Dr Nick Economou
Nick Economou is currently a lecturer in politics in the School of Political and Social Inquiry. He has a BA Honours,MA and PhD in political science from the University of Melbourne.
His previous teaching experience includes sessional tutoring at the University of Melbourne and the former Swinburne Institute of Technology, and lecturing at Swinburne and the former Gippsland Institute of Advanced education (now Monash Gippsland). He was also the Monash University Lecturer in Australian Studies at the Sir Robert Menzies Centre, London University, between 1995 and 1996.
Nick has also had extensive experience as a media commentator on Australian politics generally, and Victorian state politics in particular. He has been published in a number of newspapers, and has done commentary work on behalf of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Nick's research interests are in Australian politics, with particular emphasis on the politics of Australian environmentalism, the politics of federal and state elections and the politics of Australian public policy-making.
Nick's recent publications include:
- Nicholas Economou "Labor and the environment: greening the workers' party? in John Warhurst and Andrew Parkin (eds) The Machine: Labor Confronts the Future Allen and Unwin, Sydney 2000
- Nicholas Economou "Backwards into the Future: National Policy Making, Devolution and the Rise and Fall of the Environment in Ken Walker and Kate Crowley (eds) Australian Environmental Policy II: Studies in Decline and Devolution UNSW Press, Sydney 1999
- Nicholas Economou "Corporatising Conservation:Environment Policy under the Kennett Revolution" in Brian Costar and Nicholas Economou (eds) The Kennett Revolution: Victorian Politics in the 1990s UNSW Press, Sydney 1999
- Leanne White and Nicholas Economou "The Fourth Estate and the Kennett Government" in Brian Costar and Nicholas Economou (eds) The Kennett Revolution: Victorian Politics in the 1990s UNSW Press, Sydney 1999
- Nicholas Economou and Brian Costar "The Electoral Contest and Coalition Dominance 1992-1996" in Brian Costar and Nicholas Economou (eds) The Kennett Revolution: Victorian Politics in the 1990s UNSW Press, Sydney 1999
- Nicholas Economou "The Politics of Citizenship: Identity, Ethnicity and Race" in Alan Fenna (ed) Introduction to Australian Public Policy Addison Wesley Longman, Melbourne 1998
- Alan Fenna and Nicholas Economou "Green Politics and Environmental Policy in Australia" in Alan Fenna (ed) Introduction to Australian Public Policy Addison Wesley Longman, Melbourne 1998
Postgraduate Supervision
Zareh Ghazarian (PhD)
Thesis Title: Minor details? A comparative study of minor parties in the Australian Senate
Supervisors: Dr Nick Economou