Trump v Clinton: UQ experts available to comment

Experts from The University of Queensland are available to comment on various aspects of the United States Presidential Election.

Journalists can search by topic or name at UQ Experts or contact the following experts. 

POLITICS:

Associate Professor Sarah Percy

School of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Expertise: US election from a domestic perspective

Phone: 07 3443 1323 or 0437 277 411

Email: s.percy@uq.edu.au

Associate Professor Andrew Phillips

School of Political Science & International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Expertise: International Relations and Strategy

·         Foreign policy angle and what the election might mean for Australia

Phone: 07 3365 3301 or 0425 753 880

Email: andrew.phillips@uq.edu.au

Professor Graeme Orr

TC Beirne School of Law, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Expertise:

·         Law of politics and elections

·         Non-instrumental approaches to Law and Politics (ritual, symbols, language)

Phone: 07 336 53014 or 0434 525 398

Email: g.orr@law.uq.edu.au

Professor Xue Li

UQ School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Expertise: Social media data to predict election results

• News article here
• Professor Li’s online tool is analysing the US election live.

Phone: 07 3365 2379, 0402 796685. 

Email: x.li@uq.edu.au

Dr Frank Mols

UQ School of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Expertise:

• Political science/public policy and social psychological theorising.

Phone: 07 3365 9024 (work) or 0420 817 858

Email: f.mols@uq.edu.au

PSYCHOLOGY:

Professor Alex Haslam

UQ School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

Expertise: Group and identity processes in organisational, social and clinical contexts:

• Psychology in organisations.
• The social psychology of stereotyping, prejudice, and tyranny.
• Social processes in health and well-being.

Phone: 07 3346 7345 (work) or 0468 547 291

Email: a.haslam@uq.edu.au

Twitter: @alexanderhaslam

ENVIRONMENT:

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 

Global Change Institute 

Expertise: Climate change, environment, ecology and zoology

• The environmental implications of who is in the White House

Phone: 07 3443 3112

Email: oveh@uq.edu.au

Media: UQ Communications, communications@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 3439.