Dara Conduit — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Melbourne and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow.
Author of 'The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria' (Cambridge University Press), which won the 2020 Oceania Book Prize for International Studies.
Specializes in authoritarian politics and cyber technology, with a regional focus on the Middle East, particularly Syria and Iran.
Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C.
Holds a PhD from Monash University (2017) and a M.Litt from the University of St Andrews (2011).

Biography

Dara Conduit is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. She also serves as a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C.

Her research explores the intersection of authoritarian politics and cyber technology, aiming to enhance understanding of contentious politics within authoritarian regimes and their tactical innovations. Dr.