Presentation delivered by Michael de Percy at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 29 May 2009.
Shared under a Creative Commons 2.5 licence.
The launch of a new research unit to study social services in the network society. The research unit is a joint venture between the Glasgow School of Social Work and the Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services. The presentation includes reference to a bid for funds from the Institute for Advanced Studies
Networks of innovation relationships: multiscopic views on FinlandJukka Huhtamäki
Presentation at XXIV ISPIM Conference – Innovating in Global Markets: Challenges for Sustainable Growth, 16-19 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland.
Kaisa Still, VTT
Jukka Huhtamäki, TUT
Martha G. Russell, mediaX at Stanford
Rahul C. Basole, Georgia Tech
Jaakko, Salonen, TUT
Neil Rubens, University of Electro-Communications
Abstract: http://www.ispim.org/abstracts/The%20Proceedings%20of%20The%20XXIV%20ISPIM%20Conference%202013%20Helsinki,%20Finland%20-%2016-19%20June%202013/still_kaisa.html
The document discusses citizen journalism projects in Australia during the 2007 federal election and Queensland local elections. It defines citizen journalism as an aggregated, hyperlocal, crowdsourced model where citizens report on electoral contests in their local areas. The projects aimed to learn about the audience for citizen journalism and how it differs from traditional journalism. They also sought to understand the work involved in facilitating citizen journalism. This includes content work, editing contributions, networking with other organizations, and providing community support. A case study highlights how a story generated through citizen journalism was later picked up by mainstream media, demonstrating how the projects benefit from relationships with larger outlets.
Where Can Public Policy Play a Role A Comparative Case Study of Regional Inst...iBoP Asia
Where Can Public Policy Play a Role A Comparative Case Study of Regional Institutions and Their Impact on Firm’s Innovation Networks in China and Switzerland
The document discusses the potential of e-democracy to transform government through greater citizen participation and information sharing online. It outlines a 5-way model of information flow between government, citizens, and representatives. It argues that governments must embrace e-democracy through new public online spaces, multidimensional communication, integrating e-democracy processes, maintaining high-quality information, and ensuring equal access. While progress has been slow, examples like peer-to-patent and idea-scale show how e-democracy can facilitate discussion and recruit widespread participation.
Electronic democracy, or e-democracy, refers to the enhancement of democratic processes through the use of information technology. The development of e-democracy can be traced through several eras starting in the 1950s with cybernetics and the collaboration of computing technology. In the 1990s, the rise of the internet provided a cheap, instantaneous medium for new initiatives in e-democracy. Proponents of e-democracy envision using technology to improve information sharing, public discussion, and citizen participation in decision-making, though some argue this vision relies on assumptions about citizenship and transparency that may not reflect reality.
Summary - Social Graph of Evolving FCC LobbyingPierre de Vries
This document summarizes research analyzing the evolution of lobbying coalitions in an FCC proceeding on inter-carrier compensation from 2001-2008. Graph theory was used to represent coalitions of filing entities as clusters in a network. Tracking how these clusters changed over time revealed shifts in alliances between telecommunications companies, associations, and regulators. Improving the quality of metadata in the FCC's electronic filing system would enhance public understanding of lobbying activity.
The launch of a new research unit to study social services in the network society. The research unit is a joint venture between the Glasgow School of Social Work and the Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services. The presentation includes reference to a bid for funds from the Institute for Advanced Studies
Networks of innovation relationships: multiscopic views on FinlandJukka Huhtamäki
Presentation at XXIV ISPIM Conference – Innovating in Global Markets: Challenges for Sustainable Growth, 16-19 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland.
Kaisa Still, VTT
Jukka Huhtamäki, TUT
Martha G. Russell, mediaX at Stanford
Rahul C. Basole, Georgia Tech
Jaakko, Salonen, TUT
Neil Rubens, University of Electro-Communications
Abstract: http://www.ispim.org/abstracts/The%20Proceedings%20of%20The%20XXIV%20ISPIM%20Conference%202013%20Helsinki,%20Finland%20-%2016-19%20June%202013/still_kaisa.html
The document discusses citizen journalism projects in Australia during the 2007 federal election and Queensland local elections. It defines citizen journalism as an aggregated, hyperlocal, crowdsourced model where citizens report on electoral contests in their local areas. The projects aimed to learn about the audience for citizen journalism and how it differs from traditional journalism. They also sought to understand the work involved in facilitating citizen journalism. This includes content work, editing contributions, networking with other organizations, and providing community support. A case study highlights how a story generated through citizen journalism was later picked up by mainstream media, demonstrating how the projects benefit from relationships with larger outlets.
Where Can Public Policy Play a Role A Comparative Case Study of Regional Inst...iBoP Asia
Where Can Public Policy Play a Role A Comparative Case Study of Regional Institutions and Their Impact on Firm’s Innovation Networks in China and Switzerland
The document discusses the potential of e-democracy to transform government through greater citizen participation and information sharing online. It outlines a 5-way model of information flow between government, citizens, and representatives. It argues that governments must embrace e-democracy through new public online spaces, multidimensional communication, integrating e-democracy processes, maintaining high-quality information, and ensuring equal access. While progress has been slow, examples like peer-to-patent and idea-scale show how e-democracy can facilitate discussion and recruit widespread participation.
Electronic democracy, or e-democracy, refers to the enhancement of democratic processes through the use of information technology. The development of e-democracy can be traced through several eras starting in the 1950s with cybernetics and the collaboration of computing technology. In the 1990s, the rise of the internet provided a cheap, instantaneous medium for new initiatives in e-democracy. Proponents of e-democracy envision using technology to improve information sharing, public discussion, and citizen participation in decision-making, though some argue this vision relies on assumptions about citizenship and transparency that may not reflect reality.
Summary - Social Graph of Evolving FCC LobbyingPierre de Vries
This document summarizes research analyzing the evolution of lobbying coalitions in an FCC proceeding on inter-carrier compensation from 2001-2008. Graph theory was used to represent coalitions of filing entities as clusters in a network. Tracking how these clusters changed over time revealed shifts in alliances between telecommunications companies, associations, and regulators. Improving the quality of metadata in the FCC's electronic filing system would enhance public understanding of lobbying activity.
Why and how does the regulation of emerging technologies occurAraz Taeihagh
This document discusses the regulation of emerging technologies using the multiple streams framework. It introduces a technology stream to the framework to better account for the influence of technological change on policymaking. The document applies this modified framework to analyze the adoption of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which regulated personal data despite significant opposition. It finds that policy entrepreneurs were able to couple the problem, policy, politics, and technology streams by framing data privacy and legislative harmonization as problems and the GDPR as the solution, leading to its eventual adoption.
Rethinking regulatory design uws conference 7 november 2011Terry Flew
The document discusses challenges facing Australia's National Classification Scheme (NCS) in light of changing media landscapes and technological convergence. Key issues include: outdated distinctions between platforms that no longer reflect how content is created and accessed; the need for a content-based rather than platform-based approach to classification; and tensions between protecting the public interest versus commercial interests as media and cultural policy has shifted towards serving industry. The Attorney General commissioned a review to consider reforms, including adopting a framework that provides consistent classification of media content across delivery platforms.
This document summarizes four recent public inquiries into media policy in Australia that have reignited debates around how to regulate media in a convergent environment. The inquiries covered the convergence review, the ALRC classification review, the Finkelstein media inquiry, and a review of the Australia Council. The document outlines some of the key recommendations and principles from these reviews, including a shift to platform-neutral and content-based regulation. It also discusses debates around how to approach regulation in a globalized digital environment and the roles of both government and industry in media governance.
This document summarizes an industry session on applying theory to policy outcomes in telecommunications and transport. It discusses research approaches like historical institutionalism and comparative case studies of telecommunications policy in Canada and Australia. It finds that decentralized approaches like in Canada tend to be more effective than Australia's centralized model. For transport, it applies the same research methodology to look at the historical phases of road funding and provision in Australia. It argues politics and path dependencies have limited reform and suggests road pricing should be part of broader tax reform to improve productivity.
This document summarizes the key challenges in regulating convergent media in Australia. It discusses how traditional media regulation based on licensed broadcasting, ownership rules, and content standards no longer fits a media environment characterized by globalization, convergence of content and delivery platforms, and user-generated content. It analyzes challenges to the traditional "public interest" regulatory model and whether technological change favors a more neoliberal approach. The document also examines issues around measuring and regulating media concentration and influence in this new environment.
The document discusses the transformation of career services in the context of new and emerging markets. It explores public, private, and social enterprise arrangements for career services and assesses how current policies may influence individual career choices and learning. The document also examines themes around the changing landscape, drivers, enablers, barriers to transformation, and implications for future delivery models and governments.
Fibre to-the-home, high-speed and national broadband plansAlex Acosta
The document discusses fibre-to-the-home broadband plans in Australia and New Zealand. It presents an analytical framework to critically examine the countries' approaches, focusing on supply-side policies, demand-side policies, and regulatory role. In recent years, both countries committed to constructing high-speed fibre optic networks due to concerns about broadband access and potential economic impacts. The plans involve significant government funding and partnerships with private companies.
This document summarizes an academic paper that explores debates around spectrum policy on social media platforms. The paper analyzes Twitter data related to spectrum policy to understand the scope and nature of discussions. It finds that spectrum policy debates have expanded beyond traditional participants to include advocacy groups and individuals utilizing new digital tools. However, it is unclear if the general public is broadly engaged. The paper aims to shed light on how technical issues like spectrum policy are debated online and the implications for understanding digital activism.
The soft underbelly of complexity science adoption in policymakingAraz Taeihagh
The deepening integration of social-technical systems creates immensely complex environments, creating increasingly uncertain and unpredictable circumstances. Given this context, policymakers have been encouraged to draw on complexity science-informed approaches in policymaking to help grapple with and manage the mounting complexity of the world. For nearly eighty years, complexity-informed approaches have been promising to change how our complex systems are understood and managed, ultimately assisting in better policymaking. Despite the potential of complexity science, in practice, its use often remains limited to a few specialised domains and has not become part and parcel of the mainstream policy debate. To understand why this might be the case, we question why complexity science remains nascent and not integrated into the core of policymaking. Specifically, we ask what the non-technical challenges and barriers are preventing the adoption of complexity science into policymaking. To address this question, we conducted an extensive literature review. We collected the scattered fragments of text that discussed the non-technical challenges related to the use of complexity science in policymaking and stitched these fragments into a structured framework by synthesising our findings. Our framework consists of three thematic groupings of the non-technical challenges: (a) management, cost, and adoption challenges; (b) limited trust, communication, and acceptance; and (c) ethical barriers. For each broad challenge identified, we propose a mitigation strategy to facilitate the adoption of complexity science into policymaking. We conclude with a call for action to integrate complexity science into policymaking further.
The Collaborative Dilemma of Network Based Development, Roger NormannSportacentrs
The document discusses the challenges of network-based development. It argues that networks emerge strongly due to their ability to access resources outside markets and bureaucracies. However, network development is difficult as it requires consensus on priorities, roles, and steering. The document outlines challenges around collaboration and proposes that effective networks require unifying strategies, a collaborative culture, and competent shared leadership with broad legitimacy.
Assessing the regulatory challenges of emerging disruptive technologiesAraz Taeihagh
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of many technologies that have the potential to fundamentally alter our economic, social, and indeed personal lives. The problems they pose are in many ways unprecedented, posing serious challenges for policymakers. How should governments respond to the challenges given that the technologies are still evolving with unclear trajectories? Are there general principles that can be developed to design governance arrangements for these technologies? These are questions confronting policymakers around the world and it is the objective of this special issue to offer insights into answering them both in general and with respect to specific emerging disruptive technologies. Our objectives are to help better understand the regulatory challenges posed by disruptive technologies and to develop generalizable propositions for governments' responses to them.
This document discusses the relevance of information policy in Africa. It defines information policy and outlines that information policy approaches differ between countries based on factors like economic development and history. The document also discusses that information policy addresses specific issues and must be flexible to changing circumstances. Additionally, it notes that information policy shapes events in both proactive and reactive ways. The document then provides Rowland's three hierarchical levels of information policy - infrastructural, vertical, and horizontal policies. It also discusses the need to integrate national ICT strategies across technology, industry, telecommunications, and media sectors.
This document summarizes the kick-off meeting for a project bringing together academics and stakeholders to assess evidence and have a deliberative dialogue on issues relating to media, public action, and policy. The project will examine topics like civic engagement, political communication, and digital literacies. It discusses models for relating research to policy and challenges in bridging the gaps between academic and policy spheres. Breakout groups discussed potential issues and research to focus on, such as universal broadband, public service broadcasting, and media deregulation. The document concludes with remarks on the importance of having a manageable agenda and making academic knowledge available to non-academic audiences.
Matthias kiese: A European Proposalfor Comparative Cluster Policy ResearchMOC2010
1) The document proposes a comparative study of cluster policy research across European countries to understand how cluster policies diffuse and are adapted based on structural and institutional variety.
2) Key concepts to be examined include varieties of capitalism, multilevel governance structures, and public choice perspectives on policymaking.
3) The methodology would involve case studies of cluster policy in multiple countries, analyzing channels of policy transfer and the impact of different political and economic systems on cluster policy design and effectiveness.
Ict and telecommunications sectoral transformation and public policy agenda -...ACORN-REDECOM
This paper offers insights for the elaboration of public policy to promote the development of telecommunications services in
Brazil, by means of a broad summary of where it interfaces with different sectoral dimensions and a discussion at what level
it is aligned to the evolution of telecommunications services. The analysis is based on the sectoral system of innovation
approach, with the sector decomposed in three dimensions that coevolve: (i) science and technology fields; (ii) users, demand
and applications; and (iii) actors, networks and institutions. It begins with an analysis of technological – convergence – and
institutional – commercial and regulatory liberalization – transformations and its impacts on the public policy framework
developed then. Following that, the analysis turns to forecasting each dimension, in order to identify future evolution
perspectives for a set of variables. Finally, the prospective vision is compared to the current public policy framework. It is
expected from this analysis the verification of at what level this agenda is aligned to what it is foreseen as the future of this
sector and in which points tensions arise.
This document outlines a proposal for comparative cluster policy research between Germany and the United States. It notes key differences in cluster policy approaches between coordinated and liberal market economies. Specifically, cluster policies tend to be more top-down, holistic and rely more on collective actors in Germany, while being more flexible and private-led in the US. The document also analyzes channels of policy transfer between regions, finding inspiration and low-degree combination are more common than direct copying, with consultants sometimes enabling more adaptation.
The Manifestation of Modern Communism: Wokism as Political IdeologyUniversity of Canberra
Western liberal democracy and the liberal arts and Judeo-Christian tradition are currently under attack from anti-Western sentiment; not from outside, but from inside the West. Modern identity politics and Woke ideology is replicating he mechanisms of Communism to enforce compliance with a raft of Woke tropes that support identity politics. Rather than enabling people to live as they wish as long as they do not hurt themselves or others, Woke ideology attempts to enforce people to respect other's ideas, ideologies, and identities, rather than their right to choose. This presentation considers Wokism as a political ideology and outlines how the Woke agenda represents the manifestation of Modern Communism.
Presentation to the Woden Valley Community Council where I discuss the cost of light rail in Canberra and falling per capita public transport boardings and suggest electric buses as a means of improving transport outcomes while reducing CO2 emissions.
Why and how does the regulation of emerging technologies occurAraz Taeihagh
This document discusses the regulation of emerging technologies using the multiple streams framework. It introduces a technology stream to the framework to better account for the influence of technological change on policymaking. The document applies this modified framework to analyze the adoption of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which regulated personal data despite significant opposition. It finds that policy entrepreneurs were able to couple the problem, policy, politics, and technology streams by framing data privacy and legislative harmonization as problems and the GDPR as the solution, leading to its eventual adoption.
Rethinking regulatory design uws conference 7 november 2011Terry Flew
The document discusses challenges facing Australia's National Classification Scheme (NCS) in light of changing media landscapes and technological convergence. Key issues include: outdated distinctions between platforms that no longer reflect how content is created and accessed; the need for a content-based rather than platform-based approach to classification; and tensions between protecting the public interest versus commercial interests as media and cultural policy has shifted towards serving industry. The Attorney General commissioned a review to consider reforms, including adopting a framework that provides consistent classification of media content across delivery platforms.
This document summarizes four recent public inquiries into media policy in Australia that have reignited debates around how to regulate media in a convergent environment. The inquiries covered the convergence review, the ALRC classification review, the Finkelstein media inquiry, and a review of the Australia Council. The document outlines some of the key recommendations and principles from these reviews, including a shift to platform-neutral and content-based regulation. It also discusses debates around how to approach regulation in a globalized digital environment and the roles of both government and industry in media governance.
This document summarizes an industry session on applying theory to policy outcomes in telecommunications and transport. It discusses research approaches like historical institutionalism and comparative case studies of telecommunications policy in Canada and Australia. It finds that decentralized approaches like in Canada tend to be more effective than Australia's centralized model. For transport, it applies the same research methodology to look at the historical phases of road funding and provision in Australia. It argues politics and path dependencies have limited reform and suggests road pricing should be part of broader tax reform to improve productivity.
This document summarizes the key challenges in regulating convergent media in Australia. It discusses how traditional media regulation based on licensed broadcasting, ownership rules, and content standards no longer fits a media environment characterized by globalization, convergence of content and delivery platforms, and user-generated content. It analyzes challenges to the traditional "public interest" regulatory model and whether technological change favors a more neoliberal approach. The document also examines issues around measuring and regulating media concentration and influence in this new environment.
The document discusses the transformation of career services in the context of new and emerging markets. It explores public, private, and social enterprise arrangements for career services and assesses how current policies may influence individual career choices and learning. The document also examines themes around the changing landscape, drivers, enablers, barriers to transformation, and implications for future delivery models and governments.
Fibre to-the-home, high-speed and national broadband plansAlex Acosta
The document discusses fibre-to-the-home broadband plans in Australia and New Zealand. It presents an analytical framework to critically examine the countries' approaches, focusing on supply-side policies, demand-side policies, and regulatory role. In recent years, both countries committed to constructing high-speed fibre optic networks due to concerns about broadband access and potential economic impacts. The plans involve significant government funding and partnerships with private companies.
This document summarizes an academic paper that explores debates around spectrum policy on social media platforms. The paper analyzes Twitter data related to spectrum policy to understand the scope and nature of discussions. It finds that spectrum policy debates have expanded beyond traditional participants to include advocacy groups and individuals utilizing new digital tools. However, it is unclear if the general public is broadly engaged. The paper aims to shed light on how technical issues like spectrum policy are debated online and the implications for understanding digital activism.
The soft underbelly of complexity science adoption in policymakingAraz Taeihagh
The deepening integration of social-technical systems creates immensely complex environments, creating increasingly uncertain and unpredictable circumstances. Given this context, policymakers have been encouraged to draw on complexity science-informed approaches in policymaking to help grapple with and manage the mounting complexity of the world. For nearly eighty years, complexity-informed approaches have been promising to change how our complex systems are understood and managed, ultimately assisting in better policymaking. Despite the potential of complexity science, in practice, its use often remains limited to a few specialised domains and has not become part and parcel of the mainstream policy debate. To understand why this might be the case, we question why complexity science remains nascent and not integrated into the core of policymaking. Specifically, we ask what the non-technical challenges and barriers are preventing the adoption of complexity science into policymaking. To address this question, we conducted an extensive literature review. We collected the scattered fragments of text that discussed the non-technical challenges related to the use of complexity science in policymaking and stitched these fragments into a structured framework by synthesising our findings. Our framework consists of three thematic groupings of the non-technical challenges: (a) management, cost, and adoption challenges; (b) limited trust, communication, and acceptance; and (c) ethical barriers. For each broad challenge identified, we propose a mitigation strategy to facilitate the adoption of complexity science into policymaking. We conclude with a call for action to integrate complexity science into policymaking further.
The Collaborative Dilemma of Network Based Development, Roger NormannSportacentrs
The document discusses the challenges of network-based development. It argues that networks emerge strongly due to their ability to access resources outside markets and bureaucracies. However, network development is difficult as it requires consensus on priorities, roles, and steering. The document outlines challenges around collaboration and proposes that effective networks require unifying strategies, a collaborative culture, and competent shared leadership with broad legitimacy.
Assessing the regulatory challenges of emerging disruptive technologiesAraz Taeihagh
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of many technologies that have the potential to fundamentally alter our economic, social, and indeed personal lives. The problems they pose are in many ways unprecedented, posing serious challenges for policymakers. How should governments respond to the challenges given that the technologies are still evolving with unclear trajectories? Are there general principles that can be developed to design governance arrangements for these technologies? These are questions confronting policymakers around the world and it is the objective of this special issue to offer insights into answering them both in general and with respect to specific emerging disruptive technologies. Our objectives are to help better understand the regulatory challenges posed by disruptive technologies and to develop generalizable propositions for governments' responses to them.
This document discusses the relevance of information policy in Africa. It defines information policy and outlines that information policy approaches differ between countries based on factors like economic development and history. The document also discusses that information policy addresses specific issues and must be flexible to changing circumstances. Additionally, it notes that information policy shapes events in both proactive and reactive ways. The document then provides Rowland's three hierarchical levels of information policy - infrastructural, vertical, and horizontal policies. It also discusses the need to integrate national ICT strategies across technology, industry, telecommunications, and media sectors.
This document summarizes the kick-off meeting for a project bringing together academics and stakeholders to assess evidence and have a deliberative dialogue on issues relating to media, public action, and policy. The project will examine topics like civic engagement, political communication, and digital literacies. It discusses models for relating research to policy and challenges in bridging the gaps between academic and policy spheres. Breakout groups discussed potential issues and research to focus on, such as universal broadband, public service broadcasting, and media deregulation. The document concludes with remarks on the importance of having a manageable agenda and making academic knowledge available to non-academic audiences.
Matthias kiese: A European Proposalfor Comparative Cluster Policy ResearchMOC2010
1) The document proposes a comparative study of cluster policy research across European countries to understand how cluster policies diffuse and are adapted based on structural and institutional variety.
2) Key concepts to be examined include varieties of capitalism, multilevel governance structures, and public choice perspectives on policymaking.
3) The methodology would involve case studies of cluster policy in multiple countries, analyzing channels of policy transfer and the impact of different political and economic systems on cluster policy design and effectiveness.
Ict and telecommunications sectoral transformation and public policy agenda -...ACORN-REDECOM
This paper offers insights for the elaboration of public policy to promote the development of telecommunications services in
Brazil, by means of a broad summary of where it interfaces with different sectoral dimensions and a discussion at what level
it is aligned to the evolution of telecommunications services. The analysis is based on the sectoral system of innovation
approach, with the sector decomposed in three dimensions that coevolve: (i) science and technology fields; (ii) users, demand
and applications; and (iii) actors, networks and institutions. It begins with an analysis of technological – convergence – and
institutional – commercial and regulatory liberalization – transformations and its impacts on the public policy framework
developed then. Following that, the analysis turns to forecasting each dimension, in order to identify future evolution
perspectives for a set of variables. Finally, the prospective vision is compared to the current public policy framework. It is
expected from this analysis the verification of at what level this agenda is aligned to what it is foreseen as the future of this
sector and in which points tensions arise.
This document outlines a proposal for comparative cluster policy research between Germany and the United States. It notes key differences in cluster policy approaches between coordinated and liberal market economies. Specifically, cluster policies tend to be more top-down, holistic and rely more on collective actors in Germany, while being more flexible and private-led in the US. The document also analyzes channels of policy transfer between regions, finding inspiration and low-degree combination are more common than direct copying, with consultants sometimes enabling more adaptation.
The Manifestation of Modern Communism: Wokism as Political IdeologyUniversity of Canberra
Western liberal democracy and the liberal arts and Judeo-Christian tradition are currently under attack from anti-Western sentiment; not from outside, but from inside the West. Modern identity politics and Woke ideology is replicating he mechanisms of Communism to enforce compliance with a raft of Woke tropes that support identity politics. Rather than enabling people to live as they wish as long as they do not hurt themselves or others, Woke ideology attempts to enforce people to respect other's ideas, ideologies, and identities, rather than their right to choose. This presentation considers Wokism as a political ideology and outlines how the Woke agenda represents the manifestation of Modern Communism.
Presentation to the Woden Valley Community Council where I discuss the cost of light rail in Canberra and falling per capita public transport boardings and suggest electric buses as a means of improving transport outcomes while reducing CO2 emissions.
Light Rail in Canberra: Too much, too little, too late: Is the price worth th...University of Canberra
Light Rail in Canberra: Too much, too little, too late: Is the price worth the cost? This presentation cosniders the cost of light rail and its impaxct on transport outcomes on Canberra. Since the advent of the tram, public transport patronage on a per capita basis has continued its trajectory of decline.
The paper argues that the political circumstances leading up to Canadian Confederation resulted in a significant and lasting impact upon the institutional origins of Canada’s telecommunications market that persisted into the 21st century. It does so by first outlining the ideas and institutional dynamism that flowed from political rivalries in the lead-up to Confederation and coincided with the deployment of the telegraph. Second, the article discusses how commercial disputes created separate telegraph and telephone industries that embedded Canada’s unique telecommunications mosaic. The article concludes with a discussion of the importance of considering the local and regional imperative, and the legacies created by the original rationale, in developing national telecommunications policy. Canada’s approach sits somewhere between the private ownership model adopted by the United States and the public ownership model adopted in Australia. The major lesson from Canada is that, where diverse circumstances exist, addressing local and regional political imperatives can provide opportunities that might otherwise be overlooked by attempts to provide a standardised national solution in the delivery of telecommunications services to citizens.
Menzies embraced the atomic age rather more enthusiastically than many other Australians. He envisaged Australia’s substantial uranium and thorium reserves providing Australia with a source of clean, reliable, and affordable energy that would ultimately replace fossil fuels. But he also knew that “what is best advertised tends to be more popularly understood”. Despite the opening of a nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in 1958 to “test materials for their suitability in use in future power reactors”, the purpose of Australia’s first nuclear reactor was gradually reduced to producing medical radioisotopes and conducting research. Menzies faced similar concerns about the safety of nuclear reactors, the propensity for conflating nuclear industries with nuclear weapons, and storing nuclear waste to those concerns political leaders face today. But with Australia’s strategic defence capabilities enhanced by nuclear-powered submarines through the AUKUS agreement, and the absence of a ‘Plan B’ for a carbon-neutral future, the unrealised potential of Australia’s atomic age has manifested into the very lack of skills Menzies was concerned about in 1962. The Lucas Heights facility was more than just a case of hubris, or “what are they doing here that can't be better done elsewhere?” It provided opportunities for training Australian scientists and sharing and transferring nuclear-related research and knowledge. At the same time, recently declassified documents suggest that Menzies aimed to develop Australia’s nuclear capability amid eleven years of atomic weapons tests conducted by Britain in Australia. While much has been written about “nuclear colonialism” following the Royal Commission into the tests, very little attention has been given to the unrealised potential of Australia’s nuclear industry envisaged during the atomic age. This paper, then, traces the development and subsequent stagnation of the nuclear industry in Australia, with a focus on Menzies’ legacy and its influence on energy and defence policy today.
My online presentation to CEDA's Public Policy Dynamics course, 14th November 2023. My aim is to highlight the political side of the policy process that is rarely seen by public servants working in policy roles within government. The presentation draws on my experience as an academic and as a practitioner.
Energy policy is clearly about choices. Mr Howard said in his book A Sense of Balance that it was a mistake to trade away an Australian Nuclear Industry in 1998, but the political realities at the time meant that Labor was opposed to Australia’s ability to develop life-saving medical products. Mr Howard did what needed to be done at the time. Unlike the proposed Voice, if the political will exists, the prohibition on nuclear can be amended by legislation. At the end of my presentation, I will show you a model I developed to understand how policies relating to networked technologies such as energy, transport, and telecommunications are impacted by choices made in the past. In effect, policies that follow certain patterns are like habits – they are easy to slip back into and difficult to change. But tonight, I want to make it clear that our energy future is a choice, and choosing our current policy to crash through or crash is a choice that will impact our prosperity and energy security for generations to come. To ensure I do not miss my key point in the time I have tonight, may I begin by urging that we choose wisely.
Menzies embraced the atomic age rather more enthusiastically than many other Australians. He envisaged Australia’s substantial uranium and thorium reserves providing Australia with a source of clean, reliable, and affordable energy that would ultimately replace fossil fuels. But he also knew that “what is best advertised tends to be more popularly understood”. Despite the opening of a nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in 1958 to “test materials for their suitability in use in future power reactors”, the purpose of Australia’s first nuclear reactor was gradually reduced to producing medical radioisotopes and conducting research. Menzies faced similar concerns about the safety of nuclear reactors, the propensity for conflating nuclear industries with nuclear weapons, and storing nuclear waste to those concerns political leaders face today. But with Australia’s strategic defence capabilities enhanced by nuclear-powered submarines through the AUKUS agreement, and the absence of a ‘Plan B’ for a carbon-neutral future, the unrealised potential of Australia’s atomic age has manifested into the very lack of skills Menzies was concerned about in 1962. The Lucas Heights facility was more than just a case of hubris, or “what are they doing here that can't be better done elsewhere?” It provided opportunities for training Australian scientists and sharing and transferring nuclear-related research and knowledge. At the same time, recently declassified documents suggest that Menzies aimed to develop Australia’s nuclear capability amid eleven years of atomic weapons tests conducted by Britain in Australia. While much has been written about “nuclear colonialism” following the Royal Commission into the tests, very little attention has been given to the unrealised potential of Australia’s nuclear industry envisaged during the atomic age. This paper, then, traces the development and subsequent stagnation of the nuclear industry in Australia, with a focus on Menzies’ legacy and its influence on energy and defence policy today.
The Albanese government has achieved an apparent policy consensus among Australia’s ‘first ministers’ in the quasi-institution known as the National Cabinet. But behind the public-facing consensus lies vicious party in-fighting that threatens to undermine the legitimacy of Australia’s political party leaders. A unique feature of political leadership is the need for leaders to keep their party base onside while also representing the interests of their constituents and their political party colleagues. Prioritising one group over another requires careful consideration for a leader to achieve their desired policy outcomes without losing support for their leadership. The National Cabinet has been used as a public relations vehicle by the Albanese government where premiers who are alone in their disagreement are spotlighted for negative public discourse. At the same time, the legitimacy of political leaders who support policy areas where consensus exists in the National Cabinet (such as The Voice and energy policy) is threatened by industry lobby groups, political party members, and power brokers within political parties. This paper, then, considers the impact of the National Cabinet on political leadership. The paper considers two case studies, The Voice and energy policy, to examine the power plays that influence the policy positions adopted by political leaders. It then considers the democratic deficit created by political leaders who stray from their party’s platform and how this influences a leader’s legitimacy within the party structure. The paper argues that the National Cabinet, now a regular feature of Australian politics, has allowed greater concentration of power in the prime minister’s leadership. The paper addresses the question: Has the National Cabinet weakened the ability of state and territory leaders to represent their parties’ bases, making it easier for ideology-based federal policy to gain public support?
From Globalization to Globalism: The Impact of Populism on Multilateral Insti...University of Canberra
This document provides an overview of research on the impact of populism on multilateral institutions. It defines key terms like globalism, globalization, and populism. It also outlines an approach to understand how ideas have impacted institutions like the Bretton Woods organizations using a model of path dependent, punctuated equilibrium. This model treats ideas as exogenous events that can act as critical junctures shaping the evolution of these institutions over time. The research aims to apply this model and case studies to analyze how populism has affected the nature and role of multilateralism.
Historical Institutionalism as Method: Applications and Uses at the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels of Analysis. Historical institutionalism is one of the three New Institutionalisms. As a research method, the approach typically involves archival research and semi-structured interviews - employing the research techniques of both the historian and the political scientist - to understand the impact of institutional legacies on the present. I have used historical institutionalism to analyse industry policy over time for cross-national comparisons of transport and telecommunications policies and have found the approach effective at the meso-level of analysis. Recently, however, I have applied this approach to the macro-level in geopolitics (to understand institutional exhaustion), and I am currently developing a research project focused on the micro-level to understand how institutions influence the development of military doctrine through a case study of operational tactics. This presentation will demonstrate the analysis of political phenomena over time, drawing on my model of path dependent, punctuated equilibrium. It will outline how to recognise and analyse exogenous and endogenous critical junctures in applying the model to temporal comparative and institutional studies. In doing so, I will share some of the unique insights I have developed as both a practitioner and an academic.
One of the most challenging aspects of teaching politics in Australia today is the rate of change in societal attitudes that appears to be out-pacing our political institutions. But Westminster-based liberal democracies, supported by the liberal arts tradition, have evolved and proven to be resilient over historical periods of great upheaval. I argue that we should not give up on a liberal education just yet.
This document discusses nuclear energy in Australia and argues that it could provide benefits by addressing issues like rising energy costs and demand for clean energy. However, there are also cultural and political barriers like opposition due to safety concerns from past nuclear accidents. The document examines arguments for and against nuclear energy in Australia and considers policy impacts, such as how nuclear could support related industries but may face resistance from unions. It maintains that markets are generally best at determining energy solutions but that skills shortages have resulted from lack of nuclear development.
Presentation by Dr Michael de Percy, University of Canberra and John Poljak, keynumbers, to the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport's World Congress 2022, Hyatt Regency, Perth, WA, 23-26 October 2022. The presentation addresses the following issues:
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Hydrogen: Where is it at?
The policy landscape and hydrogen. The presentation focuses on the policy aspects of hydrogen.
Multi-modal transport planning encompasses various issues relating to people, technologies, and institutions. Navigating the challenges of the converging transport and energy sectors amid interest groups and NIMBYism that oppose major infrastructure initiatives requires a conceptual understanding of multi-modal transport. This presentation outlines the key concepts and challenges in multi-modal transport planning from the perspective of the policy scholar.
Guest speakers Dr Michael de Percy FCILT and John Poljak approach the Hydrogen Fuel discussion. Presentation to the Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTA), 5pm 7th December 2021. The discussion will cover: Hydrogen Buzz: What's all the fuss about? Hydrogen and the impact on transport and logistics What are the key issues/economics for the transport and logistics industry? Policy landscape, do all hydrogen roads lead to Canberra?
1) The presentation discusses introducing road usage charges on electric vehicles (EVs) in Australia.
2) A road usage charge is not expected to discourage EV adoption, as other factors currently have a greater impact on purchase decisions.
3) Population growth, increased traffic from EVs and driverless vehicles, and decreasing costs will exacerbate traffic congestion unless reforms are made.
Diagrammatical Approaches to Operationalising Historical Institutionalism as ...University of Canberra
Historical institutionalism is often regarded as the least rigorous and the more tautological of the ‘new institutionalisms’, but this reputation is undeserved. We argue that historical institutionalism, when viewed as a method for, rather than a theory of, examining institutional stasis and change, can provide a rigorous approach to process tracing that is useful in examining the impact of institutional legacies on contemporary political issues. Famous historical institutionalist scholars, including Kathleen Thelen, suggest that systematic approaches to comparative temporal analyses can help to overcome the shortcomings of the inductive method in comparative politics. While many comparative political studies adopt historical institutionalism as an approach to examining temporal sequencing, few studies specify how historical institutionalism is used as a method and even fewer do so explicitly. Borrowing from other disciplines that have a long history of using diagrams to explain changes to the status quo, this paper examines the benefits of adopting visual heuristics to operationalise historical institutionalism in comparative political studies. Benefits include a systematic approach to capturing past legacies that inform present choices, identifying key periods of stasis and change, and identifying the specific exogenous and endogenous pressures and tensions that result in critical junctures within a temporal sequence.
Using historical institutionalism as a method for qualitative process tracing...University of Canberra
Historical institutionalism (HI) is often regarded as the least rigorous and the more tautological of the ‘new institutionalisms’, but this reputation is undeserved. I argue that HI, when viewed as a method for, rather than a theory of, examining institutional stasis and change, can provide a rigorous approach to process tracing that is useful in examining the impact of institutional legacies on contemporary political issues. Famous HI scholars, including Kathleen Thelen, suggest that systematic approaches to comparative temporal analyses can help to overcome the shortcomings of the inductive method in comparative politics. While for Karl Popper the inductive method is, in effect, hopeless in its scientific utility, my contention is that the nature of the social sciences means that falsifiability is, for the most part, a bridge too far for comparative political research. Plausibility, as opposed to falsifiability, can be achieved using systematic HI processes that are more sophisticated than simply rummaging through the past to find evidence that supports a given hypothesis. In this seminar, I aim to present a method that is not only useful in conducting comparative political analysis over time, but that can also address some of the inevitable shortcomings inherent in the conduct of inductive, comparative political science research by providing a systematic and rigorous system of process tracing over time.
Dr Michael de Percy presented on road pricing and provision reform in Australia. He discussed the rationale for reforming the current system, including that fuel excise revenue is eroding and does not reflect road usage. While heavy vehicle charging trials showed promise, private motorists strongly oppose new road pricing. Reform faces political challenges around community attitudes that see it as a new tax despite roads being underpriced, and federal-state relations over revenue sharing would need to be addressed. Overall the talk examined the arguments for and against road pricing reform in Australia.
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ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...PECB
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Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
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Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
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Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
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A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
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