Rate My Professor Tom Conley

Conley's research specializations center on political economy, globalisation, international political economy, Australian trade policy, and foreign policy. He has authored over 40 book chapters, journal articles, and reviews, particularly in the decade leading up to 2010, contributing significantly to debates on economic globalisation's impact on Australia. Key publications include his award-winning monograph The Vulnerable Country: Australia and the Global Economy (UNSW Press, 2009), recipient of the 2009 David Harold Tribe Philosophy Award, and the co-edited volume Foreign Policy Challenges in the 21st Century (2009) with Michael Heazle and Martin Griffiths. Prominent articles feature 'The Domestic Politics of Globalisation' (Australian Journal of Political Science, 2001), 'Whatever Happened to Industry Policy in Australia?' with Elizabeth van Acker (Australian Journal of Political Science, 2011), 'Globalisation and the Politics of Persuasion and Coercion' (Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2004), 'The State of Globalisation and the Globalisation of the State' (Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2002), 'Defining and Understanding Economic Globalisation' (Policy and Society, 2000), and 'The Decline and Fall of the Australian Automotive Industry' (2022). Conley provides expert commentary on trade policy, free trade agreements, and related foreign policy issues.