Prof Lisa Hill
Professor
School of Society and Culture
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My research interests are in political theory, history of political thought and issues in electoral law and behaviour. My most recent work explores political exclusion and inclusion, voter behaviour and correlates of voter turnout and issues in liberal democracy. My other projects focus on the history of the western political tradition, political corruption, human rights and the Scottish Enlightenment.I welcome inquiries from Masters and PhD candidates interested in: The history of political thought, Thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, Voting inclusion (particularly of the disadvantaged), Compulsory voting and informal voting, Political Corruption, Human Rights, Classical Stoicism and Epicureanism and Liberal democracy, its history, character and challenges.
Current projects include:
Assessing epistemic democracy: normative and applied perspectives
This project has three broad aims:
- To test empirically the epistemic claim that high-turnout elections yield a) higher levels of ‘bad voting’, which in turn yield b) worse political outcomes than do low-turnout elections.
- To use the findings of the applied study to explore and evaluate the normative implications and validity of epistemic democracy.
- To assess whether or not voting in mass elections has a future. or whether we should cede more power to ‘the wise’.
Raising Voter Turnout Among People Experiencing Homelessness
We wish to explore how electoral commissions, academics, community sector organisations, and individuals with lived experience can work together to develop appropriate interventions and measures to identify the scope of non-voting among the homeless and to test and measure the effectiveness of potential remedies.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
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| 2006 - ongoing | Associate Professor/Professor of Politics | University of Adelaide |
| 2001 - 2006 | Senior Research Fellow | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
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| 2011 | Fellowship | Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Science of Australia | Academy of the Social Sciences Australia | Australia | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
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| 1994 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | D.Phil. in Politics |
| 1984 | University of Tasmania | Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Hons First Class) |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
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| 2011 | Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Science of Australia | Academy of the Social Sciences Australia | - |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2026 | Hill, L., Blazejak, E., & Chitrarasu, M. (2026). Misinformation, Disinformation and Electoral Distortion. In G. Appleby, & M. Davis (Eds.), The Failure of the Voice Referendum and the Future of Australian Democracy. Anthem Press. |
| 2024 | Hill, L. (2024). The challenge to liberal democracies of political disinformation. In D. Ivison (Ed.), Research Handbook on Liberalism (pp. 344-359). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2023 | Hill, L. (2023). Ferguson, Adam. In Studies in the History of Law and Justice (Vol. 23, pp. 105-113). Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI |
| 2023 | Hill, L., & Hill, L. (2023). Adam Smith: Stoic and Epicurean. In P. Sagar (Ed.), Interpreting Adam Smith Critical Essays (1st ed., pp. 177-193). New York/London: Cambridge University Press. |
| 2023 | Hill, L. (2023). Ferguson, Adam. In Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (pp. 965-971). Springer Netherlands. DOI |
| 2023 | Hill, L. (2023). Specialization and commercial modernity: Adam Smith as sociologist. In A. Burgio (Ed.), Adam Smith and Modernity: 1723-2023 (pp. 289-305). New York, USA: Routledge. DOI |
| 2021 | Hill, L. (2021). Australia’s Electoral Innovations. In J. M. Lewis, & A. Tiernan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics (pp. 75-91). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. DOI |
| 2021 | Hill, L. (2021). Australia's Electoral Innovations. In J. Lewis, & A. Tierney (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics (1 ed., pp. 75-91). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2021 | Hill, L. (2021). Ferguson, Adam. In S. Kirste, & M. N. S. Sellars (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (pp. 1-7). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. DOI |
| 2021 | Hill, L. (2021). Compulsory Voting: Activating the Demos and Enhancing Procedural Democracy in Australia. In M. Bonotti, & P. Strangio (Eds.), A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia: Genesis, Impact and Future (pp. 165-187). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI |
| 2021 | Hill, L. (2021). Civil Society Theory: Adam Ferguson’. In R. List, H. Anheier, & S. Toepler (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (pp. 1-6). Switzerland: Springer. DOI |
| 2020 | Hill, L. (2020). Invisible hand. In S. Schwarzkopf (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Economic Theology (1 ed., pp. 314-321). New York: Routledge. DOI |
| 2020 | Hill, L. (2020). Civil Society Theory: Ferguson. In R. List, H. Anheier, & S. Toepler (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer International Publishing. DOI |
| 2020 | Hill, L. (2020). Feminism and stoic sagehood. In K. Arenson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy (pp. 410-421). New York: Routledge. DOI Scopus4 |
| 2020 | Hill, L. (2020). Adam Smith as Political Problem Solver: The ‘Project of an Empire’ and the American War of Independence". In F. Forman (Ed.), The Adam Smith Review Volume 12 (Vol. 12, 2020 ed., pp. 183-202). United Kingdom: Routledge. |
| 2017 | Hill, L. (2017). Voting Turnout, Equality, Liberty and Representation: Epistemic versus Procedural Democracy i. In A. Malkopoulou, & L. Hill (Eds.), Equality and Representation. London: Routledge. |
| 2017 | Hill, L. (2017). Voting Turnout, Equality, Liberty and Representation: Epistemic versus Procedural Democracy i. In A. Malkopoulou, & L. Hill (Eds.), Equality and Representation. London: Routledge. |
| 2016 | Hill, L. E. (2016). Adam Smith and political theory. In R. P. Hanley (Ed.), Adam Smith: His Life, Thought, and Legacy (pp. 321-339). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Scopus10 |
| 2015 | Hill, L. E. (2015). Frances Hutcheson. In M. T. Gibbons (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Political THought. London: Blackwell-Wiley. |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Common Sense Philosophy. In Encyclopedia of Political Thought (pp. 1-2). Wiley. DOI |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Adam Ferguson's sociology of emotion. In D. Lemmings, & A. Brooks (Eds.), Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives (1 ed., pp. 119-137). New York, USA: Routledge. DOI |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Is compulsory voting an unjustified burden on personal autonomy? Is there a right not to vote?. In Brennan, J, & Hill, L (Eds.), Compulsory voting: for and against (1 ed., pp. 154-173). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. DOI |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Conclusion. In J. Brennan, & L. Hill (Eds.), Compulsory voting: for and against (1 ed., pp. 196-204). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. DOI |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Is requiring people to vote contrary to democratic values?. In J. Brennan, & L. Hill (Eds.), Compulsory voting: for and against (1 ed., pp. 174-195). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. DOI |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Turnout, abstention, and democratic legitimacy. In J. Brennan, & L. Hill (Eds.), Compulsory voting: for and against (1 ed., pp. 125-153). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Compulsory voting: background, effects, feasibility, and basic premises. In J. Brennan, & L. Hill (Eds.), Compulsory voting: for and against (1 ed., pp. 111-124). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. DOI |
| 2014 | b, A. (2014). Adam Ferguson’s Sociology of Emotion. In Emotions and Social Change (pp. 1-2). Taylor & Francis. DOI |
| 2014 | Hill, L. (2014). Hutcheson, Francis (1694–1746). In Encyclopedia of Political Thought (pp. 1-2). Wiley. DOI |
| 2012 | Hill, L. (2012). Ideas of corruption in the eighteenth century: the competing conceptions of Adam Ferguson and Adam Smith. In M. Barcham, B. Hindess, & P. Larmour (Eds.), Corruption: Expanding the Focus (1 ed., pp. 97-112). Australia: ANU E Press. WoS6 |
| 2011 | Hill, L. (2011). Informal Voting under a System of Compulsory Voting. In J. Tham, B. Costar, & G. Orr (Eds.), Electoral Democracy: Australian Prospects (1 ed., pp. 36-56). Australia: Melbourne University Press. |
| 2010 | Hill, L. E. (2010). Adam Ferguson. In M. Bevir (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Political Theory A - E (pp. 507-509). SAGE. |
| 2009 | Hill, L. E. (2009). Civil Society Theory: Adam Smith. In H. K. Anheier, & S. Toepler (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (pp. 450-454). Springer. |
| 2009 | Hill, L. E. (2009). Civil Society Theory: Adam Ferguson. In H. K. Anheier, & S. Toepler (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (pp. 400-404). Springer. |
| 2009 | Hill, L. (2009). Adam Smith on war (and peace). In I. Hall, & L. Hill (Eds.), British international thinkers from Hobbes to Namier (pp. 71-89). United States: Palgrave MacMillan. WoS9 |
| 2009 | Hall, I., & Hill, L. (2009). Introduction. In I. Hall, & L. Hill (Eds.), British international thinkers from Hobbes to Namier (pp. 1-10). United States: Palgrave MacMillan. DOI |
| 2009 | Hill, L. (2009). A complicated vision: the good polity in Adam Ferguson's thought. In E. Heath, & V. Merolle (Eds.), Adam Ferguson: Philosophy, Politics and Society (pp. 107-123). United Kingdom: Pickering & Chatto Publishers. Scopus5 |
| 2009 | Hill, L., & Alport, K. (2009). Electronic conduits to electoral inclusion in an atypical constituency: The Australian case. In Mehdi Khosrow Pour (Ed.), E-Government Diffusion, Policy, and Impact - Advanced Issues and Practices (pp. 156-173). United States of America: IGI Global. DOI |
| 2009 | Louth, J., & Hill, L. (2009). Compulsory voting and turnout: The Australian case. In Asifa Begum (Ed.), Democracy and elections. Cross country dimensions (pp. 183-198). India: Icfai University Press. |
| 2009 | Hall, I., & Hill, L. (2009). Introduction. In I. Hall, & L. Hill (Eds.), Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (Vol. 385, pp. 1-9). PALGRAVE. DOI WoS2 |
| 2008 | Hill, L., & Alport, K. (2008). Reconnecting Australia's politically excluded: electronic pathways to electoral inclusion. In Electronic Government: concepts, methodologies, tools and applications (pp. 1623-1637). USA: IGI Global. DOI |
| 2007 | Hill, L. (2007). Parliamentary privilege and homosexual vilification. In K. Gelber, & A. Stone (Eds.), hate speech and freedom of speech in Australia (pp. 82-105). NSW: Federation Press. |
| 2007 | Hill, L. (2007). The role of thumos in Adam Smith's system. In G. Cockfield, A. Firth, & J. Laurent (Eds.), New Perspectives on Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments (pp. 11-28). Cheltenham, Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. |
| 2007 | Hill, L. (2007). Compulsory voting. In The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics (pp. 125-126). Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press. |
| 2007 | Hill, L. (2007). Referendums citizen-initiated.. In The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics (pp. 500-501). Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press. |
| 2006 | Hill, L. (2006). Women's interests and political orientations: the gender voting gap in three industrialized settings. In L. Chappell, & L. Hill (Eds.), The Politics of Women's Interests (1 ed., pp. 66-92). 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN: Routledge. DOI Scopus3 |
| 2006 | Hill, L., & Chappell, L. (2006). Introduction. In L. Chappell, & L. Hill (Eds.), The Politics of Women's Interests (Vol. 11-12, 1 ed., pp. 1-4). 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN: Routledge. DOI |
| 2006 | Chappell, L., & Hill, L. (2006). Introduction: The politics of women's interests. In Unknown Book (pp. 1-4). DOI Scopus2 |
| 2005 | Hill, L. (2005). Classical stoicism and a difference of opinion?. In T. Battin (Ed.), A Passion for Politics: Essays in Honour of Graham Maddox (pp. 87-98). Frenchs Forest, New South Wales: Pearson. |
| 2003 | Hill, L. (2003). Democratic deficit - is citizen initiated referendum the solution to a problem compulsory voting has already solved?. In C. Macintyre, & J. Williams (Eds.), Peace, order and good government - State constitutional and parliamentary reform (pp. 133-149). 1 The Parade West, Kent Town SA 5067: Wakefield Press. |
| 2003 | Hill, L. (2003). The hidden theology of Adam Smith. In Paul Oslington (Ed.), Economics and Religion (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics Series: 167) (pp. 292-320). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. |
| 2001 | Hill, L. (2001). A great leveller: Compulsory voting.. In M. Sawer (Ed.), Elections - Full, Free and Fair (pp. 129-141). Federation Press. |
| 2000 | Hill, L., & McCarthy, P. (2000). Hume Smith and Ferguson: Friendship in commercial society. In The Challenge to Friendship in Modernity (pp. 33-49). Great Britain: Frank Cass Publishers. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Koch, C., Grenfell, L., Spyrou, P., Hill, L., & Owens, R. (2024). Submission on the Inquiry into the potential for a Human Rights Act for South Australia. |
| 2023 | Koch, C., Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Louth, J., Olijnyk, A., Stubbs, M., & Sumner AM, U. M. M. (2023). Submission on the draft Bill for a First Nations Voice to South Australia’s Parliament. |
| 2021 | Hill, L., Baltutis, R., & Douglass, M. (2021). South Australia’s Truth in Election Advertising Laws: Basis for a Model for the Rest of Australia?. L. Hill. |
| 2020 | Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Koch, C., McIntyre, J., Neudorf, L., Olijnyk, A., . . . Spyrou, P. (2020). Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19. |
| 2020 | Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Koch, C., McIntyre, J., Neudorf, L., Olijnyk, A., . . . Spyrou, P. (2020). Submission to the COVID-19 Response Committee. Adelaide. |
| 2019 | Hill, L., Coram, V., & Louth, J. (2019). An Exploration of Homelessness and Electoral Participation. A major report prepared for the Australian Electoral Commission.. South Australia: AEC. |
| Date | Project Number | Investigators | Funding Body | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2024 | DP220100002 | Jacqueline Broad, Lisa Hill and Diana Barnes | Australian Research Council | $275,000 |
| 2021-2025 | LP200200073 | Lisa Hill, Rodrigo Praino and the Victorian Electoral Commission | Australian Research Council | $260,000 |
| 2011 - 2017 | - | Associate investigator Lisa Hill | Centre of Excellence in the History of Emotions in Europe 1100-1800 | $24,250,000 |
| 2014 - 2016 | DP140102011 | Lisa Hill and Han Baltussen | Australian Research Council | $300,000 |
| 2012 - 2014 | DP120100940 | Lisa Hill | Australian Research Council | $115,000 |
| 2009 - 2010 | DP0985074 | Lisa Hill | Australian Research Council | $61,000 |
| 2008 | - | Lisa Hill and Ian Hall | University of Adelaide Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Hosting Conference Scheme | $3,900 |
| 2007 - 2009 | DP0770499 | Lisa Hill, Bruce Buchan, Wilf Prest | $170,000 | |
| 2007 | - | Lisa Hill, Ian Hall and Wilf Prest | Academy of Social Sciences Workshop Grant | $6,400 |
| 2003 - 2006 | - | Lisa Hill | ARC Large Industry Linkage Grant | $160,000 |
| 2001 - 2006 | - | Lisa Hill | ARC Five Year Discovery Fellowship | $470,000 |
| Date | Course Title | Course Level / Code |
|---|---|---|
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2022 |
Passions and Interests: the history of the legitimation of greed | 2/3 POLI 2107 |
| 2022 | Politics and Ethics in Public Policy: Masterclass in Public Policy | |
| 2022 | POLIR Honours Common Course | |
| 2022 | Justice, Virtue and the Good | 2/3 POLI 2106 |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | ‘All Wrongs to Right, All Rights to Share’: South Australia’s Single Taxers and the Politics of the Great Depression. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Tyler Robert Parsons |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Yolngu Laws of War | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | MAJ Karl Eiolf Vatzlavik |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | All Wrongs to Right, All Rights to Share: South Australias Single Taxers and the Politics of the Great Depression. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Tyler Robert Parsons |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Yolngu Laws of War | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | MAJ Karl Eiolf Vatzlavik |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Militant Democracy in Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Matthew James Bracken Nicoll |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Militant Democracy in Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Matthew James Bracken Nicoll |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | The Influence of Religion on the Voting Attitudes and Behaviour of Educated Middle-Class Electors in Bangladesh | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Arefa Sultana |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | The Influence of Religion on the Voting Attitudes and Behaviour of Educated Middle-Class Electors in Bangladesh | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Arefa Sultana |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Understanding and addressing invalid voting in Victoria | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Katharina Kretschmer |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Understanding and addressing invalid voting in Victoria | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Katharina Kretschmer |
| 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Classical Philosophy in Adam Smith's Political and Economic Thought | Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Philip Gibson Argenio |
| 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Classical Philosophy in Adam Smith's Political and Economic Thought | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Philip Gibson Argenio |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY 2013-2019: RECKONING WITH SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Nicholas Allan Falcinella |
| 2019 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | An Investigation into the Factors Influencing Women’s Descriptive Representation in the Republic of Maldives | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Fathimath Shafeega |
| 2018 - 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Hobbes and the Two Epicuruses: the Reception and Misunderstood Influence of Epicureanism in Early Modern Political Thought |
Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Eden Blazejak |
| 2016 - 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Future Benefits, Future Burdens: Age, Policy Attitudes and Values in Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Veronica Coram |
| 2015 - 2020 | Co-Supervisor | Philanthropy and Social Justice: Examining the Social Impact of Grant-Making by Philanthropic Institutions in Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mrs Zurina Simm |
| 2014 - 2018 | Principal Supervisor | NETWORK HOMOGENISATION & PARTY DISENGAGEMENT THE POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF POST-INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES: AN AUSTRALIAN CASE STUDY |
Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Jesse Erich Schultz Clark |
| 2013 - 2019 | Principal Supervisor | Cross–Party Collaboration in the Australian Federal Parliament: Testing the Limits of Institutional Constraints and Enabling Factors | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Miss Adele Klara Lausberg |
| 2012 - 2017 | Principal Supervisor | Honneth's Theory of Recognition: A More Hospitable Asylum Seeker Policy | Master of Philosophy | Master | Part Time | Mr Paul Relf-Christopher |
| 2011 - 2015 | Principal Supervisor | "Maore Farantsa": The Self Determination of Mayotte to become a Departement of France | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Robert William Alexander Crabtree |
| 2011 - 2018 | Co-Supervisor | Following in Scottish Footsteps: The Amalgamation Movement in English and Welsh Banking, 1870-1920 | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Philip Ritson |
| 2011 - 2019 | Principal Supervisor | Proportional Representation in Theory and Practice: The Australian Experience | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Glynn Evans |
| 2006 - 2011 | Co-Supervisor | Isaiah Berlin and the Problem of Counter-Enlightenment Liberalism | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Mark Bode |
| 2006 - 2010 | Co-Supervisor | The Utilitarian Imagination: An Inquiry into the Relationship between Character Formation, Moral Freedom and Social Reform in John Stuart Mill's Moral Science | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Alan Goldstone |
| 2006 - 2010 | Principal Supervisor | The Upper House Question: South Australian Bicameralism in Comparative Perspective | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Jordan Bastoni |
| 2005 - 2017 | Principal Supervisor | Beyond a Master or Slave Morality: An Engagement with Feminist Conceptions of Power | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Kylie Heneker |
| 2005 - 2007 | Principal Supervisor | The Dilemma of Praxis, Anarchism and Education: A Comparative Approach to Theory and Practice | Master of Arts | Master | Full Time | Mr Luke Trenwith |
| 2002 - 2005 | Co-Supervisor | Fairness and Unfairness in South Australian Elections | Master of Arts | Master | Part Time | Mr Glynn Evans |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - ongoing | Co-Chair | Rhodes Scholar of South Australia Selection Committee | Rhodes Scholarships | Australia |
| 2016 - ongoing | Co-Founder | Electoral Regulation and Research Network | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - ongoing | Board Member | Australian Journal of Political Science | - | Australia |
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