Former Head of the Political Science Program, RSSS, ANU and Leader, Democratic Audit of Australia. Was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1994 'for services to women and to political science' and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1996. Leader Parliamentary Reform stream, 20/20 Summit 2008. Awarded the Australian Political Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.

Member of the International Political Science Association Executive and Co-Editor, International Political Science Review 2012–2021.

Program Co-Chair, World Congress of Political Science, Poznan 2016. Member, Local Organising Committee, World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane 2018. Judge, IPSA Wilma Rule Award 2006–

Chair, Social Sciences Editorial Board, ANU Press 2010–15, member 2016–

Member, Editorial Boards of Australian Journal of Politics and History, Australian Journal of Political Science, Australasian Parliamentary Review, Democratic Theory, European Political Science Review, International Political Science Review. 

Member, Gender Statistics Advisory Group, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010–

Research Affiliate, Global Institute for Women's Leadership (ANU)

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MA, PhD, AO, FASSA

Democratic theory and practice, electoral administration, gender politics and policy, social liberalism, intersection of social movements and the state.