RESEARCH PROFILE

My research interest intersects public opinion, political behavior, and comparative politics in developing democracies and electoral autocracies, particularly in Southeast Asia. Specifically, I examine how knowledge of politics and democracy shape democratic support and preferences in societies with limited experience and exposure to democracy. More recently, my research focuses on the gendered development of political knowledge and preferences in newly democratic societies. I specialise in quantitative research using surveys and survey experiments.

Currently, I am a Lecturer at the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia. View my profile here.

Recent publications

Ananda, A., & Dawson, J. (2024). Cultural liberalism in Eastern and Western Europe: a societal antidote to democratic backsliding?. Journal of European Public Policy.

Herman, L. E., Dawson, J., and Ananda, A. (2023). A climate of optimism? EU policy-making, political science and the democratization of Central and Eastern Europe (2000–2015). Comparative European Politics.

Ananda, A. and Dawson, J. (2023). Cultural Liberalism in Eastern and Western Europe: A Societal Antidote to Democratic Backsliding? Journal of European Public Policy.