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Michael de Percy

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.[1] He was among the people who supported change in the Australian Broadcasting Legislation amendment in 2017.[2] In 2022 de Percy was appointed to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts. He is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon[3] and served as an army officer before becoming an academic.

Career

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Research

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De Percy's PhD thesis, supervised by John Wanna, developed a model of path-dependent, punctuated equilibrium[4] 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.[5]

Publications

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De Percy has co-edited scholarly works on transportation policy,[6] public administration,[7] and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign aid and international relations.[8] His other works include telecommunications policy in Australia[9][10] and Canada,[11] transport policy,[12][13] models of government-business relations,[14] populism,[15] institutional exhaustion [16] and political leadership.[17]

Industry Engagement

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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,[18] and served as the Vice President of the Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) from 2022 to 2024.[19] He is a member of the Australian Nuclear Association.[20] 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.[21]

Teaching

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De Percy teaches political science subjects, and has edited and written several books and scholarly articles on the topic.[22] 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.[23]

Political Commentary

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De Percy is a conservative political commentator and his articles appear weekly in The Spectator Australia and he provides political commentary each fortnight on Spectator Australia TV.

Fellowships and appointments

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From 1 January 2025, de Percy has been appointed as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy.[24] 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.[25] In 2022, he was appointed to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts in 2022 and will serve until the end of 2025.[26]

References

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  1. ^ James, Toby (10 November 2020). "Policy Studies during an age of uncertainty". Policy Studies. 42 (1): 1–5.
  2. ^ ParlInfo Australian Parliamentary Library (8 August 2017). "Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017 Bills Digest". ParlInfo Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/michael-de-percy/28678
  4. ^ "De Percy, Michael Alexander". Open Research Repository, ANU.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Jakupec, Viktor; Kelly, Max; de Percy, Michael (2022). "COVID-19 and Foreign Aid: Nationalism and Global Development in a New World Order". London: Routledge.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ de Percy, Michael (2018). "Shaping the road pricing and provision debate". Road Pricing and Provision: Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead. Canberra: ANU Press.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ de Percy, Michael (2023). "Political Leadership". Australian Politics and Public Policy. Sydney: Pressbooks. pp. Chapter 25. doi:10.30722/sup.9781743329542. ISBN 9781743328859.
  18. ^ "Canberra developers could soon have the option to argue for fewer parking spots, but would it work?". ABC News. 11 April 2023.
  19. ^ "TelSoc Board". Telecommunications Association (TelSoc).
  20. ^ "About the Authors". Sydney University Press.
  21. ^ "Publications by this Author". Australian Civil-Military Centre.
  22. ^ de Percy, Michael; Jackson, Stewart (2021). "Political Leadership". Australian Politics and Policy. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
  23. ^ "Le Flâneur Politique". November 13, 2023.
  24. ^ Campbell, Leith (30 September 2024). "Editorial: Operational AI". Journal of Telecommunications and the DIgital Economy. 12 (3): iv–vi.
  25. ^ "Michael de Percy, 'Developing our own capability' Australia's Nuclear Journey". Robert Menzies Institute.
  26. ^ "ARC College of Experts". Australian Research Council.
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