Emeritus Professor John Uhr
BA in Modern History (1st Class Hons, University of Queensland), MA, PhD in Political Science, (University of Toronto)
Professor of Political Science; and former director, Centre for the Study of Australian Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Social Sciences
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Research interests
- Australian politics
- Political theory
- Political and governmental ethics
- Parliament
- Public leadership
Biography
Undergraduate degree (1972) from University of Queensland, graduate degrees (1974, 1979) from University of Toronto, Canada
Public service and parliamentary service in the 1980s
Joined the ANU as lecturer in the former Graduate Program in public Policy in 1990
Last Director of the ANU's Federalism Research Centre, 1996
Inaugural Director of Parliamentary Studies Centre, Crawford School, from 2005; now subsumed into Centre for the Study of Australian Politics
Director of Policy and Governance Program, Crawford School, from 2007-2011
Inaugural Director, Centre for the Study of Australian Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Social Sciences, from 2011 until 2017
Researcher's projects
Book for publication February 2020:
Novel Politics: studies in Australian political fiction, by John Uhr and Shaun Crowe. Melbourne University Press: https://www.mup.com.au/books/novel-politics-hardback
Publications
- Uhr, J & Crowe, S 2020, NOVEL POLITICS: studies in Australian political fiction, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
- Uhr, J 2018, 'Leadership Effectiveness', in Ali Farazmand (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, Switzerland, pp. 1-10.
- Uhr, J 2018, Performing Political Theory: Pedagogy in Modern Political Theory, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
- Uhr, J 2018, 'Fisher leads Labor to victory', in Benjamin T Jones, Frank Bongiorno, John Uhr (ed.), Elections Matter: Ten Federal Elections that shaped Australia, Monash University Publishing, Victoria, pp. 26-44.
- Jones, B, Bongiorno, F & Uhr, J, eds, 2018, Elections Matter: Ten Federal Elections That Shaped Australia, Monash University Publishing, Victoria.
- Masters, A & Uhr, J 2017, Leadership Performance and Rhetoric, Palgrave Macmillan, UK.
- Uhr, J 2015, 'The Eureka Legacy: Conserving Core Principles', in David Headon and John Uhr (ed.), Eureka: Australia's Greatest Story, The Federation Press, Leichhardt, pp. 27-43.
- Uhr, J 2015, Prudential Public Leadership. Promoting Ethics in Public Policy and Administration, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
- Headon, D & Uhr, J, eds, 2015, Eureka: Australias Greatest Story, The Federation Press, Leichhardt.
- Uhr, J 2015, 'Investigating Public Integrity in Macbeth', Public Integrity, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 279-290.
- Walter, R & Uhr, J 2015, 'The Rhetorical Standards of Public Reason in Australia', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 248-262.
- Uhr, J & Walter, R 2014, 'Studying Australian Political Rhetoric', in J Uhr, R Walter (ed.), Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 243-248.
- Uhr, J 2014, 'Debating the Speaker', in J Uhr, R Walter (ed.), Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 155-173.
- Uhr, J & Walter, R, eds, 2014, Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric, ANU Press, Canberra.
- Uhr, J 2014, 'Accountable Civil Servants', in Mark Bovens, Robert E. Goodin & Thomas Schillemans (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 226-241.
- Uhr, J 2014, 'Rhetorical and Performative Analysis', in R. A. W. Rhodes, Paul 't Hart (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 253-266.
- Uhr, J 2014, 'John Rohr's Concept of Regime Values: Locating Theory in Public Administration', Administration and Society, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 141-152.
- Walter, R & Uhr, J 2013, 'Budget talk: Rhetorical constraints and contests', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 431-444.
- Uhr, J 2012, 'Professionalising Corruption? Investigating professional ethics for politicians', in Manuhuia Barcham, Barry Hindess and Peter Larmour (ed.), Corruption: expanding the focus, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 133 - 153.
- Uhr, J & Abjorensen, N 2012, 'Parliament', in Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vrome, Ian Cook (ed.), Contemporary Politics in Australia: Theories, Practices and Issues, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 214-225.
- Uhr, J, Bach, S & Massicotte, L 2011, 'Bicameralism and the Dynamics of Contested Transitions', in Paul 't Hart and John Uhr (ed.), How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke and New York, pp. 73-93.
- 't Hart, P & Uhr, J 2011, 'How Power Changes Hands: Concluding Reflections', in Paul 't Hart and John Uhr (ed.), How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke and New York, pp. 230-245.
- Uhr, J & 't Hart, P, eds, 2011, How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke and New York.
- 't Hart, P & Uhr, J 2011, 'Power Transitions and Leadership Successions in Government', in Paul 't Hart and John Uhr (ed.), How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke and New York, pp. 1-20.
- Uhr, J 2011, 'Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 321-323pp.
- Uhr, J 2011, 'Power of Argument', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 28-30pp.
- Uhr, J 2011, 'Persuasion', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 478-479pp.
- 't Hart, P and Uhr, J (2011). 'How power changes hands: concluding reflections', in 't Hart and Uhr (eds) How Power Changes Hands.Palgrave Macmillan, pp230-245.
- 't Hart, P and Uhr, J (2011). 'Power Transitions and Leadership Successions in Government', ch 1 in 't Hart and Uhr (eds) How Power Changes Hands. Palgrave Macmillan, pp1-20.
- 't Hart, P and Uhr, J (eds) 2011. How Power Changes Hands: transition and succession in government. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Uhr, J 2011, 'Modernised modes of government ethics', in Rainer Koch, Peter Conrad and Wolfgang H Lorig (ed.), New Public Service, Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler GmbH, Germany, pp. 329-344.
- Uhr, J, Bach, S and Massicotte, L (2011). 'Bicameralism and the dynamics of contested transitions', in 't Hart and Uhr (eds) How Power Changes Hands. Palgrave Macmillan, pp73-93.
- Laing, R & Uhr, J 2010, 'The Senate Committee System: Historical Perspectives', Senate Committees and Government Accountability Conference 2010, ed. Paula Waring, Commonwealth Department of the Senate, Canberra, pp. 5-19.
- Larkin, P & Uhr, J 2010, 'Bipartisanship, partnership and bicameralism in Australia's "war on terror"', in John E Owens and Riccardo Pelizzo (ed.), The "War on Terror" and the Growth of Executive Power?: A Comparative Analysis, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London, pp. 136-156.
- Uhr, J 2010, 'Be careful what you wish for', in Jonathan Boston, Andrew Bradstock, and David Eng (ed.), Public Policy: Why ethics matters, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia, pp. 77-98.
- Uhr, J 2009, 'Parliamentary Oppositional Leadership', in John Kane, Haig Patapan and Paul 't Hart (ed.), Dispersed Democratic Leadership: Origins, Dynamics and Implications, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 59-81.
- Uhr, J 2009, 'Parliaments', in R. A. W. Rhodes (ed.), The Australian Study of Politics, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Great Britian, pp. 131-146.
- Uhr, J & Larkin, P 2009, 'Bipartisanship and Bicameralism in Australia's War on Terror', Journal of Legislative Studies, vol. 15, no. 2-3, pp. 239-256.
- Uhr, J 2009, 'Comparing Congress: Bryce on Deliberation and Decline in Legislatures', Boston University Law Review, vol. 89, no. 2, pp. 847-862.
- Uhr, J 2009, 'The Australian Model Senate', Canadian Parliamentary Review, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 26-32.
- Uhr, J 2009, 'Deliberating about Democracy: Five Perspectives', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 529-535.
- 't Hart, P & Uhr, J 2008, 'Understanding Public Leadership: An Introduction', in Paul t'Hart and John Uhr (ed.), Public Leadership: Perspectives and Practices, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-24.
- 't Hart, P & Uhr, J, eds, 2008, Public Leadership: Perspectives and Practices, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
- Uhr, J 2008, 'Reshaping Public Integrity', in Chris Aulich and Roger Wettenhall (ed.), Howard's Fourth Government, UNSW Press, Sydney NSW, pp. 114-131.
- Uhr, J 2008, 'Bicameralism and Democratic Deliberation', in Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser, J R Nethercote (ed.), Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution?, University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, WA, pp. 11-28.
- Uhr, J 2008, 'Distributed Authority in a Democracy: The Lattice of Leadership Revisited', in Paul t'Hart and John Uhr (ed.), Public Leadership: Perspectives and Practices, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 37-44.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Parker, R S', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 386pp.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Parliament', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 386-390pp.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Spence, C H', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 564-565pp.
- Castles, F & Uhr, J 2007, 'The Australian Welfare State: Has Federalism Made a Difference?', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 96-117.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Parliamentary committees', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 390pp.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Hansard', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 244pp.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Independents', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 266-267pp.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Parliamentary privilege', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 390-391pp.
- Uhr, J 2007, 'Parliamentary Secretarise', in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 391pp.
- Uhr, J 2006, 'Professional Ethics for Politicians?', in Denis Saint-Martin & Fred Thompson (ed.), Public Ethics and Governance: Standards and Practices in Comparative Perspective, Elsevier, Oxford UK, pp. 207-226.
- Uhr, J 2006, 'Constitutions and rights', in B Peters & J Pierre (ed.), Handbook of Public Policy, Sage Publications Inc, New York, p. 1.
- McLeay, E & Uhr, J 2006, 'The Australian and New Zealand Parliaments: Context, response and capacity', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 257-272.
- Uhr, J 2006, 'Bicameralism', in R.A.W Rhodes, Sarah A. Binder & Bert A. Rockman (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 474-494.
- Uhr, J 2006, 'The Performance of Australian legislatures in protecting rights', in Tom Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy and Adrienne Stone (ed.), Protecting Rights Without a Bill of Rights, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Hampshire, England, pp. 41-60.
- Uhr, J 2006, 'Appropriations and the legislative process', Public Law Review, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 173-177.
- Uhr, J 2005, 'Professional Ethics for Politicians', International Public Management Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 247-261.
- Uhr, J 2005, 'How Do we know if it is Working?', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 69-76.
- Uhr, J 2005, 'Rethinking Legislative Powers: Parliamentary Responses to International Challenges', in Hilary Charlesworth Madelaine Chiam Devika Hovell George Williams (ed.), The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems, The Federation Press, Sydney, NSW, pp. 18-33.
- Uhr, J 2005, Terms of Trust, UNSW Press, Sydney Australia.
- Castles, F & Uhr, J 2005, 'Australia: Federal Constraints and Institutional innovations', in Herbert Obinger, Stephen Leibfried and Francis G Castles (ed.), Federalism and the Welfare State, Cambridge University Press, United States of America, pp. 51-88.
- Uhr, J 2004, 'The Power of One', Papers on Parliament, vol. 41, pp. 47-63.
- Uhr, J 2004, 'Parliament and the Executive', Adelaide Law Review, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 51-65.
- Uhr, J 2004, 'Auditory Democracy: Separation of Powers and the Locations of Listening', in Benedetto Fontano, Cary J. Nederman and Gary Remer (ed.), Talking Democracy: Historical perspectives on rhetoric and democracy, Pennsylvania State University Press, USA, pp. 239-270.
- Uhr, J 2004, 'Terra Infirma? Parliament's uncertain role in the war on terror', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 1-15.
- Uhr, J 2003, 'Reforming the Parliament', in Clement Macintyre and John Williams (ed.), Peace Order and Good Government, Wakefield Press, South Australia, pp. 228-240.
- Uhr, J 2003, 'Measuring Parliaments against the Spence Standard', in Graeme Orr, Bryan Mercurio, George Williams (ed.), Realising Democracy: Electoral law in Australia, The Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 66-79.
- Uhr, J 2003, 'Just Rhetoric? Exploring the Language of Leadership', in P Bishop, C Connors and C Sampford (ed.), Management Organisation and Ethics in the Public Sector, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, pp. 123-144.
- Uhr, J 2002, 'What's so responsible about responsible government?', in D Burchell and A Leigh (ed.), The Prince's New Clothes: why do Australians dislike their politicians?, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 187-200.
- Uhr, J 2002, 'Political Leadership and Rhetoric', in Geoffrey Brennan and Francis G. Castles (ed.), Australia Reshaped, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 261-294.
- Uhr, J 2002, 'Rewriting the Referendum Rules', in John Warhurst and Malcolm Mackerras (ed.), Constitutional Politics The Republic Referendum and the Future, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia Queensland, pp. 177-200.
- Uhr, J 2001, 'Rules for Representation: Parliament and the Design of the Australian Electoral System', in G. Lindell & R. Bennett (ed.), Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight, The Federation Press, Leichhardt, NSW, pp. 249-290.
- Uhr, J 2001, 'Parliament and Public Deliberation: Evaluating the Performance of Parliament', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 708-723.
- Uhr, J 2001, 'Marketing Parliamentary Committees', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, vol. 98, pp. 38-41.
- Mulgan, R & Uhr, J 2001, 'Accountability and governance', in Glyn Davis and Patrick Weller (ed.), Are You Being Served? State Citizens and Governance, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest , Australia, pp. 152-174.
- Uhr, J 2001, 'Moderating Ministerial Ethics', in J Fleming and I Holland (ed.), Motivating Ministers to Morality, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 187-200.
- Uhr, J 2000, 'Public Service Ethics in Australia', in Terry Cooper (ed.), Handbook of Administrative Ethics, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, pp. 719-740.
- Uhr, J 2000, 'Making Sense of the Referendum', Papers on Parliament, vol. May 2000, pp. 1-20.
- Uhr, J & Wanna, J 2000, 'The future roles of parliament', in Patrick Weller, Michael Keating (ed.), Institutions on the Edge? Capacity for Governance, Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom, pp. 10-44.
- Uhr, J 2000, 'Testing Deliberative Democracy: the 1999 Australian republic referendum', Government and Opposition, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 189-210.
- Uhr, J 2000, 'The rage over Ravelstein', Philosophy and Literature, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 451-466.
- Uhr, J 2000, 'The Australian Senate in its Second Century', Representation, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 139-145.
- Uhr, J 1999, 'Three Accountability Anxieties', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 58/1, pp. 98-101.
- Uhr, J 1999, The Senate and Proportional Representation.
- Uhr, J 1999, 'Why We Chose Proportional Representation', in M Sawer and S Miskin (ed.), Representation and Institutional Change: 50 years of proportional representation in the Senate, Commonwealth Department of the Senate, Canberra, pp. 13-40.
- Uhr, J 1999, 'Generating Divided Government: The Australian Senate', in S C Patterson and A Mugan (ed.), Senates: Bicameralism in the Contemporary World, Ohio State University Press, Ohio USA, pp. 93-119.
- Uhr, J 1999, 'Institutions of Integrity', Public Integrity, vol. 1/1, pp. 94-106.
