It's the most wonderful time of the year..... Every two years, Australia's Electoral Regulation Research Network (ERRN) holds a national forum, where colleagues from electoral commissions, academics and our allies get together and think about things. Ferran Martinez i Coma ERRN panel setting with Sven Bluemmel, Victorian Electoral Commissioner, and Tom Daly, ERRN Director It … Continue reading Electoral Regulation Research Network Forum 2024
The more I read, the more there is to do. I love a rabbit hole at the best of times: reading just one article leads to an author I'd not heard of, which leads to a series of books, then a podcast. This project is no different. Each organisation I learn about leads to an … Continue reading the research begins
I've been spending the last month networking, in real life and online. The start of one's Churchill Fellowship also involves a lot of admin rather than intellectual effort: before I can get to the "real work" of intellectual effort, there are forms to be filled out, travel to be arranged, meetings to be agreed upon. … Continue reading settling into my part-time job
It was a full and exciting two days in Canberra last week, immersed in all things Churchill Fellowship with my fellow 2024 Churchill Fellows - all 108 of us! Our onboarding started with a welcome dinner and networking event. Our key note speaker was the inspiring Katrina Marson who spoke powerfully about the need for … Continue reading Churchill Fellowship onboarding
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