Dr. Anam Kuraishi is an Assistant Professor at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUMS. She did her PhD in Political Science from University of Essex (2022) and an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2016). Her research focuses on political behaviour and politics of South Asia. In particular, she examines citizens’ democratic commitment, and how rhetoric and misinformation shape public opinion. Adjacent to this, she is also working on themes related to gender and climate change. She develops research designs using a variety of data and methods, including experimental and survey methods, content analysis, observational data, and interviews. She is the author of the book,  Towards a New Paradigm on Post-Truth.
 

She has previously served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Antwerp, and a Visiting Research Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto in Italy, V-Dem Institute and Aarhus University. She is also an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) where she has worked on projects on child marriages and women’s political participation in Pakistan. Her personal website can be accessed here.

Publications:

  • Mongrain, P., Kuraishi, A., Soontjens, K., Walgrave, S. (2026). Wishful Thinking in Mass–Elite Electoral Expectations. Electoral Studies.
  • Kuraishi, A. (2025). Talking Post-Truth: Elite Rhetoric on Democracy in Pakistan. Contemporary South Asia. 
  • Junius, N., Soontjens, K., Kuraishi, A., Pilet, JB., Werner, A., Taflaga, M., Dumont, P., Walgrave, S. (2025). Why Top Politicians are Pessimistic or Optimistic about Democracy and its evolution?. Democratization.
  • Kuraishi, A. (2024). Towards a New Paradigm on Post-Truth. 1st Edition. Routledge. 
  • Kuraishi, A. (2023). Insights from South Asia: A Case of ‘Post-truth’ Electoral Discourse in Pakistan. In I. Kalpokas & J. Kalpokienė (Eds.), Intelligent and Autonomous: Transforming Values in the Face of Technology (pp. 144–163). Brill.

Article

Mongrain, P., Kuraishi, A., Soontjens, K., Walgrave, S. (2025). Wishful Thinking in Mass-Elite Electoral Expectations. Forthcoming Electoral Studies

Junius, N., Soontjens, K., Kuraishi, A., Pilet, JB., Werner, A., Taflaga, M., Dumont, P., Walgrave, S. (2025). Why Top Politicians are Pessimistic or Optimistic about Democracy and its evolution?. Democratization.

Kuraishi, A. (2025). Talking Post-Truth: Elite Rhetoric on Democracy in Pakistan. Contemporary South Asia, 33(3), 384-403.

Basic Book

Kuraishi, A. (2024). Towards a New Paradigm on Post-Truth. 1st Edition. Routledge.

Basic Chapter

Kuraishi, A. (2023). Insights from South Asia: a Case of "Post-truth" Electoral Discourse in Pakistan. In I. Kalpokas & J. Kalpokien? (Eds.), Intelligent and Autonomous: Transforming Values in the Face of Technology (pp. 144-163). Brill.

Basic Monograph

Kuraishi, A. and Hyder, M. (2017). The Reality of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Facts vs. Fiction. Monograph Series: Corridors, Culture and Connectivity, Issue 4. September 20, 2017

Policy: Kuraishi, A. and Hyder, M. (2017). China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): An Opportunity for Cultural and Educational Connectivity. Monograph Series: Corridors, Culture and Connectivity, Issue 5. December 12, 2017

Other

Kuraishi, A. Coronavirus Exposes Class Conflict in Britain s Universities. Tribune Magazine. April 30, 2020

Under Review: Coppenolle, BV., D?ell, D., and Kuraishi, A. Deliberation in Strategic Environments: Climate Change Mitigation in Online Citizens Assembly Experiments. Pre-registration.

Under Review: Kotz, J., Giese, H., Breunig, C., Sterba, MB., Brack, N., Dumont, P., Taflaga, M., Sheffer, L., Werner, A., Kuraishi, A., Gaissmaier, W. Political Polarization of Belief in Climate Change and Its Impact on Policy Support among Politicians and Citizens from Eight Developed Democracies. Pre-registration.

Policy: Cheema, A. Khan, S., Mohmand, S K. Kuraishi, A., Liaqat, A. (2019). Pakistan s Participation Puzzle: A Look at the Voting Gender Gap. US Institute of Peace Blog. July 18, 2019.

Work in Progress: Kuraishi, A. and Yanchenko, K. Post-truth: A Systematic Literature Review. (Data Collection)

Under Review: Kuraishi, A. The Effects of Desire-based Framing: Experimental Evidence from Belgium. Available at SSRN.

Work in Progress: Zur, R., Swatton, P. and Kuraishi, A. How Do Parties Die? Political Parties Change and Mortality in Western Democracies. (Data Collection)

Cheema, A. Khan, S. Liaqat, A. Mohmand, S K. Kuraishi, A. (2019). Women s Political Participation in Pakistan s Big Cities: Evidence for Reform. IDS Policy Briefing 166, Brighton: IDS. March 2019.

Kuraishi, A. Freedom-loving Brits Taking Back Control: Post-truth in the COVID Era. The New Pretender. October 28, 2020

Work in Progress: Brack, N., Pilet, J., Claessens, P., Soontjens, K. and Kuraishi., A. Politicians Views on the Causes of Conspiracy Beliefs among the Public. (Data Analysis)

Work in Progress: Kuraishi, A. and Marczynsk, P. Conspiratorial Discourse and the Articulation of Desire. (Data Collection)

Working Paper

Kuraishi, A. Experimental Evidence from the United Kingdom on Post-Truth Rhetoric and Voting Behaviour. Pre-registration

Angiolillo, F. and Kuraishi, A. Triggers of Democratic Values: A Global Experimental Evidence. (Pre-analysis Plan)