Professor Keith Dowding

I arrived at the ANU as Professor of Political Science in July 2007 from the London School of Economics since 1993 the last seven years as Professor of Political Science. Prior to the LSE I had held teaching appointments at Brunel University in West London and at the University of Oxford. I received a First Class degree in Philosophy and Politics from Keele University in 1982, and a DPhil from Oxford University (where I studied at Nuffield College) in 1987. I was a Hallsworth Fellow at Manchester University in 1993-94, and Visiting Fellow at RSSS in 2000-01; Visiting Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) October-December 2007 under the Social Software Program. I held a British Academy Research Readership 2005-07. I was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia in 2008.

Responsibilities

I am the Chair of a network of scholars 'Selection and De-selection of Political Elites' (SEDEPE) who are interested in the career paths of political elites. I was vice-Chair at the Citizens' Income Trust in the UK an organization educating people about a Citizen's or Basic Income for all to replace all other kinds of social welfare assistance. I have been one of the editors of the Journal of Theoretical Politics since 1996.