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Frank Mols
Dr.

Frank Mols

The University of Queensland

f.mols@uq.edu.au

Frank Mols is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Studies at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests include elections, voting, populist radical right parties, leadership, political communication, political behaviour and evidence-based policy.
Frank’s research has been published in leading international journals, including Leadership Quarterly, European Journal of Political Research, Political Psychology, Public Administration, West European Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Evidence and Policy, China Quarterly, Journal of Social Issues, Frontiers in Communication, Australian Journal of Political Science, and the Australian Journal of Public Administration.
His 2017 book The Wealth Paradox (co-authored with Jolanda Jetten and published by Cambridge University Press) has attracted international attention and praise for having debunked pervasive myths about populist parties and their voter base.