My research has been published in academic books and journals.
I have managed large-scale research projects for national political campaigns and other clients, including media outlets. An example of this done for the The Australian newspaper at the 2022 Australian federal election is shown above.
I was also a principal investigator of the 2019 and 2022 Cooperative Australian Election Surveys. with approximately 7,000 and 6,000 respondents respectively, these are two of the largest election studies conducted in Australia to date.
A selection of my published research can be found below.
Electoral analysis
A centre-left landslide with foundations of sand
Presented to the Grattan Institute – 2025.
See it here.
The intergenerational politics of asset ownership in Australia
The Housing Affordability Crisis, Intergenerational Inequality, and the 2025 Federal Election, University of Sydney and Macquarie University – 2025.
Find here.
Socio-economic cleavages in 2022 federal voting: persistence of economic and ownership inequalities
Anatomy of a Centre-Left Majority, Macquarie University – 2022.
Find here.
Academic research
Voiceless: Division, Distrust and Discrimination at the 2023 Voice Referendum
Australian Journal of Social Issues
(with Shaun Wilson) – 2025.
Read here.
Chinese Entrepreneurs, the Party-State, and Gender: Women Succeed in Business without the CCP
Journal of East Asian Studies
(with Minglu Chen and Benjamin E. Goldsmith) – 2022.
Read here.
Populists or Nativist Authoritarians? A Cross-National Analysis of the Populist Radical Right Ideology Amongst Voters
Australian Journal of Political Science
(with Glenn Kefford) – 2021.
Read here.
The role of political polarization on American and Australian trust and media use during the COVID-19 pandemic
In Peter Van Aelst and Jay G. Blumler (eds), Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus (with Andrea Carson and Leah Ruppanner) – 2021.
Read here.
Dark money and opaque politics: Making sense of contributions to Australian political parties
Australian Journal of Political Science
(with Darren Halpin) – 2021.
Read here.
Anxiety and Financial Worry under the COVID-19 pandemic: Employment Disruption and Increased Housework and Childcare in Australia and the United States
Gender, Work and Organization
(with Leah Ruppanner, Monica Tan and Andrea Carson) – 2021.
Read here.
Voter behaviour: Age, ancestry and economic self-interest
In Marian Simms, Marian Sawer, Anika Gauja (eds), Morrison’s Miracle: The 2019 Australian Federal Election (with Jill Sheppard and Juliet Pietsch) – 2020.
Read here.
Negative Campaigning, Issue Salience and Vote Choice: Assessing the Effects of the Australian Labor Party’s 2016 ‘Mediscare’ Campaign
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (with Andrea Carson and Aaron Martin) – 2020.
Read here.
Support for minor parties in Australia: Economic insecurity versus issue representation
In Shaun Wilson and Markus Hadler (eds), Australian Social Attitudes IV: Australia in an age of insecurity – 2018.
Read here.
Public opinion and policy responsiveness in Australia: The case of same-sex marriage
Australian Journal of Political Science (with Andrea Carson and Yannick Dufresne) – 2018.
Read here.
Interest aggregators, not office chasers: Evidence for party convergence and divergence in Australia
Australian Journal of Political Science – 2017.
Read here.
Other selected works
Fear, loathing and COVID-19: America and Australia compared
(with Simon Jackman, Andrea Carson and Leah Ruppanner) – 2020
Read here
Public Opinion in the Age of Trump: The United States and Australia compared
(with Simon Jackman, Zoe Meers, Jared Mondschein and Elliott Brennan) – 2019
Read here
Red is the new black: Support for and attitudes towards socialism in Australia and the United States
(with Simon Jackman) – 2019
Read here
Very legal and very cool: Public opinion on Trump, Russia and the Mueller investigation
(with Simon Jackman) – 2019
Read here
SHAUN RATCLIFF 