I am a political scientist and Senior Lecturer at the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University, where I also serve as Director, Research.

I study how citizens, advocacy organisations, and public institutions confront mistrust and weak government responsiveness in fragmenting information environments. My research is published in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Information, Communication & Society, Governance, Political Studies, or PNAS. I am co-editor of “Lobbying the Autocrat“ (U Michigan Press), and the “Encyclopedia of Political Communication” (E Elgar).

I currently co-lead two Australian Research Council-funded Discovery Projects on Public Interest Advocacy, and on Mapping & Harnessing Public Mistrust, as well as a Linkage Project on Green Energy Transition Dynamics in Southeast Asia, in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).

I am also Associate Editor of the journal Democratization, and an invited affiliate of the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE), and the Australian Resilient Democracy Research Network.