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  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Australia Leader Award
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Overview

Edward Aspinall is a researcher affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their academic work is principally situated within the broader field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Political Science and International Relations. They have contributed to various subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Education, and Soil Science.

Their research topics are diverse, predominantly covering Asian Studies and History, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Gender Politics and Representation, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Gender and Women's Rights, Land Rights and Reforms, and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance.

Edward Aspinall's publication record includes papers, books, and contributions to key journals in the field. Among the most cited recent papers authored by Aspinall are:

  • Women's Political Representation in Indonesia: Who Wins and How? (2021), published in Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs

In addition to their individual work, Aspinall has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Meredith Weiss, Allen Hicken, Ward Berenschot, Paul D. Hutchcroft, and Amalinda Savirani.

Their frequent publication venues demonstrate a strong engagement with Southeast Asian studies and political science, featuring repeated contributions to:

  • South East Asia Research
  • Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
  • Contemporary Southeast Asia
  • Electoral Studies
  • World Politics

Edward Aspinall has authored books published by notable academic presses. For example, Stanford University Press eBooks published their book "Islam and Nation" in 2020, and Cambridge University Press published "Mobilizing for Elections" in 2022.

The scope and range of their work indicate an interdisciplinary approach with a foundation in political science and gender studies, particularly in the context of Indonesia and broader Southeast Asia. Their research often engages with questions around political representation, electoral dynamics, and socio-political structures in patronage democracies.

Best Publications

  • Opposing Suharto: Compromise, Resistance, and Regime Change in Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall

  • Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall

  • LOCAL POWER & POLITICS IN INDONESIA: Decentralisation & Democratisation

    Edward Aspinall;Greg Fealy

  • A NATION IN FRAGMENTS: Patronage and Neoliberalism in Contemporary Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall

  • The Helsinki Agreement: A More Promising Basis for Peace in Aceh?

    Edward Aspinall

  • The Aceh Peace Process: Why it Failed

    Edward Aspinall;Harold A. Crouch

  • The State and Illegality in Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall;Geert Arend van Klinken

  • The break-up of Indonesia? Nationalisms after decolonisation and the limits of the nation-state in post-cold war Southeast Asia

    Edward Aspinall;Mark T Berger

  • Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia: Elections, Institutions and Society

    Edward Aspinall;Marcus Mietzner

  • The Construction of Grievance Natural Resources and Identity in a Separatist Conflict

    Edward Aspinall

  • Health care and democratization in Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall

  • Democratization and Ethnic Politics in Indonesia: Nine Theses

    Edward Aspinall

  • Democracy for Sale: Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall;Ward Berenschot

  • The Irony of Success

    Edward Aspinall

  • Combatants to contractors; The political economy of peace in Aceh

    Edward Aspinall

  • Politik uang di Indonesia : patronase dan klientelisme pada pemilu legislatif 2014

    Edward Aspinall;Mada Sukmajati

  • Introduction: decentralisation, democratisation and the rise of the local

    Gregory Fealy;Edward Aspinall

  • Indonesian Politics in 2014: Democracy’s Close Call

    Edward Aspinall;Marcus Mietzner

  • When Religion Trumps Ethnicity: A Regional Election Case Study from Indonesia:

    Edward Aspinall;Sebastian Carl Dettman;Eve Warburton

  • WHEN BROKERS BETRAY: Clientelism, Social Networks, and Electoral Politics in Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall

  • Elections and the normalization of politics in Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall

  • Explaining Indonesia's Democratic Regression: Structure, Agency and Popular Opinion

    Eve Warburton;Edward Aspinall

  • Elites, masses, and democratic decline in Indonesia

    Edward Aspinall;Diego Fossati;Burhanuddin Muhtadi;Eve Warburton

  • Soeharto’s New Order and its Legacy : Essays in honour of Harold Crouch

    Edward Aspinall;Greg Fealy

  • Oligarchic Populism: Prabowo Subianto's Challenge to Indonesian Democracy

    Edward Aspinall

  • The Yudhoyono Presidency

    Edward Aspinall;Marcus Mietzner;Dirk Tomsa

  • LOCAL POWER & POLITICS IN INDONESIA

    Edward Aspinall;Greg Fealy

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Mietzner
Marcus Mietzner Australian National University
Michael W. Davidson
Michael W. Davidson Florida State University
Mark R. Thompson
Mark R. Thompson City University of Hong Kong

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