Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne
George Rennie lectures in politics at the University of Melbourne. His research expertise includes US politics, lobbying, interest groups, and political and advocacy advertising.
George lectures and coordinates POLS30032 Campaigns and Elections in 2018. Previously he coordinated the masters subject PPMN90031 Public Policy Lobbying Strategies, and the undergraduate subject POLS30030 American Politics. He has also tutored and lectured in a wide range of political science and political economy subjects since 2010 at the university.
Concurrently, he is a PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne, researching lobbying activities and the effectiveness of advocacy advertising campaigns in Australia and the United States.
Previously, from 2014 to 2015 he was the course coordinator and lecturer in Environmental Economics at RMIT University. Also at RMIT, from 2010 to 2013, he co-lectured in Economics for the Social Sciences.
George has undergraduate and masters degrees majoring in media, politics and economics.
Why are unions so unhappy? An economic explanation of the Change the Rules campaign
Nov 04, 2018 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In October hundreds of thousands of workers took to the streets to campaign for better wages and conditions as part of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Change The Rules campaign. The response from critics of the...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects