Research
Research Agenda
A concise statement of the central research problem, questions, geographic focus, methods, and current work.
Central research problem
How do digital propaganda systems and AI-mediated information environments reshape political judgment, trust, and accountability during authoritarian rule and democratic transitions?
Research questions
- RQ1How do authoritarian and transitional regimes use digital propaganda and narrative control to shape public judgment and legitimacy?
- RQ2How do AI-mediated information systems influence trust, credibility, and political decision-making among citizens and institutions?
- RQ3What forms of accountability and justicecraft become possible—or constrained—when political conflict unfolds through digital and algorithmic infrastructures?
Geographic focus
Bangladesh and comparative cases across South and Southeast Asia, with attention to transnational digital propaganda and regional technology governance.
Methods
Comparative case studies, documentary and archival analysis, qualitative interviewing, and political content analysis, with survey design and computational approaches under active development.
Methods currently developing
Current working project
Ongoing work on disinformation, counter-narratives, and accountability after Bangladesh's 2024 uprising, including forthcoming chapters on Justicecraft and post-uprising transitional justice mechanisms.
Faculty areas
Areas of faculty expertise I seek to work with in graduate training and collaborative research.
- Political communication and digital propaganda
- Comparative authoritarianism and democratic transitions
- Transitional justice and accountability
- AI governance and political behaviour
- South and Southeast Asian politics