Keith Dowding is Professor of Political Science in the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University. He has published twenty books most recently The Philosophy and Methods of Political Science (Palgrave 2016) and The Selection of Ministers Around the World (edited with Patrick Dumont) (Routledge). He has published widely in the fields of political philosophy, philosophy of social science, urban politics, public policy and administration, and comparative politics. He edited the Journal of Theoretical Politics 1996-2013 and is now associate editor of Research and Politics.
Aaron Martin was educated at the ANU, the Institute of Political Studies (Paris), Stanford University and the University of Melbourne. He returned to Melbourne University as Lecturer in Political Science Research Methods in 2010. Aaron’s research focuses on young people and politics, public opinion and policy and citizens' agendas. He is the author of Young People and Politics: Political Engagement in the Anglo-American Democracies (Routledge). He is currently wording on an ARC-funded project, ‘Policy Agendas in the Australian Commonwealth' with Keith Dowding (ANU). Aaron sits on the Australian Electoral Commissioner’s Advisory Board on Electoral Research, is a member of the Steering Committee for Vote Compass and in 2014 was a Visiting Researcher at McGill and Princeton.
Rhonda Evans is Director of the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government. Holding both a J.D. and Ph.D., her research focuses on the politics of law and courts, with special emphasis on Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. She has published in the Australian Journal of Political Science, Congress and the Presidency, and Journal of Common Market Studies. She is also co-author of Legislating Equality: The Politics of Antidiscrimination Policy in Europe with Oxford University Press (2014).
Christine Bird is a Ph.D. student in the Government Department at The University of Texas at Austin. She specializes in Public Law and American Politics. She holds a juris doctorate and a license to practice law in her home state of Oklahoma. While in law school, she completed a variety of internships including a year of service at the Oklahoma Supreme Court for Justice Tom Colbert. Additionally, she served on her law review’s board of editors. She currently serves as the Graduate Research Assistant for the Australia and New Zealand Policy Agendas Projects. Her research interests include the intersection of law and society, judicial politics, constitutional law, and civil rights.
Maraam Dwidar is a Ph.D. student in Government at The University of Texas at Austin, specializing in American Politics and Public Policy, and the Director of Undergraduate Research for the U.S. Policy Agendas Project. From 2015 to 2017, she served as the Graduate Research Assistant for the Australian and New Zealand Policy Agendas Projects. Her research examines interest groups, coalitional lobbying, minority politics, and agenda setting. Maraam received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis and her M.A. in Government from The University of Texas at Austin.
