Stephen Sherlock

Dr Stephen Sherlock is a Visiting Fellow in the Dept of Political and Social Change at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, at The Australian National University (ANU) and a former Director of the Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) at ANU.

He is a specialist on politics and governance in Indonesia, with particular expertise on the legislatures, elections and public sector institutions. He is currently researching and writing a book on the history of Indonesia’s parliaments since independence.

He has lived and worked in Indonesia for extended periods and published pioneering work on processes of accountability and decision-making in the Indonesian parliament. Dr Sherlock has been engaged as an adviser on political governance and institutional reform by numerous international agencies, including the World Bank, UN Development Program, Asian Development Bank, AusAID/DFAT, USAID, DFID, GIZ and political foundations in ASEAN, Australia, Germany, UK and US. He has also designed and delivered a wide range of workshops and training on good governance, policy processes and political systems, including for Australia Awards Indonesia.