Associate ProfessorZim Nwokora

Associate Head of School, International and Engagement

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

  • Associate Head of School, International and Engagement
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • +61 3 924 43993 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

At undergraduate level at Deakin, I convene and teach a very popular course on the 'Government and Politics of the United States' (AIP208). I also contribute to several team-taught units, especially the 'Introduction to Politics' and 'Research Methods.'

At postgraduate level at Deakin, I convene and teach the Master's unit on 'Political Competition: Rules, Actors and Dynamics' (AIP785) and 'Governance and Accountability in Turbulent Times' (AIP773).

I'm keen to supervise students who are interested in pursuing empirical or theoretical projects on topics such as: constitutions and constitutional structures (e.g., parliaments, executives); political parties and party systems; political finance and political integrity; democratic stability and political change; politics of disinformation.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Undergraduate:
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Government and Politics of the United States (AIP 208)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Introduction to Politics (AIP 107)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Postgraduate:
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Political Competition (AIP 785)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Governance and Accountability (AIP 747)
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Decolonising Liberal Democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Cedrick Mulumba - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Explaining times of significant policy change: perspectives and evidence from Australian agenda attention trends
    Jonathan Drew - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Ethnic Nationalism in Ethiopia: Implications for Constitutionalism
    Tadesse Melaku Asfaw - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    International election observation and electoral integrity in authoritarian regimes: Zimbabwe post 2000
    Victor Kudakwashe Mapuvire - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Time, War, and the Inhuman Power: Structural Effects of Industrial-grade Artificial Intelligence on Temporal Mechanics of the US-Chinese Hegemonic Long Cycle 2030-2055
    Leonardo Milani - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Political Parties in Post-neoliberal Political Economcs
    Coby Ross - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Designing Representative Institutions for Pragmatic Deliberation
    Evan Joymas - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Chinas Sharp Power in Sri Lanka? An Empirical Investigation of Chinas Influence
    Anuradha Gonadeniya Hewage - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Conflict-Induced Displacement: Narratives of War, Dispossession and Transnationalism among South Sudanese in Australia
    David Goy Malual Leek - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2024