Rick Kuhn: curriculum vitae

Contents

Date of birth

18/9/1955

Academic qualifications

19 April 1986 PhD University of Sydney
23 May 1979 BA (Hons) in Politics (Class 1 awarded) Macquarie University
13 May 1977 BEc University of Sydney

PhD Thesis Title

‘Paradise on the Installment Plan: The Economic Thought of the Australian Labour Movement between the Depression and the Long Boom’

Main research interests

Present appointment

since 2006 Reader, School of Politics and International Relations, Research School of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University (tenured)

Previous appointments

1995-2005 Senior lecturer in political science, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University
1987-1995 Lecturer, Political Science Department Faculty of Arts, Australian National University (1987 one year contract, 1988-1989 two year contract, 1990 tenure-track, January 1991 tenure)
1985-86 initially Senior Research Officer then, Project Officer, Senior Project Officer and Acting Principal Project Officer, Bureau of Industry Economics
1982 Part-time Tutor, Department of Government, University of Sydney
1981-1982 Senior Research Officer, Bureau of Industry Economics
1980-81 Research Officer Grade 2, Bureau of Industry Economics
1979-80 Clerk Class 5, Economic Analysis Section, National Energy Office, including a period as Acting Senior Research Officer
1979 Administrative Trainee, Australian Public Service
1978 Part-time Assistant Lecturer, School of Politics, History and Philosophy, Macquarie University
Part-time Tutor, Department of General Studies, University of NSW
1977 Research Assistant, Secretariat (Williams Federal Government) Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training

Awards and grants

2007 Winner of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize
Delivered Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Lecture, ‘Economic crisis, Henryk Grossman and the responsibility of socialists’ School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 7 November 2008. Recording of lecture, discussion.
2003 ACT Trades and Labour Council May Day Award, ‘In recognition of his significant contribution to improving and advancing the social and industrial conditions of ACT workers’
1999 Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst Grant, to undertake research in Germany
1996-1997 Australian Research Council small grant for work on Henryk Grossmann
1991 Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst Grant, to undertake research in Germany
1991 Australian National University Individual Initiatives Scheme Grant, to undertake studies in Germany
1988-1990 Australian National University Faculties Research Grant for work on the economic ideas of the Australian labour movement since World War II
1983 Australian Public Service Postgraduate Study Award
1982 Sydney University Postgraduate Scholarship
1982 Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award, University of Sydney
1975 Japan Foundation Exchange Student

Learned societies

Courses currently taught

Media commentary since 2000

on Australian, German, Austrian and international politics and political economy, and fascism
12/12/11 Jacob Greber ‘Gillard promotes Shorten to Workplace Minister’ Bloomberg and elsewhere
24/11/11 possible breakup of the Euro zone, ‘Afternoons with Richard Stubbs’, 774 ABC Melbourne
15/11/11 the German economy, ‘Afternoons with Richard Stubbs’, 774 ABC Melbourne
1/11/11 the Occupy Movement, ‘Razor Sharp’ 3KND
20/10/11 Robert Fenner ‘Gillard should keep out of Qantas, BHP Billiton strikes, unions chief says’ Bloomberg
20/9/2011 Qantas strike ABC Gold Coast Mornings ABC Radio Gold Coast
9-9-11 ‘How has 9/11 changed the world? The “counter-terrorism industry”’ Connect Asia, Radio Australia
3-9-11 Gemma Daley ‘Gillard “not going anywhere” amid resignation call reports’ Bloomberg
19-7-11 ‘Democratic Labor Party returns to the Senate’ Bush telegraph, ABC Radio National ’
11-7-11 Gemma Daley ‘Gillard in “uphill battle” amid opposition to Australia carbon tax plan’ Bloomberg. Also BusinessWeek 11 July 2011
10-7-11 Inman Michael ‘Living in this dangerous time’ Canberra times, p . 19
5-4-11 Shani Raja and Gemma Daley ‘Singapore Exchange’s $7.9 Billion Takeover of ASX Is on Brink of Collapse’ Bloomberg
8-3-11 Gemma Daley ‘Australia Labor government support drops to record on climate change plan’ Bloomberg
27-1-11 Rachel Pannett and James Glynn ‘Australia proposes $1.8 billion flood tax’ Wall Street journal and elsewhere through Dow Jones
24-11-10 A book looking into claims Labor are torn between their working class base and big business was launched at the ANU last night. Dr Rick Kuhn, ANU says there have been inconsistencies with the Labor Party. News FM104.7 (Canberra), 07:30, repeated 08:30
23-11-10 Dr Rick Kuhn's book, Labor’s Conflict: Big Business, Workers and the Politics of Class has been released tonight. Kuhn, from the ANU, says some who supported the Howard Coalition may have been former Labor voters. News 2CC (Canberra), 17:30, repeated 18:00
23-11-10 Interview with Mike Welsh Drive 2CC (Canberra) 16:22
5-4-11 Shani Raja and Gemma Daley ‘Singapore Exchange’s $7.9 billion takeover of ASX Is on brink of collapse’, Bloomberg, accessed on 6 April 2011
16-11-10 Gemma Daley ‘BHP, Rio called to testify to Australia Senate Committee over resource tax’, Bloomberg, accessed on 17 November 2010; also San Francisco chronicle, accessed on 17 November 2010
6-10-10 ACTU President Ged Kearney’s National Press Club address News WIN Canberra
6-10-10 ACTU President Ged Kearney’s National Press Club address Drive ABC News Radio
2-10-10 Meredith Griffiths ‘Germany to pay off WW1 debt’ AM Radio National, accessed on 2 October 2010
18-8-10 Ben Schneiders and Royce Millar ‘Parliament lacks biodiversity as gene pool shrinks’, Age, p. 6
31-7-10 Candice Zachariahs ‘Abbott overtakes Gillard in pre-ballot Australia poll’ Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, accessed on 30 November 2010
27-7-10 Marion Rae ‘Gillard’s lead slips as voters in Australia back Abbott on economy issues’ Bloomberg, accessed on 27 July 2010
16-7-10 Gemma Daley and Marion Rae ‘Gillard to call Australian vote for Aug. 28, ABC Says’ BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, accessed on 17 July 2010
14-7-10 Gemma Daley and Marion Rae ‘Gillard shows cleaning government isn’t only men’s work as PM’ Bloomberg, accessed on 16 July 2010
28-6-10 Marion Rae ‘Australia’s Gillard excludes Rudd from her cabinet’ Bloomberg, accessed 29 June 2010;
25-6-10 interview on Julia Gillard’s accession as prime minister Wochenjournal SBS Radio
23-6-10 Michael Perry ‘Strong economy may save PM Rudd at Australia polls’ Reuters, accessed 24 June 2010; Kuwait times , accessed 24 June 2010; etc
10-5-10 Marion Rae and Gemma Daley ‘Rudd may tout Australia budget success amid poll drop’ Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, accessed 19 May 2010
29-4-10 James Grubel ‘Australian tax changes may target mining, savings’ Reuters, accessed 19 May 2010 /‘Miners fear tax grab in Henry review’ Sydney morning herald 30 April 2010, accessed 19 May 2010
11-1-10 Ruth Lamperd ‘Are Victorians racist?’ Herald Sun
22-12-09 James Grubel ‘Australia backs carbon plan, early poll chances cool’ Reuters
2-12-09 Rob Taylor ‘Australia carbon laws fail, election possible’ Reuters
15-6-09 James Grubel ‘Australian unions boost campaign against Rudd laws’ Reuters, and elsewhere (1, 2), accessed 16 June 2009
13-5-09 Jacob Greber and Gemma Daley ‘Australia Faces Record Deficits, Unemployment Rises (Update1)’ Bloomberg
23-2-09 Mark Bendeich ‘Australia PM faces elections in home state’ Reuters; International herald tribune
23-10-08 ‘Concern over possible long-term effects of financial crisis’ News Feature SBS Radio
14-6-08 Ross Peake ‘Domestic lures in Rudd’s catch’ Canberra times p. B04
15-5-08 Andrew Fraser ‘Sydney mortgages helped set family tax benefit cut-off’ Canberra times p. 6
4-5-08 ‘Paris May 1968’ RearVision ABC Radio National
1-5-08 ‘Austria's image tarnished by cellar revelations’ PM ABC Radio National
10-4-08 Kevin Rudd in China Newsline Radio Singapore International
28-11-07 Raphael Minder ‘Factory worker who became a hero for asbestos victims’ Financial times p. 3
22-11-07 Gemma Daley ‘Howard’s labor laws work against him in Australian campaign’, Bloomberg
4-11-07 Tracy Withers ‘Australia’s Howard trails McKew in Bennelong seat’, Bloomberg
31-10-07 Claire Low ‘Young not troubled by unions, panel says’ Canberra times p. 6
30-10-07 Industrial relations, ‘The devil’s advocate debate 1’ Canberra times and Australian National University, with Lindy Edwards, Bob Gregory, moderated by Kate Hannon
26-10-07 Leah Ginnivan ‘Labor and the unions’ Electiontracker
19-10-07 Jewel Topsfield, with Katharine Murphy and Ben Doherty ‘PM forced to defend role of unions’ Age p. 9
30-9-07 ‘Countdown to election play’ Canberra times p. 21
29-9-07 Danielle Cronin ‘Rudd defies factions to choose his own team’ Canberra times p. 3
21-8-07 Kevin Rudd’s strip joint excursion WIN news WIN Television, Canberra
7-8-07 Victoria Batchelor and Gemma Daley ‘Australia probably will raise key rate to 11-year high of 6.5%’, Bloomberg
28-6-07 James Glynn ‘July is crunch time for rates’, DowJones Newswires
21-6-07 Expulsion of union officials from the Labor Party, Lindy Burns ‘Drive’, ABC 774 Melbourne
9-6-07 Andrew Fraser ‘Labor rejects “robust” Keating’s latest spray’ Canberra times, p. 3
8-6-07 Transformation of the Labor Party, Matthew Perkins ‘Morning magazine ‘Morning magazine’ 6RTR, Perth
27-5-07 Student politics, Emily Sherlock ‘Pressures curb protest’ Canberra times pp. 23-24
3-5-07 Resignation pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, Radio Singapore International
11-9-06 Nielson Poll results, 3 Triple R radio, Melbourne
10-9-06 Rod McGuirk ‘Australian right-wing party seen as spent force despite lawmaker's election win’ Associated Press
9-9-06 Elicia Murray ‘Tune in, log on and take a stand’ Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald
10-7-06 Liberal leadership conflict, Fergus Maguire ‘Australian leadership tensions rise on disputed deal’ Bloomberg
8-7-06 ACT school closures, Elizabeth Bellamy ‘Seven schools may be spared’ Canberra times p. 1
6-06 Sukrit Sabhlok and Lefa Singleton ‘V for voluntary: voluntary student unionism: visonary, or just a political vendetta?’ The big issue 253, 8-23 May 2006 p. 16
17-4-06 AWB scandal, Ed Johnson ‘Australia's wheat-for-weapons scandal puts PM in hot seat’ Globe and mail Toronto
2-4-06 Kim Beazley's leadership of the Labor Party, Jason Koutsoukis ‘How do you solve a problem like Kim Beazley?’ Sunday age pp. 11-12
19-11-05 industrial relations reform, Nick O'Malley and Damien Murphy 'Given their marching orders' Sydney morning herald p. 28
19-9-05 German election results, News SBS Radio; World News CNBC Asia TV
6-05 Government agenda on winning control of Senate, Kelsey Munro ‘The tipping point’ Rolling stone Australia pp. 30-32
23-2-05 dispatch of more Australian troops to Iraq, Derryn Hinch show 3AW, Melbourne
27-1-05 Labor leadership, MMM Radio, Brisbane
21-1-05 Labor leadership, Bloomberg
11-10-04 the Coalition’s 4th term agenda, Bloomberg
9-10-04 federal elections, Ross Peake ‘PM edges ahead in marginal moods’ Canberra Times
20-9-04 Virginia Marsh and Victor Mallet ‘Confident Costello shrugs off treasurer’s unpopularity’ Financial Times
23-7-04 Flood report on Australian intelligence about Iraq, ‘Australia PM stakes political future on Iraq war’ Reuters
7-6-04 Peter Garrett’s ALP candidacy ‘Graeme Gilbert Talk Tonight’ 2SM/Supernetwork
22-4-04 Labor’s electoral prospects Bloomberg TV
2-12-03 Australian Labor Party leadership ballot, Bloomberg
13-11-03 PM Howard’s popularity since the invasion of Iraq Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (radio)
17-6-03 Australisches Militarismus ‘German program’ SBS Radio
30-4-03 New European military arrangements ‘World View’ SBS Radio
20-3-03 Stalin und Stalinismus ‘German program’ SBS Radio
24-3-03 the Bush-Blair-Aznar Azores summit ‘World View’ SBS Radio
4-2-02 German State elections ‘World View’ SBS Radio
25-11-02 Austrian elections ‘World View’ SBS Radio
23-9-02 German Federal elections ABC radio Canberra 666
8-9-02 ‘Germany and the Gypsies’ The Europeans Radio National
27-6-02 World.com collapse 2XX FM
22-4-02 Le Pen’s success in the first round of the French Presidential elections SBS TV 6.30 news
21-2-02 the Hollingworth affiar, John Stanley program, 2UE
6-12-01 the ALP's relationship with the trade unions, Queensland regional ABC radio stations
2-12-01 the ALP's relationship with the trade unions, Kerry-Anne Walsh ‘Why ALP reform will be Crean’s first test’ Sunday Telegraph p. 101
1-11-01 Australian federal elections, Radio Singapore International
6-9-01 Australian national anthems and racism Morning Show Triple J
24-8-01 the Singtel takeover of Optus Australia, Radio Singapore International
28-3-01 ‘DLP Death’ Radio National Breakfast
8-3-01 the Howard Government's prospects after the Qld and WA elections and the economic slowdown, Singapore News Radio 93.8 FM
22-2-01 Australian politics after the WA and Qld elections 2BS
17-2-00 Austrian politics, Peter Clarke Show, ABC 3LO
10-2-00 fascism and racism in Europe SBS TV news
3-1-00 fascism and the new government in Austria SBS TV news
3-1-00 fascism and the new government in Austria 2CN

Other service and outreach

Co-editor

2008 to date Marxist interventions

Editorial board memberships

2009 to date Marxism 21 Advisory editorial board
2007 to date Revolutionary history International editorial board
2005 to date Debatte: journal of contemporary Central and Eastern Europe Editorial board
1999 to 2009 New political science Editorial board

Refereeing for journals

2011 Focus on German studies
2008 Journal of Australian political economy
2008 Humanities Research
2008 Cambridge review of international affairs
2006 Borderlands
2006 Journal of Australian political economy
2004 Journal of evolutionary economics
2003 Journal of Australian political economy
1999 Historical materialism
1998 Journal of Australian political economy
1990 Australian journal of political science
1989 Politics

External examiner

2010 PhD examiner for University of Otago
2008 PhD examiner for Southern Cross University
2006 Honours external assessor for University of Otago
2003 Honours examiner for University of Western Sydney
2002 PhD examiner for Charles Sturt University
2001 PhD thesis adjudicator (between conflicting examiners' reports) for Monash University
2001 PhD thesis examiner for the University of New South Wales
2000 Honours examiner for Griffith University
1997 MA examiner for Curtin University
1994 MA examiner for University of Otago
1993 MA examiner for University of Melbourne
1992 MA examiner for Monash University
1990 PhD examiner for Griffith University

Conference etc. organisation

2002 Convenor Resistance and class stream, Australiasian Political Studies Association APSA50 Conference, Canberra, 2-4 Octobe
2000 Convenor Politics of struggle and resistance stream, Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Canberra, 3-6 October
1994 Convenor of the International Political Science Association Study Group on the Foundations of Economic and Political Democracy Special Session at the IPSA Congress
1994 Convenor of ‘Capitalist Restructuring and Resistance’ conference Berlin 20 August
1993 Organisation, with Karis Muller, of a series of five public lectures at the ANU during September and October 1993 by prominent German academics

Professional associations

2006- Member Executive Board Research Committee 49, ‘Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy’ of the International Political Science Association
1995-1997 Secretary of International Political Science Association Study Group on the Foundations of Economic and Political Democracy/Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy
1994 Founding Co-convenor of the International Political Science Association Study Group on the Foundations of Economic and Political Democracy
1992 Initiated inaugural meeting of Socialist Political Scientists’ Network at Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, subsequently its convenor and editor of its newsletter

Links with school education

2001 'People who made Australia what it is today', presentation to ACT Principals' Breakfast Seminar, 8 June 2001
2000 'Politics and democracy' presentation to year 6, Aranda Primary School, 25 May 2000
2000  ‘Teaching about unions’ workshop for ACT Teachers’ SOSE Summer School, University of Canberra 25 January 2000
2000 'Politics and democracy' presentation to year 6, Aranda Primary School, 25 May 2000
1999 Coordinator and administrator of the teacher professional development course ‘Civics, democracy and politics’ 7-9 April 1999
1999 '‘Obstacles to fairness: oppression under capitalism’ workshop for ACT Teachers’ SOSE Summer School, University of Canberra 27 January 1999
1998 Coordinator and administrator of the teacher professional development course ‘Civics, democracy and politics’ 14-17 April 1998
1997 Initiated and coordinated Department’s successful proposal to offer an in-service training course on Civics, Democracy and Politics for ACT teachers
1997 Consultant to ACT Discovering Democracy Profession Development Committee (ACT Department of Education and Community Development)

Briefings

2003, 2000
1997, 1995
and 1993		 Australian Political Exchange Council Delegation to Germany
1998 Managers of Discovering Democracy Academic Consortium on technical internet issues

Professional commissions

1990 Commissioned to interview Professor E. L. Wheelwright by the National Library of Australia’s Oral History Section

Other professional activities and invitations

2008 Reviewer for Pearson Australia
2007-2008 Reviewer for Cambridge University Press
2004 Member of Australian selection panel for German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarships
2003 Briefing for Australian Political Exchange Council Delegation to Germany
2003 Member of Australian selection panel for German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarships
1998 Chair International Perspectives session of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and the future of Australian politics Symposium, 17 July 1998, Australian National University
1997 Reviewer for World Scientific Publishing, Singapore
1996 Reviewer for Allen & Unwin
1994-1995 Established web sites Political science in Australia and The Marxism page
1994 Invited participant in German-Australian cultural relations Since 1947 conference sponsored by the German Government Brisbane 20-23 September 1994, presenting paper ‘The political economy of restructuring in Germany and Australia during the 1980s and 1990s: a comparison’
1993 Participated, on invitation of the German Ambassador, in discussions with the President of Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker, on German-Australian Scientific and Cultural Relations
1992 Invited discussant for a paper on ‘Germany Writers and the European Community’ at the Humanities Research Centre conference ‘Europe: Representations of Change’ 6-10 July
1992-1995 invited participant in Evatt Foundation [a union oriented think tank] Oval Table discussions
1990 Commissioned to interview Professor E. L. Wheelwright by the National Library of Australia’s Oral History Section

Guest lectures

2005 'Marxism' for Ideas in Politics
2004 'Marxism' for Ideas in Politics
2003 'Marxism' for Ideas in Politics
2002 Debate on Marxism for Ideas in Politics
2001 Debate on Marxism for Ideas in Politics
2000 Debate on Marxism for Ideas in Politics
1999 'Lenin and the Russian Revolution' for Russian History (Australian Defence Force Academy)
1999 ‘What is the ALP?’ for Introduction to Politics
1999 'Marxism' for Ideas in Politics
1998 ‘What is the ALP?’ for Introduction to Politics
1997 ‘The Radical Left’ for Australian Political Parties
1996 ‘The Left in Europe’ for Introduction to Contemporary Europe
1994 ‘Marx’ for Modern European Culture and Theory
1994 ‘The Left in Europe’ and ‘The Extreme Right in Europe’ for Introduction to Contemporary Europe
1994 ‘Political Economy’ for Social Science Approaches to Health, a NCEPH Grad Dip course
1994 ‘Marxism’ for Political Science 1
1993 ‘The Left in Europe’ and ‘The Extreme Right in Europe’ for Introduction to Contemporary Europe
1993 ‘The Fascist Right in Germany’ for The Shaping of Contemporary Europe
1993 ‘Marxism’ for Political Science 1
1993 ‘Marx’ two lectures for Modern European Culture and Theory
1993 ‘Class Analysis and Social Movements’ for New Social Movements
1993 ‘Fascism in Germany Today’ special lecture at Suffolk University, Boston
1992 ‘The Nature of the Labor Party’ and ‘A Defence of Marxism’ and ‘Marx’s Thought’ for Political Science 1
‘The Left in Europe’ and ‘The Extreme Right in Europe’ for Introduction to Contemporary Europe
‘Marxism’ and ‘Historical Materialism’ for Honours IV seminar
‘Marxism and Democracy’ for Introduction to Political Science at University of Canberra
‘International Relations and Marxism’ for International Politics
‘Contemporary Fascism in Germany’ for The Shaping of Contemporary Europe
1991 ‘The Nature of the Labor Party’ for Political Science 1
‘The labour theory of value’ (2 lectures) for Taxation Law
‘Marxism’ for Honours IV seminar

Administration

January 2011 to date Director of PhD Studies, School of Politics and International Relations
January 2011 to date Convenor Graduate Program in Political Science and International Relations, ANU
25 September to 3 October 2008, 13 to 31 January 2009, 24 February-1 March 2009 Acting Head of School of Social Sciences
July to September 2008 Member of selection committee for ANU 8 position in Chifley Library
2005 to 2010 Member Postgraduate Fieldwork Committee, Faculty of Arts
2003 to date Member Social Sciences Library Advisory Committee
2006 Acting Head, School of Social Sciences for brief periods
2005-2006 Convenor, Political Science and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts
1996 to 2005 Postgraduate convenor for political science and international relations in the Faculty of Arts
2005 Member Working Party for the revision of the ANU’s Code of Practice on Academic Honesty in Learning and Teaching
1998, 2003-2004 For periods, Acting Convenor Graduate Program in Political Science and International Relations
1987 to 2002 Computer systems advisor, Department of Political Science
2002 Liaison committee for lecturer level B post
2001 Acting Convenor of Political Science
1991 to 2000 Convenor Political Economy Program Major
2000 Selection committee for lecturer level B post
1999 Acting Head of Department of Political Science (briefly)
1993 to 1995 Member of Faculty of Arts Social Sciences Curriculum Committee
1995 Participated in ANU discussions with Director of the Australian Studies Centre in Potsdam
1995 Participated in ANU discussions with representatives of the University of Vienna on exchange relationships
1994 Member of selection committee for computer manager, Faculty of Arts
1987-1992 Member Faculty of Arts Social Sciences Studies Committee
1992 Member Faculty of Arts European Studies Committee
1988-1989 Library liaison person, Department of Political Science

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