Fiona Yap is an Associate Professor at Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU. Her main research interests are in policy and the political economy of East and Southeast Asia, focusing on how strategic interactions between government and citizens lead to outcomes such as democratisation, civil-military relations, peace, economic development and policy success.

Her research work is available through journals including the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Korea Observer, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Asian Survey, Government and Opposition and Policy Sciences as well as chapter contributions in edited volumes.

She is co-editor of the European Journal of Development Research, and Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, a board member of the Korea Institute, and editorial board member for Asian Survey, Korea Observer, and the 21st Century Political Science Review.