Christianna Sirindah Parr

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University. You can access my CV here.

I completed my PhD in Political Science at the University of Washington, where I was the Duck Family Graduate Fellow at the Center for Environmental Politics and affiliated with the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences. 

My research is focused on civil society actors and environmental sustainability. I am specifically interested in how environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) and the non-profit sector function in restrictive regime environments. My work uses mixed-methods and includes survey and conjoint experiments and machine learning. 

My research has been published venues such as Global Policy and the Journal of Public Policy. My commentary on environmental issues can be seen in The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage. I am currently preparing a book-length project based on my dissertation, Shaping Civil Society: Media, Donors and Public Trust in Southeast Asian NGOs, and I have several ongoing projects on critical mineral mining for the green transition in Southeast Asia, green framing on social media, and how religious framing affects renewable energy support.

I have been funded by grants from the Center of Social Impact Strategy at the University of Pennsylvania, the ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) Diversity Leadership grant, the University of Washington’s Center for Environmental Politics, as well as the Kizhanatham Jagannathan Research Grant, among others. 

In addition to my research, I have taught courses in public policy, sustainability analysis and reasoning, political economy, world politics, and comparative politics. I received the University of Washington, Department of Political Science’s Best Teaching Assistant Award.

Outside of academia I enjoy endurance walking, birdwatching, attending classical music concerts, going to art galleries and cooking (mostly eating).