Politics and History

The impact of technology on politics and the politics of technology is profound. The Politics & History disciplines (incorporating Global Studies) draw on a range of disciplinary perspectives to provide students with a unique insight into how power operates in the world and how technology transforms the ways in which we live and interact with each other.

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Our Research

Convened by Michael Leach, Pacific Studies at Swinburne (PS@S) is a research network of scholars investigating Pacific politics, regionalism and culture with a particular focus on Melanesia and Timor-Leste.

The History and Politics Workshop is a research cluster at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. It is convened by Lorenzo Veracini. The Workshop brings together scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.

The Identity Research Network was established in April 2014 by Chris Agius and Dean Keep. Based in Melbourne, it brings together over 100 researchers and postgraduate students from Australia and abroad working on themes of identity across a variety of disciplines.

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