{"id":7177,"date":"2024-06-04T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?post_type=storiesprojects&p=7177"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:03:34","slug":"intifar-chowdhury-youngresearchersnetwork","status":"publish","type":"storiesprojects","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/stories\/intifar-chowdhury-youngresearchersnetwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Intifar Chowdhury – #YoungResearchersNetwork\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Intifar Chowdhury <\/strong>is a youth researcher at the Australian National University (ANU). She is passionate about writing to better the political representation of all young Australians in our democracy.\u00a0

In July 2023, Intifar completed her PhD in political science at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations. Her doctoral research tackled the important question of whether young people are turning away from democracy. It comprised a quantitative enquiry on advanced democracies using survey data from comparative databases. Beyond academia, Intifar continually strives to translate her research work into public good: her political commentary on youth politics has appeared in diverse media platforms, including in\u00a0The Conversation, The Guardian, The Canberra Times, The Ethics Centre, ABC Q&A, Al Jazeera English, the Democracy Sausage Podcast, Triple J Hack, Reuters, Australian Institute for International Affairs<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0ANU’s Policy Forum<\/em>.

Prior to this, Intifar obtained a double degree in Science (Biochemistry\/Genetics) and International Relations (Honours) at the ANU. During her time as a student, Intifar has interned at the Commonwealth parliament, the Canberra Hospital and\u00a0Wissenschaftszentrum f\u00fcr Sozialforschun<\/em>\u00a0in Berlin (WZB). She has also worked as the Senior Survey Research Officer for a youth longitudinal Post School Destination (GENERATION) survey, conducted by the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) in collaboration with the Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE). In the past years, Intifar has represented ANU research while visiting the\u00a0LIfBi<\/em>\u00a0research centre in Germany, the OECD Education Directorate in France and universities in Austria and Italy. Recently, she has commenced her first permanent academic job with Flinders University in South Australia.
Intifar greatly enjoys teaching at university, educating and guiding the future custodians of democracy. Her teaching philosophy has been accredited at the UK Higher Education Academy. She also won the 2020 CASS Dean\u2019s Commendation for Excellence in Education, 2021 CASS Excellence in Tutoring and Demonstrating<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a02021 Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intifar Chowdhury’s Case Study<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Australia, young people remain engaged through compulsory voting but are increasingly disillusioned with major parties, driving a shift toward issue-based politics, electoral volatility, and growing support for minor parties and independents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Voices behind the research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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