Associate ProfessorPeter Ferguson

Peter is a discourse analyst and critical theorist, who conducts interdisciplinary research in critical political ecology, focussing on environmental political economy, climate security and resilience. He also works in the field of legislative studies, and in particular the area of parliamentary careers and workplaces. His first book, Post-growth Politics: A Critical Theoretical and Policy Framework for Decarbonisation (Springer Nature), was published in 2018. He has also published research on environmental politics, ecological security, resilience and environmental political economy in top-ranked academic journals, including Global Environmental Politics, Environmental Politics, Parliamentary Affairs and the Australian Journal of Political Science.