Professor Tom Gerald Daly

Professor Tom Gerald Daly

Professor and Director, Research Impact, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne; Director, Electoral Regulation Research Network; Co-Convenor, Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building in Asia and the Pacific; Director, Demoptimism

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Politics & Society

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One word is missing from this Australian election. It’s Asia.

Any new Australian government must navigate the confronting reality of a 'post-America Asia' as part of its foreign policy, but that’s not being talked about in this election campaign

Politics & Society

What we know about politics after 2021

The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic had a tangible impact on global democracy – but what is 2022 likely to have in store for us?

Politics & Society

Biden’s bid to strengthen global democracy

Can the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy re-energise an alliance of democracies or is it just setting up a new cold war?

Politics & Society

Australia needs a democracy fix

International Day of Democracy and Biden’s forthcoming Summit for Democracy should prompt a greater focus on renewing Australia’s democratic system

Politics & Society

As the US elections near, global democracy is at stake

With the US elections just 50 days away, the outcome will not just shape US democracy for a generation, but could diminish the very idea of democracy as a global norm

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Podcasts

The state of democracy, before and during COVID-19

We’re facing a global democratic recession, but the pandemic has intensified the focus on what we want from democracy, says Tom Daly, Deputy Director of the Melbourne School of Government

Politics & Society

In times of crisis, does parliament really matter?

The sidelining of parliaments across Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the dominance of the new National Cabinet, has concerned experts but not the public. Why?

Health & Medicine

Watch Episode 6: Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View

This COVID-19 crisis is unlikely to be an isolated event, that’s why it’s important to start planning for the next pandemic

Politics & Society

How COVID-19 is hitting some democracies harder than others

COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on democracy worldwide, but some democracies are more resilient than others

Politics & Society

The tectonics of the British election

It was a stunning victory for Boris Johnson and the Tories in the UK’s general election, giving the party its biggest seat haul since 1987 – but what does the result tell us about 21st Century politics?