Mark Kenny joins ANU as Senior Fellow

National affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Mark Kenny, has been appointed a Senior Fellow with the Australian Studies Institute.

Working with the Institute, Mr Kenny will look into topics including political populism and comparative political systems, bringing to his research years of experiencing covering politics from within the corridors of power for both NewsCorp and Fairfax.

Dean of the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Professor Rae Frances said Mr Kenny’s substantial experience in covering the issues that have shaped Australia in the past two decades lead nicely into his research work.

“Mark Kenny has had a front row seat to the policy decisions of the Howard, Rudd-Gillard and Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison governments that have made Australia what it is today,” Professor Frances said.

“The Australian Studies Institute aims to increase understanding of Australia’s place in the world and to bring an Australian perspective to international issues. Few are better placed to provide the Australian perspective on political and public policy issues than Mark Kenny.”

Mr Kenny will take up the position in early 2019.