Draft:Michael de Percy

• Comment: Well done on creating the draft, and it may potentially meet the relevant requirements (including WP:GNG, WP:ANYBIO, WP:NPROF) but presently it is not clear that it does. As other reviewers have noted, Wikipedia's basic requirement for entry is that the subject is notable. Essentially subjects are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. To properly create such a draft page, please see the articles ‘Your First Article’, ‘Referencing for Beginners’ and ‘Easier Referencing for Beginners’. Please note that many of the references are not to reliable sources. References (and content generally) should be about quality not quantity. Additionally, the draft tends to read too much like a CV, which Wikipedia is not. Also, if you have any connection to the subject, including being paid, you have a conflict of interest that you must declare on your Talk page (to see instructions on how to do this please click the link). Please familiarise yourself with these pages before amending the draft. If you feel you can meet these requirements, then please make the necessary amendments before resubmitting the page. It would help our volunteer reviewers by identifying, on the draft's talk page, the WP:THREE best sources that establish notability of the subject. You may also wish to leave a note for me on my talk page and I would be happy to reassess. Cabrils (talk) 03:20, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: We read that "His research focuses on transport, telecommunications, and energy policy, leadership, and institutional stasis and change." Well then, what have other scholars in these areas -- scholars independent of him, not having done their doctoral dissertations under him, and working in other universities -- said (in formal reviews, etc, not mere blurbs) about his research, and about the fruits of this research? What have journalists for serious newspapers written about him or his work? Hoary (talk) 01:45, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: The entire Publications section is triggering copyvio from https://www.politicalscience.com.au/p/my-publications.html. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:23, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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Michael de Percy (b. 1970) is a political scientist and a conservative political commentator. He writes for The Spectator Australia and appears on Spectator Australia TV. He is a political scientist by profession and completed his PhD at the Australian National University. Dr de Percy is a supporter of nuclear energy in Australia and has been a critic of light rail and high density housing in Canberra. In his academic work, de Percy is noted for developing a theoretical model of path dependent, punctuated equilibrium used for process tracing in political science research. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Politics, Economics and Society at the University of Canberra. He is recognised as a public policy expert, particularly in the fields of transport, telecommunications, and energy policy. He was recognised as an expert of international standing by his appointment to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts in 2022.

Political Commentary

De Percy writes for The Spectator Australia. and provides political commentary on Spectator Australia TV. His political commentary has also appeared in The Australian, the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter, ABC News, The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Conversation., and Pearls and Irritations.

Academic Contribution

De Percy's PhD thesis developed a 'model of path-dependent, punctuated equilibrium' to facilitate process tracing in a comparison of communications technology policy outcomes in Canada and Australia. The model was expanded to identify 'policy regimes' in an article published in Policy Studies.

De Percy has co-edited scholarly books on transport policy, the scholarly/practice nexus of politics, policy, and public administration, and the impact of COVID-19 on foreign aid and international relations.

His other works include research articles and book chapters on telecommunications policy, transport policy, models of government-business relations, populism, institutional exhaustion, and the impact of COVID-19 on foreign aid.

Fellowships and Appointments

De Percy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT). De Percy is the Public Policy Editor of the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy. In 2022, he was appointed to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts.

Industry Engagement

De Percy serves with industry bodies in the transport, telecommunications, and energy sectors. In addition to being a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTA), he currently serves as Chairman of the ACT and Southern NSW Chapter of CILTA. Further, he is the Vice President of the Telecommunications Association (TelSoc), and a member of the Australian Nuclear Association. He also collaborated with the Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC) on a project on Syrian refugee women in Jordan and Lebanon from a Women, Peace, and Security perspective, where he co-authored three commissioned occasional papers.

Teaching

De Percy teaches political leadership and has written an open source chapter on the topic. He previously taught government-business relations and his open source chapter on the topic was published in Australian Politics and Policy. He also teaches leadership in the University of Canberra's MBA program. De Percy keeps a record of his media and research activities on his serialised website, Le Flaneur Politique.