Ben Hillman
Ben Hillman is a political scientist, public policy researcher and advisor. His research examines policies and mechanisms for promoting political inclusion and safeguarding minority rights. Ben also specializes in political development, public policy and public administration in China.
Ben is author or editor of seven books, including a monograph on local politics in China Patronage and Power published by Stanford University Press (2014), an edited volume on Ethnic Protest and Conflict in Tibet and Xinjiang published by Columbia University Press (2016), an edited volume on the China Dream published by ANU Press (2020) and a collection of essays on authoritarian rule in China (World Scientific Press, 2022). He is currently working on a new book about the Communist Party of China.
Ben is Co-Editor of The China Journal, which is published by University of Chicago Press. He is also an Editor at East Asia Forum, and head of the Politics, Policy and Society Research Program at the Australian Centre on China in the World.
Education
- PhD in Politics and International Relations (ANU)
- BA Hons. Asian and International Studies (Griffith)
- BA Political Science and Asian Studies (Murdoch)
Source: Australian National University
