Matthew Shugart Invited to the Australian National University
Leading International Scholar Joins CDI-IPD Roundtable on Electoral Reform in Indonesia
12/08/2011
Centre for Democratic Institutions
Prof Matthew Shugart, one of the world's leading authorities on electoral systems, was the principal discussant at the Roundtable on Electoral Reform in Indonesia held at the Australian National University on 14 November 2011, sponsored by CDI and the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD). Prof Shugart was a guest of ANU's College of Asia and the Pacific and had been invited by Dr Yusaku Horiuchi of CDI's academic umbrella, the Crawford School of Economics and Government. CDI and IPD invited four prominent figures from Indonesian organisations involved in the theory and practice of reform of the Indonesian electoral system since 1999. The roundtable was an opportunity for Prof Shugart to gain a fuller understanding the nature of debate and experimentation in electoral reform in Indonesia since the first democratic election of 1999. The Indonesia-based participants were able to draw useful insights and a comparative perspective from the great breadth of knowledge about international electoral systems that Prof Shugart has developed from his research and writings.
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Matthew F. Shugart is a professor of Political Science at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Professor Shugart can provide commentary on elections, election reforms, and constitutional crises in the United States and abroad.
