Meet WIIS-Australia Experts
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Christine Agius
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY - Cagius@swin.edu.au
Expertise: Critical security; Gender; International relations; Nordic politics and Security; Critical border studies; Ontological security
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Nitasha Akerman
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR - ACT FOR PEACE - nitashaakerman.na@gmail.com
Expertise: Risk management; Gender, Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion (GEDSI) in programming; Project management
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Afeeya Akhand
RESEARCHER, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE -
afeeyaakhand@aspi.org.auExpertise: South Korean foreign policy; Climate change; Cultural diversity in national security; Anti-racism
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Nil Aktan
STUDENT - nilaktan98@gmail.com
Expertise: Political science; International relations; International security; Global Affairs; Sociology; History; Philosophy
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Ebtihag Alkamal
EX MINISTER, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR, YEMEN - ebtihag55@hotmail.com
Expertise: Social affairs; Labor; Pubic health; Women’s Rights; Women, Peace & Secrity; Yemen
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Kristie Barrow
SENIOR LECTURER, UNSW CANBERRA - k.barrow@adfa.unsw.edu.au
Expertise: Non-traditional security; Humanitarian and disaster Relief (HADR); Enviornmental security; Technology and ethics in international security.
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Paulina Bouchot
GLOBAL THREAT MONITORING SECURITY SPECIALIST - pabouchot@gmail.com
Expertise: Human security; Civil Unrest; Organised crime-Mexico; Inequality; Poverty; Violence against women
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Federica Caso
LECTURER, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY - F.Caso@latrobe.edu.au
Expertise: Australia Defence; Militarisation of women, race, and Indigenous people in defence; War studies; Peacebuilding; Visual politics; War memory; Women, Peace and Security
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Lai-Ha Chan
SENIOR LECTURER IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
Expertise: Global Governance Indo-Pacific; Regional Politics and the China Challenge; China and Global Health; Australia-China Relations; Minilateralism
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Asha Clementi
CEO, GIRLS RUN THE WORLD - Asha.Clementi@anu.edu.au
Expertise: Gender equality; Youth engagement and empowerment; Women in diplomacy
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Susan Jane Coles
EX-DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE - colessusan66@gmail.com
Expertise: Nuclear issues (nuclear testing and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty); Indian Ocean and the Pacific issues; Strategic dimensions of Free Trade blocs and agreements; Women in diplomacy
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Melissa Conley Tyler
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AP4D - mconleytyler@asiapacific4d.com
Expertise: Australian foreign policy; Relations with Asia; Diplomatic practice; Australian development policy; Australian defence and security policy
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Pia Dannhauer
RESEARCH AND PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, PERTH USASIA CENTRE - pia.dannhauer@perthusasia.edu.au
Expertise: Foreign policy; Indonesia; ASEAN; Southeast Asia; International relations; Indo-Pacific
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Outi Donovan
LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY - o.donovan@griffith.edu.au
Expertise: Peacebuilding; Peace operations; Gender
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Serena Ford
PHD CANDIDATE, MONASH UNIVERSITY -
serena.ford@monash.edu.auExpertise: Southeast Asia; Women, Peace and Security; Feminist International Security; Feminist International Political Economy; Indo-Pacific
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Xiang Gao
SENIOR LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND -
xgao5@une.edu.auExpertise: Contemporary Chinese politics; China's international relations; Politics in the Asia Pacific
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Maria Alejandra Garcia
MA CANDIDATE IN COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, WIIS-AUSTRALIA
Expertise: Digital content, Communicatins, Social media; Non-profits; Copywriting
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Nicole George
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND - n.george2@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Gender, peace, and conflict; Women, peace, and security; Pacific Islands (in country experience in Fiji, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Guam and Vanuatu); Gender and conflict transition; Security Sector Reform; Civil society and anti-nuclear protest (in the Pacific Islands)
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Kelly Gerard
SENIOR LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA - kelly.gerard@uwa.edu.au
Expertise: Aid and development; Social movements, Political economy, Gender equality programming
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Jade Guan
SENIOR LECTURER, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY - jade.guan@deakin.edu.au
Expertise: Critical security in the Indo-Pacific; International Relations of Northeast Asia; China’s foreign policy and domestic politics; China's soft power strategy; China's international relations in its modern history
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Marianne Hanson
m.hanson@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Nuclear weapons; International security; Conflict; International law; Global governance; Australian foreign policy; European politics; NATO; Russia; EU politics
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Jane Marie Hardy
NON-RESIDENT FELLOW, US STUDIES CENTRE - janemariehardy@hotmail.com
Expertise: Australian foreign policy; Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation; Global and Indo-Pacific strategic issues; the Korean Peninsula; ASEAN regional architecture; United States Congress and politics; and strategic policy directions for Western Europe
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Mia Martin Hobbs
RESEARCH FELLOW, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY - mia.martinhobbs@deakin.edu.au
Expertise: War on Terror; War crimes; Memories of violence; Gender; Trauma; Oral history
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Natasha Karner
RMIT UNIVERSITY
Expertise: Autonomous Weapons Systems; Drones; Nuclear weapons; WMD and global security; IR Theory
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Carolin Kautz
SinoVise - info@sinovise.com.au
Expertise: China; Chinese foreign and security policy; Chinese Communist Party; Geopolitical risk consulting
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Katrina Lee Koo
PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND - k.leekoo@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Women, peace and security; Youth, peace and security
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Lannah Luu
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - WIIS-AUSTRALIA
Expertise: Criminology; Gender studies; Media, Marketing
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Kate Magoffin
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, WIIS-AUSTRALIA
Expertise: Transnational challenges; International security; R2P
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Amrita Malhi
SAVE THE CHILDREN & ANU/FLINDERS, SENIOR ADVISOR GEOECONOMICS & HONORARY SENIOR LECTURER - amrita.malhi@anu.edu.au
Expertise: History & politics – Malaya/Malaysia; British Empire in Southeast Asia; International development & economic security; Asian diasporas and Australian politics
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Ane Mathieson
M.A. CANDIDATE, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND - a.mathieson@student.uq.edu.au
Expertise: Program Design; Implementation & Supervision; Policy Development & Advocacy; Public Speaking; Curriculum Development & Training; Commercial Sexual Exploitation & Sex Trafficking
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Henrietta McNeill
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - henrietta.mcneill@anu.edu.au
Expertise: Pacific regionalism and geopolitics;m Security cooperation; Migration; Criminal deportation; Transnational crime
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Sara Meger
SENIOR LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - sara.meger@unimelb.edu.au
Expertise: International security; Feminist theory; Global political economy; Ukraine
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Cynthia Mehboob
PHD SCHOLAR, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - cynthia.mehboob@anu.edu.au
Expertise: International Security; International Development; Political Theory; Critical Security Studies; Infrastructure Studies.
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Cathy Moloney
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEFENCE STRATEGY & NATIONAL SECURITY, ASPI - cmoloneyis@gmail.com
Expertise: Nuclear policy; Deterrence; Defence Policy & Strategy; International Relations; Australian Foreign Policy
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Clare Murphy
Expertise: Counter-terrorism; Countering violent extremism; Foreign interference.
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Tess Newton Cain
PROJECT LEAD, PACIFIC HUB, GRIFFITH ASIA INSTITUTE - t.newtoncain@griffith.edu.au
Expertise: Pacific islands regional architecture; Defence diplomacy in the Pacific islands region; Pacific politics; Pacific geopolitics
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Se Youn Park
PHD CANDIDATE, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND - seyoun.park@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Countering Violent Extremism; Australian and UK counterterrorism policy; Foreign fighter networks; Returning foreign fighters; Women in terrorism; Daesh propaganda
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Genevieve Quirk
PHD CANDIDATE - genevieve.quirk@gmail.com
Expertise: IR institutionalist theory; Law of the sea; Environmental law; Pacific oceans governance; Ecological security
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Serena Raza
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY - serena.raza@deakin.edu.au
Expertise: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE); Women, Peace and Security; Far-Right Extremism; Islamist Extremism; Social Psychology
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Beth Rowan
LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND - b.morrison@uq.edu.au
Expertise: International Humanitarian Law; Civilian protection; Foreign fighters (ISIS); Military studies; Compensation payments; US military
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Maria Rost Rublee
PROFESSOR, MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY - maria.rublee@unimelb.edu.au
Expertise: Nuclear politics; Nuclear energy; Nuclear weapons; Maritime security; Indo-Pacific security; Diversity in security; Gender; US Foreign Policy; Indo-Pacific security
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Lauren Sanders
l.sanders@uq.edu.au
Expertise: International Criminal Law; Weapons Law; Laws of Armed Conflict; Military Law.
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Marika Sosnowski
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - marika.sosnowski@unimelb.edu.au
Expertise: Ceasefires; Local/rebel governance; International humanitarian law; Syria; Mediation
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Elise Stephenson
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP - Elise.Stephenson@anu.edu.au
Expertise: Women in leadership; Gender equality; Sexuality and intersectionality; Diplomacy and foreign policy; National security and intelligence frontiers: space, AI, climate; Asia Pacific engagement
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Ruth Stewart
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT - ruthcaris@gmail.com
Expertise: Southeast Asia (particularly Myanmar and Cambodia); ASEAN Balkans (especially Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia); Diplomacy in practice; Development
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Rebecca (Bec) Strating
DIRECTOR, LA TROBE ASIA - b.strating@latrobe.edu.au
Expertise: Maritime politics and disputes; Asia security; Australian foreign and defence policy; Strategic narratives
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Anne Taylor
AUSTRALAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY -
anne.taylor@anu.edu.auExertise: Gender, Peace and Security; Cyber Capacity building; ASEAN region; Professional Education Design
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Karryl Kim Trajano
RESEARCH FELLOW, S. RAJARATNAM SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (RSIS) - kk.trajano@ntu.edu.sg
Expertise: Emerging technologies and national security, AI, Space, Quantum policy, Public Opinion, Information Science, Science and technology Communication.
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Akrti Tyagi
HEAD OF DIGITAL AND PARTNERSHIPS, GIRLS RUN THE WORLD - akrti.tyagi29@gmail.com
Expertise: Gender policy; International Security; Humanitarian Law; Digital Governance; Conflict Resolution; International Relations; Aid and development; Defence Policy and Strategy; Peacekeeping
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Joanne Wallis
PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE - joanne.wallis@adelaide.edu.au
Expertise: Security in the Pacific Islands; Australia’s strategy in the Pacific Islands; Peacebuilding in the Pacific Islands.
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Jasmine Westendorf
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR , UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - jasmine.westendorf@unimelb.edu.au
Expertise: Peacekeeping; Peace processes; Humanitarian missions; Sexual exploitation and abuse; Women, Peace and Security
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Nabila Anis Yahaya
FOUNDER/DIRECTOR Juta Mewangi Enterprise (M) Sdn Bhd
Expertise: To align business project development related; From People To Planet; Human Agriculture; Commodity; Semiconductor; Pharmaceutical.
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Pichamon Yeophantong
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY - p.yeophantong@deakin.edu.au
Expertise: Chinese foreign policy; Politics of Southeast Asia; International politics of the Asia-Pacific; Global environmental governance; Business and human rights; International development
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Shannon Zimmerman
LECTURER IN STRATEGIC STUDIES, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY - s.zimmerman@deakin.edu.au
Expertise: Peacekeeping; Stabilisation operations, Humanitarian and disaster response; Defence diplomacy; International organisations; Norm theory; Gender and counter-terrorism; Misogyny motivated terrorism
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Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann
LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE -flavia.bellienizimmermann@unimelb.edu.au
Expertise: Latin America; Politics and Policy; Democratic Theory; Far-right Populism; Comparative Studies; Women in the Global South; Women and Security.