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AsPr Marcus Mietzner

MA (Frankfurt), PhD (ANU)

I have been interested in the politics of Indonesia since my first visit to Jakarta as a teenager in 1986. While pursuing an MA degree at Goethe University in Frankfurt in the mid-1990s, I spent one year in Ambon to collect material for my thesis on the rebellion of the South Moluccan Republic in 1950. After graduation, I moved to the ANU to obtain my PhD. During fieldwork for a thesis on the Indonesian military, I began working for USAID in Jakarta – an engagement that would last for more than seven years. Eventually, however, I returned to academia, finishing the PhD in 2005 and starting my new position as a lecturer at the ANU in 2008. Since then, my research has primarily focused on political parties and the presidency in democratic Indonesia.

Research Interest

The political role of the military in Indonesia; Indonesian political parties, particularly campaign financing issues; elections in Indonesia; comparative electoral politics in Southeast Asia.

Expertise Area(s)

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Comparative Government and Politics
Social Change
Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific

Contact Email

Marcus.Mietzner@anu.edu.au

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