DEMOCRACY, ENVIRONMENT & CITIZENSHIP RESEARCH
UNIT
Faculty of Arts, University of Tasmania
Mission
The Democracy, Environment and Citizenship Research Unit aims
to advance and promote the study of democracy, democratization,
environment and citizenship, through conducting research projects,
developing courses, carrying out civic education, offering consultation,
organizing conferences and seminars, supporting visits by experts,
and publishing books and papers.
The Unit promotes research focusing on deliberative democracy,
environmental governance, civic activism and local democratic
governance, with a particular interest in environmental issues.
It also aims to further the strategic goals of the University
of Tasmania related to growth, excellence and differentiation,
especially by promoting national and international research links,
establishing contacts and fostering collaboration with the top
universities and research institutions.
The Unit has a global perspective, with a focus on democratization,
and new forms of civic activism in Australia, and again a particular
interest in environmental issues. Interested scholars have established
collaborative links with international and national academic institutions,
as well as local groups and organizations (including Tasmania
Together - www.tasmaniatogether.tas.gov.au).
The Unit's role is to coordinate and direct the activities of
scholars from different disciplines within and beyond the University
of Tasmania, and help in expanding academic resources through
organizing research groups and applying for research grants. It
is intended to complement, rather than compete, with such national
institutions as the Centre for Citizenship Studies at Deakin and
the Centre for Democratic Institutions at the ANU. Its emphasis
is in the following areas:
* deliberative democracy, local governance, environmental issues
and governance;
* civic activism, and local community participation, especially
environment-related;
* citizenship issues, including environmental citizenship, and
new forms of governance.
* democratization processes on the local level and regional level
with a focus on deliberative institutions and democratic governance,
especially in collaboration with other Centres.
Workshops and Conferences
Public Policy In the Field, School of Government Workshop convened
at the Mecure Boardroom, 13 Spring Street Melbourne, 24 September,
2006.
* this project is a part of the celebration of fifty years of
public policy research at the School of Government, University
of Tasmania. The School was established in 1956, one of the first
in Australia.
Organised by Professor Baogang He
* May 30 2005, School of Government, Hobart, Workshop on Citizenship
November 18-21, 2004, West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
*Local Governance in China 13-14 February 2003
*Democratization, Civil Society and the Future of Aceh (A special
panel at the third International Convention of Asia Scholars,
August 19-22, 2003)
*Workshop on Asian Minorities and Western Liberalism: Will Kymlicka's
Theory of Minority Rights 14 January 2003
For information contact
Dr Fred Gale
School of Government
Phone: (03) 6324 3376
Int: 61 3 6324 3376
Fax: (03) 6324 3652
Int: 61 3 6324 3652
Email: Fred.Gale@utas.edu.au
