Carolyn M. Hendriks

Carolyn M. Hendriks is a Professor and Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. Her current research is investigating practices of political representation in Australia. Carolyn has published widely on democratic aspects of contemporary governance, including participation, deliberation, inclusion, listening and representation. She has authored four books, including Democracy in Action (with Dzur, published by Oxford University Press, 2025), Mending Democracy (with Ercan & Boswell, Oxford University Press, 2020), The Politics of Public Deliberation (Palgrave, 2011), Environmental Decision Making (with Harding & Faruqi, Federation Press 2009).