In addition to her role at the University of Canberra's Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, Adele is also Adjunct Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University, Brisbane.
She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Sydney and MSc in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Her research focuses on questions pertaining to how citizens think about democracy, when and why they hold complex attitudes to democracy, and how lived experiences shape and constrain their engagement with democratic processes.
She is also interested in Southeast Asian politics, post-colonial theory, and interpretive methods.
Adele currently leads the University of Canberra’s Connecting to Parliament initiative, together with Ohio State University’s Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability.
Chasing Freedom: The Philippines’ Long Journey to Democratic Ambivalence
Liverpool University Press and Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2022
