Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin

Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin is a Senior Research Fellow at the ANU Philippines Institute and a Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Development Studies at De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU-Manila). Among her publications are ‘Mapping the Philippines’ Defective Democracy’ with Julio Teehankee and ‘Democratic backsliding in the Philippines: Are voters becoming illiberal?’ with Yuko Kasuya. She co-edited the book, Patronage Democracy in the Philippines: Clans, Clients and Competition in Local Elections. The book received the 2024 Outstanding Book Award in the Social Sciences from the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST).