ARIADNE VROMEN
DR ARIADNE VROMEN
BSocSc NSW MA Syd. PhD NSW
Emailariadne.vromen@sydney.edu.au
Dr Ariadne Vromen's research and teaching interests are in the field of political sociology and include: political participation, social movements, community organisations, political parties, political science research methods, internet politics and young people and politics.
Ariadne has completed extensive research into political participation undertaken by young people in Australia, including being co-author of a major report released by the federal National Youth Affairs Research Scheme in 2008. She has also co-authored several texts on Australian politics, including Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics. Ariadne is a member of the WUN group,Networking Young Citizens; on the steering committee of the ECPR Standing Group, Forms of Participation; and on the editorial committee for the Journal of Australian Studies.
Ariadne’s current research projects include:
Research Interests
BOOKS
Ariadne Vromen, Katharine Gelber and Anika Gauja (2009) Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics, 2nd edition, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Johanna Bell, Ariadne Vromen and Philippa Collin (2008) Rewriting the rules for youth participation - Inclusion and diversity in government and community decision-making, National Youth Affairs Research Scheme, DEEWR, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vromen and Ian Cook (2006) Keywords in Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
Ariadne Vromen and Katharine Gelber (2005) Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Political Practice, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Ariadne Vromen and Anika Gauja (2009) ‘Protestors, parliamentarians, policy-makers: The experience of Australian Green MPs’Journal of Legislative Studies 15(1), pp.87-110
Paul ‘t Hart and Ariadne Vromen (2008) ‘A new era for think tanks in public policy? International trends, Australian realities’ Australian Journal of Public Administration 67(2), pp. 135-148.
Ariadne Vromen (2008) ‘Building virtual spaces: Young people, participation and the internet’ Australian Journal of Political Science, 43(1), pp. 79-97.
Ariadne Vromen (2007) ‘Australian young people’s participatory practices and internet use’ Information, Communication and Society10(1), pp. 48-68.
Nick Turnbull and Ariadne Vromen (2006) ‘The Australian Greens: party organisation and political processes’ Australian Journal of Politics and History 52(3), pp. 455-470.
Ariadne Vromen (2005) ‘Political strategies of the Australian third sector’ Third Sector Review, 11(2), pp. 95-115.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘Politicising Community: the private sphere and political participation’ Contemporary Politics 9(4), pp.371-395.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘Traversing Time and Gender: Australian young people’s participation’ The Journal of Youth Studies 6(3), pp. 277-294.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘‘People try to put us down..’ Participatory Citizenship of ‘GenerationX’’ Australian Journal of Political Science38(1), pp. 79-99.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘Community-based activism and change: the cases of Sydney and Toronto’ City and Community 2(1), pp. 47-69
Ariadne Vromen (1999) ‘Community Development Activism: A discussion of shifts in process in Sydney and Toronto’ Third Sector Review 5(1), 41-64.
Ariadne Vromen (1995) ‘Paul Keating is the Prime Minister, but who delivers the mail? A study of political knowledge amongst young people’ Australian Journal of Political Science 30(1), 74-90.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Ariadne Vromen (2008) ‘Political change and the internet in Australia: introducing GetUp’ Net working/Networking: Politics on the Internet, Tampere University Press, Tampere, pp. 103-126.
Ariadne Vromen (2007) ‘Australian young people’s participatory practices and internet use’ in Brian Loader (Ed) Young Citizens in the Digital Age: Political Engagement, Young People and New Media, Routledge, London, pp. 97-113. (reprint of 2007 Information, Communication and Society article).
Ariadne Vromen (2007) ‘Judging cyber-optimism: youth-led participation and the internet’ in Murray Print, Larry Saha and Kathy Edwards (Eds) Youth and Political Participation, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp.131-151
Ariadne Vromen and Nick Turnbull (2006) ‘The Australian Greens: Challengers to the cartel?’ in Ian Marsh (Ed) Australia’s Parties in Transition? The Australian Party System in an Era of Globalization, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 165-180.
Ariadne Vromen, Anika Gauja and Rodney Smith (2006) ‘Transforming parliament? independent and minor party women in NSW Politics’ in Deborah Brennan and Louise Chappell (eds) “No fit place for women”? Women and NSW Politics, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 131-154.
Ariadne Vromen ‘Late Starters: membership growth and electoral consolidation in the Australian Greens’ in Wolfgang Rudig (Ed)Comparative Green Party Membership, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (forthcoming)
Ariadne Vromen ‘Debating methods in political science: rediscovering qualitative approaches’ Gerry Stoker and David Marsh (eds)Theory and Methods in Political Science, 3rd edition. Palgrave, Basingstoke, (forthcoming).
PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Ben Spies Butcher, Ariadne Vromen and Ian Marsh (2008) ‘Suburban affairs: political communities across Sydney’ in Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian Political Studies Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Ariadne Vromen (2005) ‘Who are the Australian Greens? Surveying the membership’ in Roberta Julian, Reannan Rottier and Rob White (eds) Proceedings of the Australian Sociological Association Conference, on CD-ROM, Section 13: Rural issues and the environment.
Ariadne Vromen (2004) ‘‘GenerationX’ retrieving net-based information: political participation in practice?’ Proceedings of the Australian Electronic Governance Conference, available at: http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/egovernance/ConferenceContent.html#ariadnevromen.
Ariadne Vromen (2002) ‘Community activism and change: the cases of Sydney and Toronto’ in Tony Eardley and Bruce Bradbury (Eds)Competing Visions: Refereed Proceedings of the National Social Policy Conference 2001, SPRC Report ½, University of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 387-410.
Ariadne Vromen (1999) ‘Worker, Activist, Parent: Competing responsibilities and political participation’ in John Brookfield (Ed)Proceedings of the Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association, University of Sydney, pp.871-882.
COMMENTARIES/REVIEWS
(forthcoming) ‘book review: Youth, Identity and Digital Media, Buckingham (ed)’ in Information, Communication and Society
(2008) ‘Inclusion through voice: Youth participation in government and community decision-making’, Social Inclusion and Youth Workshop Proceedings, October 30, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Melbourne, http://www.bsl.org.au/pdfs/Vromen_paper_29Oct08.pdf
(2006) ‘Young people’s representation and participation during the Howard decade’ New Transitions: Journal of the Youth Affairs Network of Queensland, 10(1), pp. 33-39.
(2005) ‘How different are young men and young women?’ Evatt Foundation forum on young people and politics,http://evatt.labor.net.au/news/348.html.
with Nick Turnbull (2004) ‘Where do the Greens fit? Election 2004’ Australian Review of Public Affairs, September 17,http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/drawingboard/digest/0409/turnbull_vromen.html.
(2004) ‘Not watermelons, John, social democrats’ New Matilda, September 08,http://www.newmatilda.com/home/newsdetailarchive.asp?NewsID=112.
(2004) ‘Young Australians are not apathetic, deviant and technology dependent’ OnLine Opinion June 17,http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2296.
(2004) ‘Three political myths about young people’ Australian Review of Public Affairs, March 26,http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/drawingboard/digest/0403/vromen.html.
Review of ‘The Enabling State’ in Worksite (2002) http://www.southlandmedia.com.au/worksite/
Review of ‘Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations’ (2001) in The Journal of Industrial Relations, 43 (2), 250-2.
BSocSc NSW MA Syd. PhD NSW
Emailariadne.vromen@sydney.edu.au
Dr Ariadne Vromen's research and teaching interests are in the field of political sociology and include: political participation, social movements, community organisations, political parties, political science research methods, internet politics and young people and politics.
Ariadne has completed extensive research into political participation undertaken by young people in Australia, including being co-author of a major report released by the federal National Youth Affairs Research Scheme in 2008. She has also co-authored several texts on Australian politics, including Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics. Ariadne is a member of the WUN group,Networking Young Citizens; on the steering committee of the ECPR Standing Group, Forms of Participation; and on the editorial committee for the Journal of Australian Studies.
Ariadne’s current research projects include:
- A book Politics and Society that looks at new ways citizens shape politics
- Research on emerging forms of participation through political consumerism, with Rodney Smith
Research Interests
- Political sociology
- Political participation
- Comparative Government & Politics
- Social movements
- Young people and politics
BOOKS
Ariadne Vromen, Katharine Gelber and Anika Gauja (2009) Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics, 2nd edition, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Johanna Bell, Ariadne Vromen and Philippa Collin (2008) Rewriting the rules for youth participation - Inclusion and diversity in government and community decision-making, National Youth Affairs Research Scheme, DEEWR, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vromen and Ian Cook (2006) Keywords in Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
Ariadne Vromen and Katharine Gelber (2005) Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Political Practice, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Ariadne Vromen and Anika Gauja (2009) ‘Protestors, parliamentarians, policy-makers: The experience of Australian Green MPs’Journal of Legislative Studies 15(1), pp.87-110
Paul ‘t Hart and Ariadne Vromen (2008) ‘A new era for think tanks in public policy? International trends, Australian realities’ Australian Journal of Public Administration 67(2), pp. 135-148.
Ariadne Vromen (2008) ‘Building virtual spaces: Young people, participation and the internet’ Australian Journal of Political Science, 43(1), pp. 79-97.
Ariadne Vromen (2007) ‘Australian young people’s participatory practices and internet use’ Information, Communication and Society10(1), pp. 48-68.
Nick Turnbull and Ariadne Vromen (2006) ‘The Australian Greens: party organisation and political processes’ Australian Journal of Politics and History 52(3), pp. 455-470.
Ariadne Vromen (2005) ‘Political strategies of the Australian third sector’ Third Sector Review, 11(2), pp. 95-115.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘Politicising Community: the private sphere and political participation’ Contemporary Politics 9(4), pp.371-395.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘Traversing Time and Gender: Australian young people’s participation’ The Journal of Youth Studies 6(3), pp. 277-294.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘‘People try to put us down..’ Participatory Citizenship of ‘GenerationX’’ Australian Journal of Political Science38(1), pp. 79-99.
Ariadne Vromen (2003) ‘Community-based activism and change: the cases of Sydney and Toronto’ City and Community 2(1), pp. 47-69
Ariadne Vromen (1999) ‘Community Development Activism: A discussion of shifts in process in Sydney and Toronto’ Third Sector Review 5(1), 41-64.
Ariadne Vromen (1995) ‘Paul Keating is the Prime Minister, but who delivers the mail? A study of political knowledge amongst young people’ Australian Journal of Political Science 30(1), 74-90.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Ariadne Vromen (2008) ‘Political change and the internet in Australia: introducing GetUp’ Net working/Networking: Politics on the Internet, Tampere University Press, Tampere, pp. 103-126.
Ariadne Vromen (2007) ‘Australian young people’s participatory practices and internet use’ in Brian Loader (Ed) Young Citizens in the Digital Age: Political Engagement, Young People and New Media, Routledge, London, pp. 97-113. (reprint of 2007 Information, Communication and Society article).
Ariadne Vromen (2007) ‘Judging cyber-optimism: youth-led participation and the internet’ in Murray Print, Larry Saha and Kathy Edwards (Eds) Youth and Political Participation, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp.131-151
Ariadne Vromen and Nick Turnbull (2006) ‘The Australian Greens: Challengers to the cartel?’ in Ian Marsh (Ed) Australia’s Parties in Transition? The Australian Party System in an Era of Globalization, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 165-180.
Ariadne Vromen, Anika Gauja and Rodney Smith (2006) ‘Transforming parliament? independent and minor party women in NSW Politics’ in Deborah Brennan and Louise Chappell (eds) “No fit place for women”? Women and NSW Politics, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 131-154.
Ariadne Vromen ‘Late Starters: membership growth and electoral consolidation in the Australian Greens’ in Wolfgang Rudig (Ed)Comparative Green Party Membership, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (forthcoming)
Ariadne Vromen ‘Debating methods in political science: rediscovering qualitative approaches’ Gerry Stoker and David Marsh (eds)Theory and Methods in Political Science, 3rd edition. Palgrave, Basingstoke, (forthcoming).
PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Ben Spies Butcher, Ariadne Vromen and Ian Marsh (2008) ‘Suburban affairs: political communities across Sydney’ in Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian Political Studies Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Ariadne Vromen (2005) ‘Who are the Australian Greens? Surveying the membership’ in Roberta Julian, Reannan Rottier and Rob White (eds) Proceedings of the Australian Sociological Association Conference, on CD-ROM, Section 13: Rural issues and the environment.
Ariadne Vromen (2004) ‘‘GenerationX’ retrieving net-based information: political participation in practice?’ Proceedings of the Australian Electronic Governance Conference, available at: http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/egovernance/ConferenceContent.html#ariadnevromen.
Ariadne Vromen (2002) ‘Community activism and change: the cases of Sydney and Toronto’ in Tony Eardley and Bruce Bradbury (Eds)Competing Visions: Refereed Proceedings of the National Social Policy Conference 2001, SPRC Report ½, University of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 387-410.
Ariadne Vromen (1999) ‘Worker, Activist, Parent: Competing responsibilities and political participation’ in John Brookfield (Ed)Proceedings of the Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association, University of Sydney, pp.871-882.
COMMENTARIES/REVIEWS
(forthcoming) ‘book review: Youth, Identity and Digital Media, Buckingham (ed)’ in Information, Communication and Society
(2008) ‘Inclusion through voice: Youth participation in government and community decision-making’, Social Inclusion and Youth Workshop Proceedings, October 30, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Melbourne, http://www.bsl.org.au/pdfs/Vromen_paper_29Oct08.pdf
(2006) ‘Young people’s representation and participation during the Howard decade’ New Transitions: Journal of the Youth Affairs Network of Queensland, 10(1), pp. 33-39.
(2005) ‘How different are young men and young women?’ Evatt Foundation forum on young people and politics,http://evatt.labor.net.au/news/348.html.
with Nick Turnbull (2004) ‘Where do the Greens fit? Election 2004’ Australian Review of Public Affairs, September 17,http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/drawingboard/digest/0409/turnbull_vromen.html.
(2004) ‘Not watermelons, John, social democrats’ New Matilda, September 08,http://www.newmatilda.com/home/newsdetailarchive.asp?NewsID=112.
(2004) ‘Young Australians are not apathetic, deviant and technology dependent’ OnLine Opinion June 17,http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2296.
(2004) ‘Three political myths about young people’ Australian Review of Public Affairs, March 26,http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/drawingboard/digest/0403/vromen.html.
Review of ‘The Enabling State’ in Worksite (2002) http://www.southlandmedia.com.au/worksite/
Review of ‘Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations’ (2001) in The Journal of Industrial Relations, 43 (2), 250-2.