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Dr. Benjamin Moffitt is a Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Relations at Monash University's School of Social Sciences. He previously held roles as Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University and postdoctoral fellowships at Uppsala and Stockholm Universities. His research focuses on challenges to liberal democracy, particularly populism, and he is a leading global expert in the field, authoring influential books such as The Global Rise of Populism and Populism. Moffitt has secured over $1.5M AUD in research funding, including an ARC Discovery Early Career Award for his work on visual politics.
- Education:
- PhD in Government & International Relations, University of Sydney
- BA (Hons) in Sociology, University of Wollongong
Research interests include populism’s intersection with visual politics, democratic theory, and comparative politics. His work has been cited over 7,500 times and featured in media outlets like The Economist and BBC News.
Recent articles analyze visual strategies of populist leaders, crisis exploitation by far-right movements, and the role of color in party branding. He co-edits the Edinburgh University Press book series Politics/Media/Culture and serves as Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science.
Grants include the ARC’s ‘Visual Politics of Populism’ and a Swedish Wallenberg Foundation grant on ‘Democratic Self-Defense.’
