Fiona Yap

Fiona Yap is Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific. Her main research interests are in policy and political economy in East and Southeast Asia. Her research work is available through journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies,Government and Opposition, Asian Survey, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of East Asian Studies, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Korea Observer, and Australian Journal of Political Science, as well as chapter contributions in edited volumes.

She is on the Advisory Board of the internationally-funded Korea Institute at the Australian National University, serves as co-editor of the internationally ranked European Journal of Development Research, co-editor of_Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies_, and co-editor of the Presidential-powers.com Academic blog.

She is also editorial board member of Asian Survey,Korea Observer and 21st Century Political Science Review, served as editor of Annual Editions: Comparative Politics for McGraw-Hill and is a reviewer for numerous journals, including American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Journal of Public Policy,Policy and Politics,Political Research Quarterly,International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Perspective, Governance, Asian Survey, Social Science Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Journal of East Asian Studies. Prior to joining the ANU, she was a tenured-faculty at the University of Kansas, US.

• Political economy of democratization
• Corruption
• Government accountability and responsiveness
• Strategic interaction in policy-making
• Citizens’ responses to public policy
• Government spending and policymaking
• Economic growth
• Comparative governments and politics
• Government And Politics Of Asia And The Pacific
• Political Science