Dr Kerryn Baker
Areas of expertise
- Government And Politics Of Asia And The Pacific 160606
Research interests
Elections and Electoral Reform; Women's Political Representation; Politics in the Pacific Islands Region
Biography
Dr Kerryn Baker is a Research Fellow in the Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. She has a BA(Hons) in International Relations from Victoria University of Wellington and a PhD in Political Science from the ANU. She has research experience in the French Pacific, Papua New Guinea (including Bougainville), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. She had published in leading journals including Pacific Affairs, Government and Opposition, Australian Journal of Political Science, Representation, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies and Political Science on issues of political participation, electoral reform and women’s political representation. Her book Pacific Women in Politics: Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands was published by University of Hawaii Press in 2019 and she is the co-editor (with Marian Sawer) of Gender Innovation in Political Science: New Norms, New Knowledge (Palgrave, 2019).
Publications
- Baker, K & Barbara, J 2020, 'Revisiting the Concept of Political Participation in the Pacific', Pacific Affairs, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 135-155.
- Sawer, M & Baker, K, eds, 2018, Gender innovation in political science: New norms, new knowledge, Palgrave Macmillan, London.
- Baker, K 2018, ''What did the winning candidate have that I don�t have?': gender, politics and elections in Solomon Islands', Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 427-445.
- Baker, K 2018, 'Gender and candidate selection in a weakly institutionalised party system: the case of Samoa', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 57-72pp.
- Baker, K 2018, 'Women's Representation and Electoral System Reform in Papua New Guinea: The Limitations of Limited Preferential Voting', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 208-219pp.
- Baker, K 2018, 'Great Expectations: Gender and Political Representation in the Pacific Islands', Government and Opposition, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 542-568.
- Baker, K 2014, 'Explaining the outcome of gender quota campaigns in Samoa and Papua New Guinea', Political Science, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 63-83.
- Baker, K 2014, 'Quota adoption and the exogenous track model: The parity laws in the french pacific collectivities', Representation, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 295-306.
- Barbara, J & Baker, K 2016, Improving the Electoral Chances of Pacific Women through an Evidence-Based Approach.
- Baker, K 2015, Pawa Blong Meri: Women Candidates in the 2015 Bougainville Election.
- Baker, K 2016, IB2016/7 The Highest Glass Ceiling - Women, Politics and Executive Power in the Pacific, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K 2016, IB2016/16 A Watershed Moment, or Business as Usual? Female Candidates and Quota Implementation in the 2016 Samoan Election, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K 2016, IB2016/39 Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Bridging Resourcing Gaps, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K 2016, IB2016/36 Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Temporary Special Measures and Institutional Approaches, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K 2016, IB2016/41 Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Women's Political Participation - Post-Election Issues, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K 2016, IB2016/34 Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Women's Political Participation - Electoral Trends, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K 2015, IB2015/33 Women's Under-Representation and Special Measures in the Tongan Parliament, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K & Oppermann, T 2015, IB2015/49 The Election of Josephine Getsi - Making Political History in Bougainville, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K, Corbett, J & Molotii, A 2014, IB2014/17 Women's Representation and the Question of Temporary Special Measures in Tuvalu, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K 2014, IB2014/2 Women's Representation and the Use of Reserved Seats in Bougainville, pp. 1-2pp.
- Baker, K, Ng Shiu, R & Corbett, J 2013, IB2013/11 Women MPs in Samoa and Kiribati, pp. 1-2pp.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Support for Research on Women's Leadership and Decision Making (Pacific) (Secondary Investigator)
