Ben Reilly is Professor of Policy and Governance at the ANU. He received his BA, Hons, 1st Class, from UNSW and his PhD from the ANU.

Research interests/expertise
* Democracy and democratization
* Elections and electoral systems
* Australian foreign policy and regional security in the South Pacific
* Ethnic conflict and conflict management
* Governance and development in Asia-Pacific

Current Projects
* Democratization and political engineering in the Asia-Pacific
* Post-conflict democracy
* Political parties in divided societies
* China in the Pacific
* Electoral system design and conflict management
* Political reform and ethnic conflict in South-East Asia and the South Pacific