Dr Carolyn Hendriks B.E. (Environmental) (1st Class Hons, UNSW) PhD in Political Science (ANU) Lecturer, Public Policy and Governance, Crawford School

Carolyn's work examines the democratic practices of contemporary governance, particularly with respect to public deliberation, inclusion and political representation. She has taught and published widely on the application and politics of inclusive and deliberative forms of citizen engagement. With a background in both political science and environmental engineering, Carolyn has a particular interest in the governance of the environment, as well as science and technology issues. She is currently working on the democratic implications of energy reform.

Carolyn has conducted policy research in Europe and Australia. During 2005 and 2006, she was a post-doctoral fellow in the Political Science Department at the University of Amsterdam. She also had a two year research post at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and has conducted research in Germany based at the Wissenschaftszentrum in Berlin (WZB). Carolyn has also worked as a research consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Research interests/expertise

• Democratic practice and theory (eg. inclusion and political representation)
• Citizen engagement and public deliberation
• Governance for environmental sustainability
• Politics and governance of science and technology (eg. energy reform)
• Network governance
• Public policy and comparative politics

Current Projects

• The democratic implications of networked modes of governance
• Comparative research on how contemporary democracies are navigating the challenges of energy reform
• Environmental governance

Selected Journal Publications

• Hendriks C.M. (guest editor) (2009) ‘Deliberative governance in the context of power’ Policy & Society. 28: 173-184. Special Issue.

• Hendriks, C. M. (2009) "Policy design without democracy? Making democratic sense of transition management." Policy Sciences, accepted and forthcoming

• Hendriks, C. M. (2009). "The democratic soup: mixed meanings of political representation in governance networks." Governance, 22(4): 689-715.

• Hendriks, C.M. and Carson, L (2008). ‘Can the Market Help the Forum? Negotiating the Commercialisation of Deliberative Democracy’, Policy Sciences, 41 (4):293-313.

• Hendriks, C.M. (2008)., ‘On Inclusion and Network Governance: The Democratic Disconnect of Dutch Energy Transitions ’, Public Administration, 86 (4):1009-1031.

• Hendriks, C.M. (2007). ‘Praxis Stories: Experiencing Interpretive Policy Research ’, Critical Policy Analysis, 1 (3):278-300.

• Hendriks, C.M. & Grin, J. (2007) ‘Enacting Reflexive Governance: The politics of Dutch transitions to sustainability’, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning.  9 (4): 333-350.

• Hendriks, C.M., Dryzek J.S., & Hunold C. (2007).'Turning up the heat: partisanship in deliberative innovation’. Political Studies.  55 (2): 362-83.

• Hendriks, C.M., (2006). 'When the forum meets interest politics: strategic uses of public deliberation'. Politics and Society. 34(4): 571-602.

• Hendriks, C.M., (2006). 'Integrated Deliberation: Reconciling civil society's dual role in deliberative democracy'. Political Studies, 54(3):486-508.

• Hendriks, C.M. (2006) ‘Democratisch tekort door burgerfora verkleinen’, (‘Reducing democracy deficit through citizens’ forums’) Socialisme & Democratie. 63 (10) 26-35.

• Hendriks, C.M. (2005). 'Participatory Storylines and their Impact on Deliberative Forums'.   Policy Sciences, 38: 1-20.

• Hendriks, C.M. (2002). ‘Institutions of Deliberative Democratic Processes and Interest Groups: Roles, Tensions and Incentives.’ Australian Journal of Public Administration 61(1): 64-75.

• Carson, L., S. White, C. M. Hendriks and J. Palmer (2002). ‘Community Consultation in Environmental Policy Making.’ The Drawing Board: An Australian Review of Public Affairs 3(1): 1-13.

• Hendriks, C. M., R. Obernosterer, D. B. Müller, S. Kytzia, P. Baccini and P. H. Brunner (2000). ‘Material Flow Analysis (MFA): a tool to support environmental policy decision making. Case Studies on the city of Vienna and Swiss Lowlands.’ Local Environment 5(3): 311-328.

Reviews

• Hendriks, C. M. (2008). The social context of public deliberation: Letting practice shape theory. [Review of the article Toward a sociology of deliberation]. International Journal of Public Participation, 2(1), 87-91.

Books

• Harding R., C.M. Hendriks & M. Faruqi (2009) Environmental Decision-Making: exploring complexity and context. The Federation Press.
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Book Chapters

• Stewart J. & C. M. Hendriks (2008). ‘Discovering the Environment’ in Aulich C. & Wettenhall, R. (eds) Howard ‘s Fourth Government Kensington: UNSW Press. pp. 206-226.

• Hendriks, C.M., (2005). 'Consensus conferences and planning cells: Lay citizen deliberations.' In: J. Gastil and P. Levine (eds), The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the 21st Century., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 80-110.

• Carson, L., White, S., Hendriks, C. M. and Palmer, J. (2003) ‘Combining a Televote and Citizens’ Jury in a Legislative Review’ in J. Font (ed.) Public Participation and Local Governance. Barcelona: Institut de Ciéncies Polítiques i Socials, pp. 168-181.

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