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Personal profile
Biography
Marija Taflaga a lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations and the Director of the Center for the Study of Australian Politics.
Marija researches Australian politics in comparison with other Westminster nations and also undertakes research in Australian political history. Her research examines political parties’ relationship with parliament and the executive. Marija is interested in how institutional design impacts upon outcomes. For example, how do like political parties institutionalise policy making processes and learn over time and how to candidate selection rules effect women’s capacity to enter parliament.
Recently, she has also begun researching in the area of the career paths of political elites. Here the aim is to understand how previous career experience within fields closely related to politics (eg. political advising) impacts upon prospective politicians’ overall success in elected politics.
Her Research has been published in Political Studies, International Political Science Review, Australian Journal of Political Science and the Australian Journal of Politics and History.
Qualifications
PhD
Research Interests
I undertake research in the areas of:
- Comparative Political Parties
- Comparative Political Elites
- Australian Politics
- Australian Political History
- Gender and politics
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it
Dowding, K. & Taflaga, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Australian Journal of Public Administration.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Evolving the party system
Ryan, J., Robertson, J., Taflaga, M. & Kenny, M., 25 Sept 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Audio/Visual Format
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Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: A question of recognition
Rothwell, D. R., Taflaga, M. & Kenny, M., 10 Jul 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Audio/Visual Format
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Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Dangerous allies
Taflaga, M. & Kenny, M., 30 Jan 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Audio/Visual Format
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Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Do unto others
Pickering, P., Taflaga, M. & Kenny, M., 13 Feb 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Audio/Visual Format
Projects
- 3 Active
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Australian Parliamentary Speech: How Deliberative? How Representative?
Taflaga, M., Benoit, K. & Dowding, K.
15/12/23 → 14/12/26
Project: Research
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How politicians evaluate public opinion
Werner, A., Dumont, P. & Taflaga, M.
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Pathways to Power: Australian Political Careers
Dowding, K., Halpin, D., Kerby, M. & Taflaga, M.
1/07/21 → 30/12/24
Project: Research