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The Department of Political and Social Change (PSC) is a leader in the training of the next generation of scholars in the field of Asian politics and society in Australia, offering world-class graduate research programs.

Our research

Our faculty, researchers and students grapple every day with the most pressing issues facing Asian politics and society. Our research strengthens links between industry, government and other research institutions around the world, placing our academic community at the forefront of international dialogue surrounding the key challenges of the region. Our research projects range from transitional justice in Cambodia and local politics in Southeast Asia, to election system redesign in the Philippines and women’s substantive representation in rural Chinese community government.

Publications

Our faculty, researchers and students grapple every day with the most pressing issues facing Asian politics and society. Our research strengthens links between industry, government and other research institutions around the world, placing our academic community at the forefront of international dialogue surrounding the key challenges of the region. 

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Ginkgo Village provides an original and powerfully intimate bottom-up perspective on China’s recent tumultuous history.
Myanmar: A Political Lexicon book cover
Across sixteen entries the lexicon stages dialogues about political speech and action in this country at the nexus of South, East and Southeast Asia.
The Coalitions Presidents Make: Presidential Power and Its Limits in Democratic Indonesia
How Indonesia has turned its volatile post-authoritarian presidential system into one of the world's most stable.