Research

Idea Brokers: Activism By and For Vulnerable Populations in Indonesia

My dissertation examines Indonesian activists’ political attitudes and strategies to conduct public information campaigns and secure rights protections for their vulnerable stakeholders: I use case studies for organizations that work with or for people who are vulnerable (e.

Anticipating Backlash

How does the anticipation of citizens’ backlash impact activists’ lobbying strategies? I model a Markov game between activists and citizens, and find the implication that domestic activists anticipating backlash have incentives to distance from transnational rhetoric pre-emptively.