Andrea Carson
Director, Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne

Andrea Carson is a Professor of Political Communication and Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. She is author of 6 books and an award-winning political scientist and journalist (The Age and ABC).

Her research examines the media ecosystem and misinformation and its impact on democracy, and she advises governments, think tanks and platforms. She was a research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and has extensively published and taught on investigative journalism, misinformation, election campaigns, and gender equality.

She is recipient of three Australian Research Council grants on political trust, public policy responsiveness and women's representation in local government. She is a research fellow of the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia and served as President of the Australian Political Studies Association. Her latest book is Women's Pathways to Power: Cracking the Glass Ceiling.