Ibi Losoncz

Ibi Losoncz is a Research Fellow at The Australian National University's School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet). Her work focuses on institutional responsiveness to human needs, democratic decline, and migrant resettlement. She holds a PhD in Regulation, Justice and Diplomacy (2014) from ANU and a First Class Honours Bachelor of Psychology from Charles Sturt University (2003).

• Education: PhD (2014), Bachelor of Psychology (2003)

Her research explores how unresponsive policies lead to social conflict and institutional breakdown, with recent focus on sorcery accusation-related violence in Papua New Guinea. She has published in journals like Journal of Refugee Studies and authored the book Institutional Disrespect analyzing democratic failures.

Her research outputs from 2021-2024 examine PNG's sociopolitical challenges through interdisciplinary lenses. She has no listed awards but maintains active collaborations in policy analysis and development studies.

• Current Projects: Far Right Identity Construction (2022-2024), Migrant Integration (2015-2016), Throughcare Program Evaluation (2014)

Supervision: Registered to advise PhD candidates on governance-related topics. Past roles include senior research positions at the Australian Institute of Criminology and Department of Social Services.