Matthew Qvortrup

Matthew Qvortrup is an award-winning journalist, academic, and broadcaster, now working as a senior reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He is the author of 15 books about politics and philosophy, including the critically acclaimed biography of Angela Merkel (2021) and popular philosophy collection, Great Minds on Small Things (2023). Matthew has previously presented programs for the BBC, and has written for, among others, the Sun, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, and the Scotsman. He trained in law and political science, holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and is the recipient of, respectively, the Oxford University Press Law Prize and the PSA Prize. Matthew is also an adjunct Professor at LUISS in Rome and a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University. You can learn more about him on the ABC.