Jonathan Pickering

Jonathan is an Assistant Professor in the Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, where he teaches International Relations. Previously he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (2015-19) at the University of Canberra, where he worked with Professor John Dryzek on his Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship project, ‘Deliberative Worlds: Democracy, Justice and a Changing Earth System’.

He completed his PhD in philosophy at the Australian National University, graduating in 2014. His thesis explored opportunities for reaching a fair agreement between developing and developed countries in global climate change negotiations. Before joining the University of Canberra he taught climate and environmental policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU (2011-14), and was a Visiting Fellow at the Development Policy Centre at ANU from 2014-19.

Jonathan’s research interests include the ethical and political dimensions of global climate change policy, global environmental governance, development policy and ethics, and global justice.

He has a Masters' degree in development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and undergraduate degrees in arts and law from the University of Sydney. Previously he worked as a policy and program manager with the Australian Government's international development assistance program (AusAID, 2003-09).

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