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Intifar Chowdhury
Expert and researcher in GovernmentDr. Intifar Chowdhury is a youth researcher and expertin Government at Flinders University. She is passionate about writing to better the political representation of all young Australians in our democracy.
In July 2023, Intifar completed her PhD in political science at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations. Her doctoral research tackled the important question of whether young people are turning away from democracy. It comprised a quantitative enquiry on advanced democracies using survey data from comparative databases. Beyond academia, Intifar continually strives to translate her research work into public good: her political commentary on youth politics has appeared in diverse media platforms, including in The Conversation, The Guardian, Forbes, The Canberra Times, The Ethics Centre, ABC Q&A, Al Jazeera English, the Democracy Sausage Podcast, Triple J Hack, Reuters, Australian Institute for International Affairs and ANU’s Policy Forum.
Prior to this, Intifar obtained a double degree in Science (Biochemistry/Genetics) and International Relations (Honours) at the ANU. During her time as a student, Intifar has interned at the Commonwealth parliament, the Canberra Hospital and Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschun in Berlin (WZB). She has also worked as the Senior Survey Research Officer for a youth longitudinal Post School Destination (GENERATION) survey, conducted by the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) in collaboration with the Australian Department of Education (DoE). In the past years, Intifar has represented ANU research while visiting the LIfBi research centre in Germany, the OECD Education Directorate in France and universities in Austria and Italy. Recently, she joined the Youth Researchers’ Network (YRN) on global youth participation, powered by the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) and funded by the European Union (EU).
Robert Van Gorp
Australian Institute of International Affairs South AustraliaRobert is the current Lead of the Emergent Track, the youth wing of the AIIA SA. Robert is currently completing an honours year in International Relations at the University of Adelaide. Researching
Australian climate narratives in the Pacific Islands.