ANU experts on the 2024 US presidential election
With the 2024 United States presidential election scheduled for Tuesday 5 November 2024, The Australian National University (ANU) has experts who can comment on a range of topics.
You can contact our experts via the details listed below. Alternatively, please reach out to the ANU Media team on our hotline +61 2 6125 7979 or by emailing media@anu.edu.au.
Dr Wesley Widmaier
ANU Department of International Relations
Expertise: Presidential leadership; foreign policy; economic policy; political culture; elections and realignments; political ideas; history
E: Wesley.Widmaier@anu.edu.au
Simon Copland
ANU School of Sociology
Expertise: The far-right; political violence; anti-politics
E: Simon.Copland@anu.edu.au
Professor Michael Platow
ANU School of Medicine and Psychology
Expertise: Social psychology of leadership and influence; social psychology of group processes and intergroup relations; social psychology of prejudice; social psychology of “partisan truth”; social psychology of procedural and distributive justice; social-psychological facets of education
E: Michael.Platow@anu.edu.au
Dr James Mortensen
ANU National Security College
Expertise: Conspiracy theories; political extremism; alt-right/left; internet culture
E: James.Mortensen@anu.edu.au
Dr Charlie Crimston
ANU School of Medicine and Psychology
Expertise: Polarisation; extremism
E: Charlie.Crimston@anu.edu.au
Dr John Hart
ANU School of Politics and International Relations
Expertise: US government; the US presidency; US presidential and congressional elections
E: johnhart662@gmail.com
Dr Andrew Hughes
ANU Research School of Management
Expertise: Political advertising and communications; political strategy; political campaigns
E: Andrew.Hughes@anu.edu.au
Professor Rory Medcalf
ANU National Security College
Expertise: Impact of US elections on geopolitics; foreign affairs; security policy; defence; Australia-US alliance; US-China relations; Indo-Pacific security
E: Rory.Medcalf@anu.edu.au
David Andrews
ANU National Security College
Expertise: Foreign, defence and security policy; alliances and security institutions (ANZUS, Quad, AUKUS, Five Eyes, etc.); strategic policy and military strategy
E: David.Andrews@anu.edu.au
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