POLSIS Research Seminar Series
Semester 2 2026
All sessions are held in-person, Friday 1 — 2:30pm, Room 537, Building 39A (unless stated)
Date | Event | Name | Title |
31 July | Seminar | Page Wilson, Iceland | 'Greenland, Trump and Musk: the Lesser Known Story' |
14 August | ECR Roundtable | Anne Nyaard Jedzini Sara Meija Munoz Xuwan Ouyang | 'Deliberative power-sharing in Australian Local Governance’ ‘Entangled normativities: energy of life and energy transition in Colombia’ ‘Multinational Companies and Atrocity Prevention’ |
21 August | Seminar | Shahar Hameiri, UQ | ‘Limits on US Efforts to Compete with China on Infrastructure and Critical Minerals: Lobito Corridor’ |
28 August | Seminar | Kelly Fielding, UQ | ‘Can unconventional climate advocates increase support for climate action in Australia?’ |
4 September | Seminar | Ferran Martinez i Coma, Griffith | ‘Do Australian Election Management Bodies Learn?’ |
11 September | Roundtable Event | Adrian Cherney Kiriloi Ingram Matt McDonald Andrew Phillips | ‘9/11: 25 Years On’ 12-2pm Viewpoint Room, Lunch Included 12-12.45pm, Registration required. |
18 September | Seminar | Morgan Rees, QUT | ‘The Paranoid Style in Australian Foreign Policy’ |
25 September | Seminar | Karen Crawley and Samid Suliman, Griffith | ‘Democracy, the Arts and the Politics of Social Cohesion’ |
16 October | Seminar | Madeleine Pugin, Griffith | ‘UNDRIP and Urban Aboriginal Cultural Recognition in South East Queensland’ |
23 October | Seminar | Heloise Weber, UQ | ‘Colonial Architecture and Capitalist Transformation’ |
For further information contact Professor Matt McDonald, Director of Research: matt.mcdonald@uq.edu.au.