliament and Climate Change: Are the Institutions Inadequate?; Australaisian Parliamentary Review
The Constitution of International Civil Society; Beyond the Republic: Meeting the Global Challenges to Constitutionalism
The Development of Environmental Administration in Queensland and Western Australia: Why are they Different?; Australian Journal of Political Science
The environmental effects of energy competition in the Asia-Paific; Energy Security in Asia
The EU in international organisations: the case of the OECD; The Fifth ECPR General Conference 2009
The Greenhouse and the Garbage Can: Uncertainty and Problem Construction in Climate Policy; Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Occasional Paper Policy Series
The International Politics of Climate Change; Edwards Elgar Publishing, Inc
The International Politics of Climate Change - Intorduction; The International Politics of Climate Change
The International Politics of Climate Change - Preface; The International Politics of Climate Change
The OECD; The Routledge Handbook on the European Union and International Institutions
The OECD: A Study of the Organisational Adaptation ; Edward Elgar Publishing
The Political, Social, and Economic Framework; The Biocides Business: Regulation, Safety and Applications
The relations between international organisations; APSA Conference
Thinking globally and acting regionally: securitising energy and environment; Security Politics in the Asia-Pacific : A Regional-Global Nexus?
Trade and risk management: exploring the issues; Globalization and the Environment: Risk Assessment and the WTO
Young Recidivist Car Theft Offender Program (U-Turn): Local Evaluation - Tasmania (Final Report)

Research Projects

2009 R1 - International Political Science Association's World Congress; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
2012: International Political Science Association World Congress, Spain; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Australia and the OECD: A Neglected Arena in Multi-level Governance; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Enhancing the Implementation and Management of Drug Diversion Strategies in Australian Law Enforcement Agencies; Department of Health and Aged Care (DHA)
Federalism and International Risk Management; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Interdependence, Transnational Institutions and the Governance of International Taxation in the 21st Century; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Interest Groups and Environmental Policy in Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
IPSA Research Committee 38 International Workshop on Business and Sustainability 3 to 4 June 2011 Germany (May 2011); University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Evaluation of Community Sector Skills Development Program Stage 2
Stuart Oil Shale Projet Stage 2 (sub-consultancy)

Research Candidate Supervision

'Soft' and 'Hard' Climate Policy Instruments- Policy Effectiveness in Australia?
A Dialogue of the Deaf- The Rise and Stall of Harm Reduction Policy in Australia from 1980 to 2000
A Greener Alternative? Deliverative Democracy Meets Local Government in Australia
A Political History of Tasmanian Local Government Seeking Explanations for Decline
A Political History of the OECD
Causation as a spandrel of four dinensional spece-time A corollory to Hgh Price's perspectualism
Destruction, Creation and Immortality- Australian Public Policy and Nascent Human Life
Environmental Policy and Governing Risk- An analysis and discussion of the political risks and issues of governing and policymaking associated with Australian bushfires and related Environmental policy decisions
Genetically Modified Crops, Science and the Precautionary Principle
Global Climate Governance- The Role of Civil Society Factors
Governing Outer Space
Health and well-being policy, planning and implementation- A comparative study of Tasmania and international processes using regional development approaches.
High Seas Marine Protected Areas- Concept and Discourse Analysis
Independence at a price- Human service organisations in Texas and Tasmania
Methods of aircraft terrorism control & associated policy problems
Municipal Reforms in Tasmania- The Impact of the Purchaser-Provider Split on Service Delivery in Hobart and Sorell Councils
Non-governmental Organisations, Agenda-setting and the World Trade Organisation
Non-state security threats to Australia in the post Cold War world.
Policy responses to environmentalism - ESD in Australia
Qualitative changes in ethno-linguistic status- a case study of the Sorbs in Germany
Securing Transnational Oil- Energy Transit States in the Malacca Strait
South Pacific whale sanctuary
The Impact of Institutional Features on Regulatory Change
The interpretation and role of science in the philosophy and practice of environmental debates and policy making
The Political Economy of Currency Transaction Taxes
The political economy of development in Tasmania- investigating alternatives to governance and development strategies
The Power That Lies in the Name
Towards an Australian Governmental Policy on Environmentally Forced Migration- A Considered and Humanitarian Approach to the Emerging Crisis of the Human Impact of Climate Change