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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🚨 New article by me and Jordan McSwiney in The Conversation about One Nation’s long history of dysfunction, infighting and scandal, and why this is will be one of the biggest barriers to the party translating its polling surge into electoral success
theconversation.com/can-one-nati...
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Can One Nation turn its polling hype into seats in parliament? History shows it will struggle
Pauline Hanson’s party has been dysfunctional and scandal-ridden for its entire existence. Capitalising on strong polling will mean changing decades-old patterns.
theconversation.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🚨 New article by me and Jordan McSwiney in The Conversation about One Nation’s long history of dysfunction, infighting and scandal, and why this is will be one of the biggest barriers to the party translating its polling surge into electoral success
theconversation.com/can-one-nati...
theconversation.com/can-one-nati...
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What Sofia is too modest to explicitly say in her post below, is that - in addition to our PRR youth wings book - she has a solo one coming out with OUP in June on grassroots women in the PRR:
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February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
What Sofia is too modest to explicitly say in her post below, is that - in addition to our PRR youth wings book - she has a solo one coming out with OUP in June on grassroots women in the PRR:
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Great to see this piece in @themandarin.bsky.social discussing our (w Maria Maley) study on how the APS internally communicated (and learnt?) about Robodebt
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Great to see this piece in @themandarin.bsky.social discussing our (w Maria Maley) study on how the APS internally communicated (and learnt?) about Robodebt
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Could Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point really gain traction in Australia? I spoke to Tory Shepherd from @theguardian.com for this piece ✍️
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
From cute dogs to Turning Point: the journey of an influencer aiming to breathe rightwing Christian values into Australian politics
Emboldened by major successes in the US and UK, the conservative Christian organisation Turning Point has its sights set on Australia’s political ecosystem
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Could Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point really gain traction in Australia? I spoke to Tory Shepherd from @theguardian.com for this piece ✍️
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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🔥 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 🔥
The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational
in @bjpir.bsky.social with Benjamin de Cleen & Panos Panayotu
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational
in @bjpir.bsky.social with Benjamin de Cleen & Panos Panayotu
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational - Benjamin De Cleen, Be...
How does populism interact with space? While it is increasingly acknowledged that populism operates across geographical scales from the local to the transnation...
journals.sagepub.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
🔥 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 🔥
The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational
in @bjpir.bsky.social with Benjamin de Cleen & Panos Panayotu
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational
in @bjpir.bsky.social with Benjamin de Cleen & Panos Panayotu
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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...'a global network of free-market think tanks to target the "intellectuals" in society, and to market their ideas like toothpaste to win the "battle for ideas"...'
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#auspol #thinktanks #agendasetting
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#auspol #thinktanks #agendasetting
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 1:46 AM
...'a global network of free-market think tanks to target the "intellectuals" in society, and to market their ideas like toothpaste to win the "battle for ideas"...'
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#auspol #thinktanks #agendasetting
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#auspol #thinktanks #agendasetting
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You can hear the ACTU and myself talk about the impact of heatwaves and high temperatures on workers on ABC AM this morning. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Heatwave poses threat to workers - ABC listen
Australians have been finding different ways to cope with the extreme heat this week.
www.abc.net.au
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM
You can hear the ACTU and myself talk about the impact of heatwaves and high temperatures on workers on ABC AM this morning. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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🚨 Chuffed to see my new chapter with Jordan McSwiney published
Racism, Amplification and Mainstreaming: News Media and the Australian Far Right
The chapter features in a vital new book ‘The Far Right and the Media’, brilliantly edited by Imogen Richards 🥳
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Racism, Amplification and Mainstreaming: News Media and the Australian Far Right
The chapter features in a vital new book ‘The Far Right and the Media’, brilliantly edited by Imogen Richards 🥳
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Racism, Amplification, and Mainstreaming | 4 | News media and the Aust
This chapter critically explores the relationship between news media and the far right. The role of news media in the amplification, mainstreaming and
www.taylorfrancis.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 AM
🚨 Chuffed to see my new chapter with Jordan McSwiney published
Racism, Amplification and Mainstreaming: News Media and the Australian Far Right
The chapter features in a vital new book ‘The Far Right and the Media’, brilliantly edited by Imogen Richards 🥳
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Racism, Amplification and Mainstreaming: News Media and the Australian Far Right
The chapter features in a vital new book ‘The Far Right and the Media’, brilliantly edited by Imogen Richards 🥳
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Marian Sawer
In the run up to Australia Day the annual culture war is being waged against 'the elites trying to steal our day'. This time it has combined with outrage about Australian Research Council funding of an Indigenous project called Change the date? johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
In the run up to Australia Day the annual culture war is being waged against 'the elites trying to steal our day'. This time it has combined with outrage about Australian Research Council funding of an Indigenous project called Change the date? johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
January 23, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Marian Sawer
In the run up to Australia Day the annual culture war is being waged against 'the elites trying to steal our day'. This time it has combined with outrage about Australian Research Council funding of an Indigenous project called Change the date? johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
In the run up to Australia Day the annual culture war is being waged against 'the elites trying to steal our day'. This time it has combined with outrage about Australian Research Council funding of an Indigenous project called Change the date? johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
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I also have something really nice to share, the first article from our hi vis workwear and workers project is out — a collaboration with Jesse Adams Stein and Bettina Frankham, all from the Faculty of Design & Society at @utsengage.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 23, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I also have something really nice to share, the first article from our hi vis workwear and workers project is out — a collaboration with Jesse Adams Stein and Bettina Frankham, all from the Faculty of Design & Society at @utsengage.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New year and new article out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social with Mark Chou, Rachel Busbridge & Luke Dean: Mapping the ‘fringe’ in Australian local politics
We provide the first systematic analysis of fringe candidates in the 2024 NSW & VIC local government elections. 🧵
We provide the first systematic analysis of fringe candidates in the 2024 NSW & VIC local government elections. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
New year and new article out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social with Mark Chou, Rachel Busbridge & Luke Dean: Mapping the ‘fringe’ in Australian local politics
We provide the first systematic analysis of fringe candidates in the 2024 NSW & VIC local government elections. 🧵
We provide the first systematic analysis of fringe candidates in the 2024 NSW & VIC local government elections. 🧵
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Planning to start a PhD in Media and Communications in 2026? Come work with me and others at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social! ✨
PhD scholarship applications are open for a project investigating how public opinion is formed in online spaces, with a focus on the deliberative quality of discussions, social influence dynamics, and platform affordances and governance across major digital platforms.
www.qut.edu.au/.../strength....
www.qut.edu.au/.../strength....
January 16, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Planning to start a PhD in Media and Communications in 2026? Come work with me and others at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social! ✨
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Given the bad cold that I've had for the past few days (in the midst of the Australian summer 🤦♀️), waking up to this email was particularly sweet...
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Given the bad cold that I've had for the past few days (in the midst of the Australian summer 🤦♀️), waking up to this email was particularly sweet...
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
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Rob Manwaring and I are in British Politics this January. We examine the policy and ideological orientation of Keir Starmer’s Labour government through a comparative analysis with five recent centre-left governments. It's open access too!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A new era of ‘minimal social democracy’? Comparing UK Labour under Keir Starmer - British Politics
British Politics - This article examines the policy and ideological orientation of Keir Starmer’s Labour government following its landslide victory at the 2024 UK General Election. Through a...
link.springer.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Rob Manwaring and I are in British Politics this January. We examine the policy and ideological orientation of Keir Starmer’s Labour government through a comparative analysis with five recent centre-left governments. It's open access too!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
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Gonna need to add a bit more to this work in progress, huh?
January 22, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Gonna need to add a bit more to this work in progress, huh?
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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’
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...
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.
pod.link/1760672339/e...
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...