Panel Discussion: Politics and Technology

The impact of technology on politics and of politics on technology is profound. Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives, this panel discussion will explore a number of areas (some obvious some not so obvious) where politics and technology intersect.

Wednesday 9 September 1.00-2.00 pm (all welcome)

Featuring:

Dr Chris Agius (Security-technology nexus)
Dr Damon Alexander (Analogue politics in a digital age)
Dr Belinda Barnet (Regulating Google)
Dr Rob Hoffman (Online democracy and voting)
Dr James Murphy (Politics and automation)
Assoc Prof Lorenzo Veracini (Digital natives)

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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