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

Associate Professor Jana von Stein
ANU School of Politics and International Relations
Expertise: (US-specific): Women’s rights (reproductive), immigration, refugees, US foreign policy, international perceptions of the US, climate policy
E: Jana.vonStein@anu.edu.au

Professor Michelle Ryan
The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
Expertise: Gendered elements of the campaign, women in politics, the Glass Cliff phenomenon
E: Michelle.Ryan@anu.edu.au

Jack Hayes
The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
Expertise: Democratic and electoral health, LGBTIQ+ political representation and voting, Australia-US alliance relations
E: Jack.Hayes@anu.edu.au

Professor Warwick McKibbin 
Director, ANU Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis
Expertise: International and domestic economic policy
E: Warwick.McKibbin@anu.edu.au

Dr Simon Copland
ANU School of Sociology
Expertise: The far-right, political violence, anti-politics
E: Simon.Copland@anu.edu.au

Dr Vanessa Teague
ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
Expertise: Election technology and security, including the technical side of how electronic voting, counting and auditing work
E: Vanessa.Teague@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