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Nathan Fioritti

Nathan Fioritti

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9098-5832

Accepting PhD Students

20222024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Biography

Nathan is a Lecturer in Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. He is a mixed-methods scholar whose research focuses primarily on how political parties, voters and the media respond to environmental crises in an increasingly globalised world. He is particularly interested in ecosocial forms of environmental politics that seek to address environmental, social and economic injustices in tandem. Nathan has a PhD in comparative environmental politics from Monash University and BA(Hons) from the University of Melbourne. He has extensive teaching experience across a range of subjects, including Australian politics, campaigns and elections, comparative politics, environmental politics, political economy, political theory, and public policy.

Monash teaching commitment

ATS3836 - Victorian parliamentary internship (unit coordinator)
ATS3182 - Elections, parties and voters (unit coordinator)
ATS2319 - Public policy: Practice and impact (unit coordinator)
ATS1945 - Issues in Australian politics and government (unit coordinator)

Research interests

Environmental politics and policy; environmental and climate justice; party agendas; internationalisation and trade; political systems; movement parties; green parties; community organising; media studies

Education/Academic qualification

Politics and International Relations, PhD(Arts), From Environmental Protection to Climate Justice: Democracy, Internationalisation and the Environment, Monash University

2020 → 2024

Award Date: 25 Sept 2024

Media and Communications/Creative Writing, BA(Hons), Australian Media Representations of Sea-Level Rise in the Pacific: An Assessment of Coverage Around COP21, University of Melbourne

2012 → 2016

Award Date: 7 Jul 2016

Politics and International Relations: Internationalisation and Democracy, PhD Scholarship funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project on Internationalisation and Democracy

2020 → 2024

Research area keywords

  • Comparative politics
  • Environmental politics
  • Climate politics
  • Parties and elections
  • Political economy
  • Globalisation
  • Political institutions
  • Social movements
  • Public policy

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  4. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • 1 Chapter (Book)
  • 1 Chapter (Report)

  • Turning the tide on Australian climate action

    Fioritti, N. & Thomson, R., 2024, Australian Politics at a Crossroads: Prospects for Change. Bonotti, M. & Miragliotta, N. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 129-148 20 p. (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review

  • Climate Action and the Environment

    Fioritti, N., 2022, The 2022 Australian Federal Election: Themes, Challenges and Issues. Bonotti, M. & Miragliotta, N. (eds.). Analysis & Policy Observatory: Monash University, p. 16-18 3 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Report) › Other

    Open Access
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