John Uhr

John Uhr is Professor of Political Science at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He was formerly Director of the Centre for the Study of Australian Politics, of the Policy and Governance Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, and of the Parliamentary Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He teaches two courses in political theory, namely, ancient classical political theory and the history of modern political theory. He has published...See more

John Uhr is Professor of Political Science at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He was formerly Director of the Centre for the Study of Australian Politics, of the Policy and Governance Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, and of the Parliamentary Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He teaches two courses in political theory, namely, ancient classical political theory and the history of modern political theory. He has published Deliberative Democracy in Australia (1998), Terms of Trust (2005), Prudential Public Leadership (2015), and co-edited and contributed to Public Leadership (2008), How Power Changes Hands (2011), Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric (2014), and Eureka: Australia's Greatest Story (2015). See less