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Michael de Percy (born 1970) is an Australian academic and political scientist who is a senior lecturer in political science in the Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society at the University of Canberra in Australia. According to Toby James, de Percy co-developed theoretical tools which show how technological and institutional legacies limited the policy options available to deploy new communications technologies in Australia and Canada. He was among the people who supported change in the Australian Broadcasting Legislation amendment in 2017. In 2022 de Percy was appointed to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts.

Career[edit]

Research[edit]

De Percy's PhD thesis, supervised by John Wanna, developed a model of path-dependent, punctuated equilibrium[1] to facilitate process tracing in a comparison of communications technology policy outcomes in Canada and Australia. He further expanded the research with his article in Policy Studies to also identify policy regimes.[2]

Publications[edit]

De Percy has co-edited scholarly works on transportation policy,[3] public administration,[4] and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign aid and international relations.[5] His other works include telecommunications policy in Australia[6][7] and Canada,[8] transport policy,[9][10] models of government-business relations,[11] populism,[12], institutional exhaustion [13] and political leadership.[14]

Industry Engagement[edit]

De Percy serves with industry bodies in the transport, telecommunications, and energy sectors. He is the Chairman of the ACT and Southern NSW Chapter of CILTA,[15] and the Vice President of the Telecommunications Association (TelSoc).[16] He is a member of the Australian Nuclear Association.[17] De Percy collaborated with the Australian Civil-Military Centre on a project on Syrian refugee women in Jordan and Lebanon, where he co-authored three commissioned occasional papers.[18]

Teaching[edit]

De Percy teaches political science subjects, and has edited and written several books and scholarly articles on the topic.[19] He also teaches leadership in the University of Canberra's MBA program. He maintains a blog on his research and political commentary, Le Flaneur Politique.[20]

Political Commentary[edit]

De Percy is a conservative political commentator and his articles appear weekly in The Spectator Australia and he provoides political commentary each fortnight on Spectator Australia TV. He is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon[21] and served as an army officer before becoming an academic.

Fellowships and appointments[edit]

De Percy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and a Member of the Royal Society of New South Wales.[22] He is the Public Policy Editor of the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy.[23] In 2022, he was appointed to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts.[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "De Percy, Michael Alexander". Open Research Repository, ANU.
  2. ^ de Percy, Michael; Batainah, Heba (January 2, 2021). "Identifying historical policy regimes in the Canadian and Australian communications industries using a model of path dependent, punctuated equilibrium". Policy Studies. 42 (1): 42–59. doi:10.1080/01442872.2019.1581161 – via CrossRef.
  3. ^ de Percy, Michael; Wanna, John (2018). De Percy, Michael; Wanna, John (eds.). Road Pricing and Provision: Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead. Canberra: ANU Press. doi:10.22459/RPP.07.2018. ISBN 978-1-76046-230-7.
  4. ^ Podger, Andrew; de Percy, Michael; Vincent, Sam (November 13, 2021). Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice. Canberra: Australian National University Press. ISBN 9781760464363 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Jakupec, Viktor; Kelly, Max; de Percy, Michael (2022). "COVID-19 and Foreign Aid: Nationalism and Global Development in a New World Order". London: Routledge.
  6. ^ de Percy, Michael; Reddy, Nitya; Campbell, Leith (December 28, 2022). "Towards an Australian digital communications strategy: Lessons from cross-country case studies". Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy. 10 (4). doi:10.18080/JTDE.v10n4.650.
  7. ^ Madsen, Andrew; de Percy, Michael (June 13, 2020). "Telecommunications infrastructure in Australia". Australian Journal of Social Issues. 55 (2): 218–238. doi:10.1002/ajs4.121 – via CrossRef.
  8. ^ de Percy, Michael (2008). "Broadbanding the nation: Lessons from Canada or shortcomings in Australian federalism?". Australia Under Construction: Nation building past, present and future. Canberra: ANU ePress.
  9. ^ de Percy, Michael (2018). "Shaping the road pricing and provision debate". Road Pricing and Provision: Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead. Canberra: ANU Press.
  10. ^ de Percy, Michael (2018). "Road pricing and road provision in Australia: Where are we and how did we get here?" (PDF). Road Pricing and Provision: Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead. Canberra: ANU Press.
  11. ^ de Percy, Michael (2021). "Models of government–business relations: Industry policy preferences versus pragmatism". Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice. Canberra: ANU Press.
  12. ^ de Percy, Michael (2020). "Populism and a new world order". Rethinking Multilateralism in Foreign Aid. London: Routledge. pp. 31–45. doi:10.4324/9780367853808-3. ISBN 9780367853808.
  13. ^ de Percy, Michael (2022). "Institutional exhaustion and foreign aid in the time of COVID-19". COVID-19 and Foreign Aid. London: Routledge. pp. 154–171. doi:10.4324/9781003273844-9. ISBN 9781003273844.
  14. ^ de Percy, Michael (2023). "Political Leadership". Australian Politics and Public Policy. Sydney: Pressbooks. pp. Chapter 25. doi:10.30722/sup.9781743329542. ISBN 9781743328859.
  15. ^ "Canberra developers could soon have the option to argue for fewer parking spots, but would it work?". ABC News. 11 April 2023.
  16. ^ "TelSoc Board". Telecommunications Association (TelSoc).
  17. ^ "About the Authors". Sydney University Press.
  18. ^ "Publications by this Author". Australian Civil-Military Centre.
  19. ^ de Percy, Michael; Jackson, Stewart (2021). "Political Leadership". Australian Politics and Policy. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
  20. ^ "Le Flâneur Politique". November 13, 2023.
  21. ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/michael-de-percy/28678
  22. ^ "Michael de Percy, 'Developing our own capability' Australia's Nuclear Journey". Robert Menzies Institute.
  23. ^ de Percy, Michael. "Editorial Team". Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy.
  24. ^ "ARC College of Experts". Australian Research Council.

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