Natalie Doyle

Core expertise

French politics and political theory
The rise of Emmanuel Macron
France and the European Union
Populism and the crisis of European democracy

Biography

Natalie is an internationally recognised specialist on the work of French political philosopher and commentator Marcel Gauchet, acclaimed for his analysis of globalisation, of the crisis of European democracy and the politics surrounding individualism and neo-liberalism. She is a senior lecturer in the School of Languages, Cultures, Literatures and Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts and has been contributing to the undergraduate program teaching courses on French society and politics. In 2006 and 2007, she played a major role in the establishment of the Monash European and EU Centre, until 2019. She is the author of Marcel Gauchet and the Loss of Common Purpose (Lexington books 2017.