Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy
Lecture
Democracy is in retreat in the United States and around the world, and our institutions are more fragile than ever. At this delicate moment, Professor Beth Noveck argues, artificial intelligence has burst onto the scene — a powerful technology with as much potential to bolster democracy as to harm…
Roundtable on Nationalism, Democracy, & the International Politics of Asia
Panel discussion
A Roundtable on Nationalism, Democracy, and the International Politics of AsiaYou are warmly invited to the upcoming Roundtable, co-sponsored by the Australian National University's Centre on China in the World and the School of Politics and International Relations.Friday 31 July, 2pm -…
Collective Punishment of the Other: Perceptions of Groupness and Public Responses to Foreign Influence
Lecture/seminar
When rival governments interfere in each other’s domestic affairs, disclosures of that interference often trigger demands for “collective punishment”—broadly punitive policies impacting the rival country’s ordinary citizens. Why do people support such indiscriminate policies that impose costs…
Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Quantitative Political Research
Workshop
3rd Annual APSA Workshop on Quantitative MethodsAs artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into research and empirical analysis, Large Language Models (LLMs) have rapidly emerged as powerful tools for political scientists. By enabling new approaches to data collection, text analysis…
Persuasion and resistance: A survey experiment on messaging for and against One Nation
Lecture/seminar
Since the May 2025 federal election, One Nation's primary vote has risen sharply across published polling. If an election were held today, it would likely be the second-largest bloc in the House of Representatives. What drives this surge — and what, if anything, suppresses it — remains contested,…
Does U.S. Nuclear Arms Control Diplomacy Affect Allied Perceptions of U.S. Extended Deterrence? Evidence from Cross-National Survey Experiments
Lecture/seminar
This project explores how U.S. nuclear arms control diplomacy with nuclear-armed adversaries—such as Russia and China—affects the credibility of extended nuclear deterrence in the eyes of U.S. allies. Although arms control is widely viewed as a critical tool for managing nuclear risks between…
Artificial Intelligence, False Information, Trust in Elections and Satisfaction with Democracy in Australia
Lecture/seminar
The proliferation of false information and the rapid diffusion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) pose mounting challenges to democracy. Deepfakes, synthetic news, and AI-powered personalised political advertising are reshaping information ecosystems, raising concerns about how citizens…