Associate Professor Paul Jones has appeared on ABC Radio to discuss populism.

Speaking to host Jolene Laverty, Professor Jones described populism as a tendency to appeal to the notion of 'the people', particularly in times of difficulty or when a certain group of people feel either politically or economically disenfranchised.

Professor Jones is well-placed to comment on populism, teaching a course on the topic in the ANU School of Sociology, and currently completing a book titled Critical Theory and Demagogic Populism for Manchester University Press.

Professor Jones' full interview can be heard here at the 1:07:40 mark.