CoPI is a non-partisan centre that generates historically informed perspectives, critiques and debates concerning the major challenges facing Australia today, including its role in the wider world.
The inaugural Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Centre of Public Ideas is Frank Bongiorno AM FRHistS FASSA FAHA, who is Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas. He can be contacted by email.
CoPI undertakes education, research and public engagement in the fields of politics and history, with a focus on Australian political history. We carry out original research and host public lectures, conferences, workshops, seminars and a podcast (CoPI That).
We partner with a range of organisations to engage with diverse publics, responsive to the most pressing problems of our contemporary world.
If you would like to connect with CoPI, keep an eye on this page and subscribe to CoPI Newsletter and CoPI Events Bulletin.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.
