Miriam Lyons
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Miriam Lyons is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development
(CPD), an independent public interest think tank set up in 2007. Formerly the Policy Coordinator for newmatilda.com
, Miriam has a long history of bringing innovative policy ideas and debate to new audiences.
Miriam co-founded Nexus, a non-partisan network designed to connecting young people with the democratic process, while studying politics and international relations at the University of New South Wales
. She was also involved in setting up Vibewire.net, a national youth website.
Upon graduating, she founded and directed the Interface Festival of Ideas in Sydney. She then worked in East Timor
for a year as a media consultant, assisting the local media sector to lobby for media law reform. During this time she co-wrote a report on media freedom in East Timor for ARTICLE 19
.
On returning to Australia, Miriam directed an Ideas Program for the Straight Out Of Brisbane festival. She went on to work with AID/WATCH and the Australian Human Rights Centre. With University of New South Wales academic James Arvanitakis she founded a network dedicated to long-term social change called Plus20.
In 2008 Miriam was a delegate to the 2020 Ideas Summit
. She has been profiled in the Courier-Mail, Channel Stu, Frank Magazine, and the Sun-Herald
. She has written for several publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald, Online Opinion, and Griffith Review. Currently, Miriam is on the steering committee of Project Australia, the advisory committee of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
, and the steering committee of Sydney's Festival of Dangerous Ideas
.
Miriam is currently studying an MA at the University of Technology, Sydney
.
Centre for Policy Development
The Centre for Policy Development is an Australian independent public interest think tank, founded in 2007. It was originally associated with the then magazine New Matilda-Fellows of the Centre :Fellows of the Centre include::*Fred Argy...
(CPD), an independent public interest think tank set up in 2007. Formerly the Policy Coordinator for newmatilda.com
Newmatilda.com
newmatilda.com, commonly known as New Matilda, is an independent Australian website of news, analysis and satire.The website was established by John Menadue in August 2004. It is now registered in the name of Cordell Media Pty Ltd, a company which is not aligned with any political party...
, Miriam has a long history of bringing innovative policy ideas and debate to new audiences.
Miriam co-founded Nexus, a non-partisan network designed to connecting young people with the democratic process, while studying politics and international relations at the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. She was also involved in setting up Vibewire.net, a national youth website.
Upon graduating, she founded and directed the Interface Festival of Ideas in Sydney. She then worked in East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
for a year as a media consultant, assisting the local media sector to lobby for media law reform. During this time she co-wrote a report on media freedom in East Timor for ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 is a London-based human rights organisation with a specific mandate and focus on the defence and promotion of freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide...
.
On returning to Australia, Miriam directed an Ideas Program for the Straight Out Of Brisbane festival. She went on to work with AID/WATCH and the Australian Human Rights Centre. With University of New South Wales academic James Arvanitakis she founded a network dedicated to long-term social change called Plus20.
In 2008 Miriam was a delegate to the 2020 Ideas Summit
Australia 2020 Summit
The Australia 2020 Summit was a convention, referred to in Australian media as a summit, which was held on 19-20 April 2008 in Canberra, Australia, aiming to "help shape a long term strategy for the nation's future"...
. She has been profiled in the Courier-Mail, Channel Stu, Frank Magazine, and the Sun-Herald
Sun-Herald
Sun-Herald could refer to:* The Sun-Herald, the Sunday edition of The Sydney Morning Herald, a newspaper based in Sydney, Australia* The Sun Herald, a newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi...
. She has written for several publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald, Online Opinion, and Griffith Review. Currently, Miriam is on the steering committee of Project Australia, the advisory committee of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
Adelaide Festival of Ideas
The Adelaide Festival of Ideas has been held every two years since 1999 over a period of three or four days in October at venues throughout Adelaide in the alternate year to the long-established Adelaide Festival of Arts....
, and the steering committee of Sydney's Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Festival of Dangerous Ideas is an annual event presented by Sydney Opera House and St James Ethics Centre. In 2009, festival's opening address was given by atheism advocate Christopher Hitchens on the topic of "Religion Poisons Everything", which was countered by Australian Roman Catholic Cardinal...
.
Miriam is currently studying an MA at the University of Technology, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
.
External links
- http://cpd.org.au/about-us/staff
- http://cpd.org.au/sites/cpd/files/u2/Miriam-Lyons_bio.pdf