Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


   Dr. Andrew Vandenberg

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Position Senior Lecturer
Email andrew.vandenberg@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone +61 3 522 73371
Campus Geelong
Location Waurn Ponds (Room ic2.406
Role and profile Dr Andrew Vandenberg has published on economic rationalism, social democracy,
online learning, terrorism, social movement unionism, and contentious politics. He
has edited Citizenship and Democracy in a Global Era (2000 Macmillan) and Cultural
Citizenship and the Challenges of Globalisation (2010 Hampton). He is currently
completing an ARC Linkage Grant in partnership with the Australian Council of
Trade Unions, about networked computers and unionism. At Deakin he teaches
units on democratisation, democratic governance, democracy and citizenship, and
comparative politics.

Areas of Supervision

  • Ideologies
  • Political parties and social movements
  • Political economy of unionism
  • Democratisation, democracy, and citizenship
    • Teaching responsibilities AIP 205 Democracy and Citizenship, AIP207 Political Parties and Social
    Movements    , AIP307 Comparative Politics
    Master of Politics and
    Policy, AIP746 Democratic Governance
    Research interests
  • Social movements, unionism, comparative studies, and Swedish politics
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    Current research projects 1) Trade Unions, Globalisation, and Networked Computers
    2) Democratising governance
    Service to the University,
    discipline or community      		 Discipline convenor of Politics and Policy Studies
    Co-chair of Paideia, Australia
    Member of Geelong Trades Hall Choir
    Qualifications Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Macquarie University
    Graduate Diploma of Social Science, University of Stockholm
    Test in Swedish for University Studies (Rikstestet), University of Stockholm
    Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
    Research link View Deakin associated research data
    Additional URLs

    Link to Paideia Australia

    Link to Geelong Trades Hall

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    22nd April 2013