Very honoured (and pleasantly surprised) that The Australian newspaper has named me the top researcher in political science this year!

The measure is based on citation over a 5 year period in the top 20 journals in each discipline - I'm in very good company in the list of social scientists below!

The Trump x Insane Clown Posse crossover we've all been waiting for

So much of the burgeoning literature on the visual politics of populism is 'top-down' - how do populist leaders & parties use visuals, basically. This article flips it, and looks at it from the 'bottom-up', examining how populist publics self-mediate as 'the people' under populism

Tell me that the new NSW One Nation Senator is not just Malcolm Roberts with a different tie

Can anyone explain how on earth Gerrard Rennick has pulled 5% first preferences in the QLD Senate - i.e. only 2.2% less than One Nation? Kind of remarkable given his not-so-large profile. Is it just cause it was a joint ticket with the much better known Katter's Australian Party?

It's all over, this will put Labor over the line, it's the endorsement every Australian has been waiting for

Australian politics is cringe

Another classic entry in the Visual Politics of Populism gallery.

(Also, this is clearly some kind of humiliation ritual for RFK Jr)

Here's an example. Last week I posted the relatively uncontroversial opinion that the Cronulla Riots - i.e. race riots - were racist. I got over 250 responses, mostly from white supremacists, calling me all sorts of horrid things.