ANU experts on the 2025 Australian federal election

With the Australian federal election scheduled for later this year, 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.  

POLITICS AND ELECTIONS

Dr Vanessa Teague 
ANU School of Computing 
Expertise: Technical aspects of election security, including security and privacy aspects of electronic voting and counting, election auditing, and other aspects of using computers in elections 
E: Vanessa.Teague@anu.edu.au  

Dr Jill Sheppard 
ANU School of Politics and International Relations 
Expertise: Elections, Australian politics, parliament, parties  
E: Jill.Sheppard@anu.edu.au  

Professor Donald Rothwell 
ANU Law School 
Expertise: International law with a particular focus on Australian responses to the Trump administration, constitutional law applicable to formation of government following the federal election 
E: Donald.Rothwell@anu.edu.au  

Dr Ryan Goss 
ANU Law School 
Expertise: Constitutional law, the Constitution and elections/politics/formation of government, etc.  
E: Ryan.Goss@anu.edu.au  

Professor Ron Levy 
ANU Law School 
Expertise: Constitutional issues (e.g. federalism, Indigenous constitutional issues), political communication (e.g. misinformation, funding, deliberation), institutions of political engagement, reform of political systems, human rights, armed conflict 
E: Ron.Levy@anu.edu.au

Dr Pandanus Petter 
ANU School of Politics and International Relations 
Expertise: Australian politics, Queensland politics, voting, political parties 
E: Pandanus.Petter@anu.edu.au

Dr Robert McMahon 
ANU Research School of Social Sciences 
Expertise: Government and public policy, public service and public administration, Australian politics, leadership 
E: Robert.McMahon@anu.edu.au  

NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

David Andrews 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Defence, national security, foreign affairs 
E: David.Andrews@anu.edu.au  

Jennifer Parker 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Defence, national security 
E: Jennifer.Parker@anu.edu.au

Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb AM
ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Expertise: Australia’s defence policy, regional security outlook, Russia–Ukraine war
E: Paul.Dibb@anu.edu.au

Professor Rory Medcalf 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: National security policy, defence, Indo-Pacific, China, India 
E: Rory.Medcalf@anu.edu.au  

Dr Danielle Ireland-Piper 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Constitutional law, national security policy, comparative law, national security law 
E: Danielle.Ireland-Piper@anu.edu.au  

The Hon George Brandis KC 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: National security policy, government, politics, law 
E: George.Brandis@anu.edu.au  

Dr David Brewster  
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Maritime, Indian Ocean, defence, India, Bangladesh, Indo-Pacific 
E: David.Brewster@anu.edu.au  

Associate Professor Michael Cohen 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: International security, Korea, Indo-Pacific, South Asia, US-Aus relations, nuclear proliferation, foreign policy 
E: Mike.Cohen@anu.edu.au  

Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza  
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Constitutional law, Counter-terrorism laws, Australian public law, national security law 
E: Dominique.Dalla-Pozza@anu.edu.au  

Dr Frédéric Grare 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: France, European policy, Geopolitics 
E: Frederic.Grare@anu.edu.au  

Major General (Rtd) Duncan Lewis AO, DSC, CSC 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Intelligence, Australian foreign policy, diplomacy, national security policy 
E: Duncan.Lewis@anu.edu.au  

Dr James Mortensen 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Political security, climate change, digital technology and social change, social media 
E: James.Mortensen@anu.edu.au  

Justin Burke 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: AUKUS, maritime, national security policy 
E: Justin.Burke@anu.edu.au  

Dr David Schaefer 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Intelligence, cyber security, Australian-Asian relations 
E: David.Schaefer@anu.edu.au  

Dr Sue Thompson  
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Foreign policy analysis, geopolitics, defence policy analysis, Southeast Asia 
E: Sue.Thompson@anu.edu.au  

Dr Dirk van der Kley 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Technology competition and innovation, biotechnology, geopolitics 
E: Dirk.vanderKley@anu.edu.au  

Dr Kevin Robb 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: American foreign relations, Australian foreign policy, human rights 
E: Kevin.Robb@anu.edu.au  

YOUTH

Associate Professor Mark Chou 
ANU Crawford School of Public Policy 
Expertise: Young people and the federal election
E: Mark.Chou@anu.edu.au  

HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY

Dr Liz Allen 
POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research 
Expertise: Population, immigration, demography, inequality, social policy, housing, social trends 
E: Liz.Allen@anu.edu.au  

Professor Michael Platow 
ANU School of Medicine and Psychology 
Expertise: Psychology of leadership, psychology of fairness, psychology of prejudice and intergroup relations, psychology of perceived truth 
E: Michael.Platow@anu.edu.au  

GENDER

Professor Michelle Ryan 
ANU Global Institute for Women’s Leadership 
Expertise: Gender 
E: Michelle.Ryan@anu.edu.au  

Dr Elise Stephenson 
ANU National Security College 
Expertise: Gender and politics, government and politics of Asia and the Pacific, space, gender, policy and administration 
E: Elise.Stephenson@anu.edu.au 

ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND CLIMATE

Professor Andrew Blakers
ANU School of Engineering 
Expertise: Energy policy and technology, renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind and hydro
E: Andrew.Blakers@anu.edu.au

Professor Frank Jotzo 
ANU Crawford School of Public Policy 
Expertise: Environment and resource economics, economic development policy, environment policy 
E: Frank.Jotzo@anu.edu.au  

Professor Ken Baldwin 
ANU Research School of Physics 
Expertise: Energy, research policy 
E: Kenneth.Baldwin@anu.edu.au  

Professor David Lindenmayer 
ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society 
Expertise: Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, fire and fire management 
E: David.Lindenmayer@anu.edu.au  

Associate Professor Marnie Shaw 
ANU School of Engineering 
Expertise: Battery storage, energy storage, tariffs, electricity networks, community batteries 
E: Marnie.Shaw@anu.edu.au  

ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

Professor Robert Breunig 
ANU Crawford School of Public Policy 
Expertise: Tax, childcare, economic policy, social policy, productivity 
E: Robert.Breunig@anu.edu.au  

Associate Professor Ben Phillips 
POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research 
Expertise: Tax, welfare, housing, economics, cost of living 
E: Ben.Phillips@anu.edu.au  

Associate Professor Geoff Warren 
ANU Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics
Expertise: Superannuation 
E: Geoff.Warren@anu.edu.au

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING  

Dr Andrew Hughes
ANU Research School of Management
Expertise: Political advertising and marketing, political communications, digital and social media engagement, political branding, Australian politics
E: Andrew.Hughes@anu.edu.au