Associate Professor Haydon Manning

Academic Status

College of Business, Government and Law

place Law & Commerce
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Associate Professor Haydon Manning is a member of the discipline of Politics and International Relations. A frequent commentator on South Australian and national politics his main research interests focus on South Australian political history, political attitudes, voting behaviour, elections, political parties, and political cartooning. Recent research publications analyse contempory policy debate in South Australia and voting behavour. Collaborative research on the role of political cartoons frequently feature as the foundation for many presentations to various community organisations interested in current issues in Australian politics. He teaches across all levels - Australian politics and government, electoral behaviour, Australian political and economic history and environmental politics.

Qualifications
Flinders, BA Hons (first class): Flinders, Ph'D
Honours, awards and grants
2011 Teaching Award - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Key responsibilities

Coordinator, Copland Leadership Program, CEDA SA

Topic coordinator
POLI2019 Parties, Voting Behaviour and Elections in Australia
POLI7004 Politics of Climate Change
POLI1003 An Introduction to Government and Democracy
POLI2012 Environmental Politics
POLI3007 South Australian Parliamentary Internship
POLI7006 Key Issues in Australian Politics
Expert for media contact
Elections
Political satire
Politics
Voting behaviour
Elections and Election Campaigns National and State Election Campaigning and History of Electoral Trends and Election Results.
Political Cartooning and Satire
South Australian Politics - election campaigns, election results, Parliament, policy issues before Parliament
Voting and Political Behaviour/Public Opinion
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Media expertise
  • Elections
  • Political satire
  • Politics
  • Voting behaviour
Interests
  • Elections and Election Campaigns National and State Election Campaigning and History of Electoral Trends and Election Results.
  • Political Cartooning and Satire
  • South Australian Politics - election campaigns, election results, Parliament, policy issues before Parliament
  • Voting and Political Behaviour/Public Opinion
Further information

Selected Opinion articles

Part 2 Why SA Best's Bubble Burst, InDaily, 6 April 2018

South Australians playing with Nuclear Waste, On-Line Opinion, 25 November 2016

"Inside the 'chaos' and 'bias' of the citizens' jury", InDaily, 11 November 2016

"Huge Political Tests Ahead for Xenophon Team", InDaily, 7 July 2016

"Council Elections: if it ain't broke don't fix it", InDaily, 11 November 2014

"The Weatherill Government's hyper 'whatever it takes' 2014 campaign", On-Line Opinion, 14 May 2014

"Family First and the rise of Bob Day", On-line Opinion, 16 April 2014

"Dirty Tricks Campaign Must be Stopped", The Advertiser, 3 April 2014

"Campaigns Trump Electoral Systems", The Australian Financial Review, 20 March 2014

"Troubled State Party United Behind Unknown Leader", The Australian, 12 March 2014

"Be In Control of Your Preferences at Saturday's Election", The Advertiser, 12 March 2014

"State of the states: South Australia", The Conversation, 4 September 2013

"Finding a Compass on why voters vote the way they do", The Conversation, 3 April 2013

"Male and Female Voters- will there be a 'Gender Gap' in 2013?", The Conversation, 22 April 2013

"Rudd, Gillard or Abbott … do leaders really matter in Australian election campaigns?", The Conversation, 13 June 2013

"Following and recalling election campaigns through cartoons" [with Robert Phiddian], The Conversation, 8 August 2013

"Putting battlers before the greens", The Australian, 2 June 2009

"When winning may be almost as painful as losing" [with Geoff Anderson] , ABC, 19 March 2010