Ariadne Vromen

Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration and Deputy Dean (Research)
Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Ariadne is the Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration and Deputy Dean (Research) at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.

Her research interests are quite diverse, and include: citizen engagement, digital politics and governance, women and the future of work, policy advocacy, and young people and politics. She is about to start an ARC Linkage project ‘Designing Gender Equality into the Future of Work’ that will contrast change and technological disruption in the retail and legal industries. She is also currently working with long-term collaborators on two books: one on online petitions, citizen engagement and politics; the other on storytelling and policy advocacy.

But underpinning all of her research areas is an interest in political equality and social justice – and these core questions of redistribution and recognition will be even more important to address for both post-COVID-19 policymaking and civil society organising.

From this author

Inclusive and workplace acceptance of refugees
Partnering for refugee employment

When considering their talent pipelines, few companies think outside-of-the-box. Most refugees flourish in the workplace, and so do the businesses that hire them.

SDG 16
Institutional investors demand a more sustainable capitalism

Honey gathering is a solitary job in Indigenous communities. The collector then shares the honey with their community but refrains from joining in the honey feast themself. The idea is that the gathering is not about their gratification, it’s about their contribution to the collective.  

SDG15 Bushfires
Optimisation model as a guide to burning forests to save forests

Setting fire to parts of a forest to save it might seem counterintuitive to urban communities. There is no equivalent of torching a few streets to protect a suburb. However, amongst First Nations people in Australia, hazard reduction burning is a well-established practice.

SDG13 - coal mining
Net zero now – it’s the economy AND the planet

In Australia, as elsewhere, the climate wars have focused on the climate versus jobs dichotomy. Yet while Australia remains highly dependent on fossil fuel extraction for its national economic prosperity it has also become increasingly unequal in its distribution of that wealth.