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Our Experts
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NITASHA AKERMAN
International Program Coordinator,
Act for Peace
Expertise: Risk management; Gender, Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion (GEDSI) in programming; Project management.
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AFEEYA AKHAND
Emerging Associate,
ANU National Security College
Expertise: South Korean foreign policy; Climate change; Cultural diversity in national security; Anti-racism
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NIL AKTAN
Student
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
Expertise: Social affairs; Labor; Pubic health; Women’s Rights; Women, Peace & Secrity; Yemen
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HELEN ARGYRIS
ANU
Expertise: International Relations; National Security; Human Rights; Bilateral diplomacy; International Law; Environment
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CHULANEE ATTANYAKE
PhD Candidate,
Swinbourne University of Technology
Expertise: Geopolitics and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region; Small states in Maritime Asia; Sri Lanka; China in South Asia
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MARYAN AZAM
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Security Studies, terrorism, politics of the Indian Ocean, South Asia
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KRISTIE BARROW
Senior Lecturer,
UNSW
Expertise: Non-traditional security; Humanitarian and disaster Relief (HADR); Environmental security; Technology and ethics in international security.
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AQUILA BERGSTROM
Archaeologist, cultural heritage protection
Great Spines of Africa
Expertise: Cultural Heritage Protection; Illicit Antiquities Trafficking; Archaeology of Africa; Indigenous Cultural Heritage; Governance; Rock Art Documentation ; Satellite & Remote Sensing for Archaeology; AI Applications in Cultural Heritage; Digital Heritage & Archaeological Documentation; Heritage Repatriation & Provenance Research; Cultural Property Law ; Heritage Crime
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HELEN BERENTS
Griffith University
Expertise: Feminist security studies; Youth and children in conflict; Local-global peace and security governance; Everyday security; Critical security studies; Human security
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WINNIE CHENG
Student
Expertise: Peace and security; Gender; Diplomacy; Multilateralism and minilateralism
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DANIELLE CHUBB
Associate Professor,
Deakin University Melbourne
Expertise: South Korean politics; North Korean human rights; Australian public opinion: defence and foreign policy; Australia-South Korea relations; inter-Korean relations
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ASHA CLEMENTI
CEO,
Girls Run the World
Expertise: Gender equality; Youth engagement and empowerment; Women in diplomacy
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SUSAN JANE COLES
Ex-Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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
Expertise: Australian foreign policy; Relations with Asia; Diplomatic practice; Australian development policy; Australian defence and security policy
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VICTORIA COOPER
Independent Researcher & Analyst
victoria@victoriacooper.com.au
Expertise: US-Australian bilateral relationship; US politics and elections; Democratic resilience and social cohesion; Social/ political trends in the United States and Australia
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GRACE CORCORAN
Senior Policy and Projects Manager,
Australia India Institute
Expertise: Minilateralism; Asia Australia relations; Australian foreign policy; youth diplomacy
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RUBY CRANDELL
Research Assistant,
Global Institute of Women’s Leadership
LINKEDIN, ruby.crandell@anu.edu.au
Expertise: Gender-climate nexus; Gender equality in governance and institutions; Sex work as transnational labour mobility; Gender-based violence prevention; Sexual consent training
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GENEVIEVE DONNELLON-MAY
Pacific Forum, Indo-Pacific Studies Centre, Oxford Global Society
genevieve.donnellonmay@gmail.com
Expertise: Food security; Water security; Regional resource governance; Environmental conflict; Asia; China; Southeast Asia
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OUTI DONOVAN
Lecturer in International Relations,
Griffith University
Expertise: Peacebuilding; Peace operations; Gender
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SAMAIRA DUA
Expertise: Anthropology, Creative Writing, Content Creation, Graphic Design
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SERENA FORD
PhD Candidate,
Monash University
Expertise: 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,
University of New England
Expertise: 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
Expertise: Digital content, Communications, Social media; Non-profits; Copywriting
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NICOLE GEORGE
Associate Professor,
University of Queensland
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
Expertise: Aid and development; Social movements, Political economy, Gender equality programming
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JESS GIFKINS
Senior Lecturer in International Relations,
University of Technology Sydney
Expertise: The UN Security Council; The Responsibility to Protect; Queering atrocity prevention; Early warning Legitimation practices
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AMANDA GORELY
Former Australian Ambassador to the United Nations and Conference on Disarmament
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Expertise: Current dynamics in multilateral disarmament and arms control processes; International security hot issues; Challenges to International humanitarian and human rights law in current conflicts; South East Asia and Pacific approaches; Australia’s non-proliferation objectives
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ISABELLA GROVER
RMIT University
Expertise: Policing and justice; International law; Law enforcement; National security
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JADE GUAN
Senior Lecturer,
Deakin University Centre for Future Defence and National Security
Expertise: China’s foreign policy and domestic politics; international politics on regional flashpoints; China’s soft power strategy; geopolitics in the South Pacific; Australia's strategic policy; and professional military education (PME) design and delivery
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MICHAELA GYASI-AGYEI
Lawyer,
Brisbane, QLD
Expertise: Geopolitics; Trade and finance; International corporate governance; Technology governance; Sustainable development; Sub-Saharan Africa
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ANCUTA HANSEN
Director,
Perseveras Consulting
Expertise: Conflict and stability; Democracy; Good governance; Elections; Foreign influence in political processes; International development; Violence against women in politics; Strategic communication; Trauma-informed programming; Field security assessment and management
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JANE MARIE HARDY
Non-Resident Fellow,
US Studies Centre
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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LINDSAY HAWKINS
Expertise: Aviation
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YUTING (ALINA) HE
PhD Scholar,
University of Sydney
Expertise: New media and global security; Political communications; Emerging technologies and global politics; International relations; International security; Feminism; Political theory
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MIA MARTIN HOBBS
Research Fellow,
Deakin University
Expertise: War on Terror; War crimes; Memories of violence; Gender; Trauma; Oral history
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ALEXANDRA HOLMES
Doctoral Researcher,
La Trobe University
Alexandra.holmes@latrobe.edu.au
Expertise: International Relations; Australian Foreign and Defence Policy; Australian Public Service; Policymaking; Indo-Pacific Security;
Security Studies; Advanced Technologies in Security Studies; STEM -
JOSIE HORNUNG
PhD Candidate,
University of Queensland
Expertise: Mass atrocity prevention; Humanitarianism; Ethics and International Relations; International Organisations
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MICHAELA JANSENS
Communications and Programs Coordinator,
Australia India Institute
michaela.jansens@unimelb.edu.au
Expertise: Australia India relations; Security groupings in the broader Indo-Pacific region; non traditional security threats; climate change; misinformation.
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FATIMA SAIF KHAN
Research Associate,
Centre for Governance Research
Expertise: Expertise in terrorism studies; counterterrorism; organized crime; and preventing violent extremism (PVE) with a focus on threat assessment; intelligence analysis; security policy; and peacebuilding
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MAGGIE KHAN
Student UOW, Fellow UNCSW GV
Expertise: Australian refugee and asylum law; Gender based violence as an international security issue; Access to Education; Domestic violence advocacy
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MICHELLE KHIANGTE
Treasurer
Student Representative Council, University of Canberra
Expertise: Administration and public relations; International relations; Policy and governance; International development; Project planning; Designing and implementation; Stakeholder engagement; Public speaking; Public relations; Budget/Finance management
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REBECCA KUITERS
Triage Officer,
Women’s Legal Services QLD
Expertise: Political psychology; Violence against women; DFV in QLD and Australia (specifically how our justice system affects women affected); Elections and campaigns; US politics; Domestic/foreign policy; Political history
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LAVINA LEE
Director,
Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre
Expertise: US foreign policy; US-China geo-strategic competition; Nuclear deterrence - extended nuclear deterrence; Australia-US alliance
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KATRINA LEE KOO
Professor of International Relations,
University of Queensland
Expertise: Women, peace and security; Youth, peace and security
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JACQUELINE LO
Director,
Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
Expertise: Human security; Foreign interference, Diasporic communities, Social Cohesion
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RAELENE LOCKHORST
ASPI
Expertise: Defence Infrastructure; Critical Infrastructure; National Security particularly in Northern Australia; Economic Security; Fuel Security; Energy Security; Supply Chains & Logistics; Critical Minerals.
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LANNAH LUU
Expertise: Criminology; Gender studies; Media, Marketing
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KATE MAGOFFIN
Expertise: Transnational challenges; International security; R2P
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AMRITA MALHI
Senior Lecturer and Advisor
Save the Children, ANU, Flinders University
Expertise: History & politics – Malaya/Malaysia; British Empire in Southeast Asia; International development & economic security; Asian diasporas and Australian politics
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HENRIETTA MCNEILL
Australian National University
Expertise: Pacific regionalism and geopolitics; Security cooperation; Irregular migration; Criminal deportation; Transnational crime; Climate mobility
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SARA MEGER
Senior Lecturer,
University of Melbourne
Expertise: International security; Feminist theory; Global political economy; Ukraine
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CATHY MOLONEY
Deputy Director, Defence Strategy & National Security,
ASPI
Expertise: Nuclear policy; Deterrence; Defence Policy & Strategy; International Relations; Australian Foreign Policy
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TESS MOODIE
TAS
Expertise: Lived experience projects and programs, DFSV, disability, project management and policy
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HAJRAH NASIR
Macquarie University
Expertise: International Relations Theory; Middle East Politics; Policy Research and Analysis; Academic and Policy Editing; MUN Leadership and Public Speaking; Strategic Communication; Community Consulting (180DC); Postcolonial and Critical Theory;’ Event and Society Management; Gender and Security Studies
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TESS NEWTON CAIN
Project Lead,
Pacific Hub, Griffith Asia Institute
Expertise: Pacific islands regional architecture; Defence diplomacy in the Pacific islands region; Pacific politics; Pacific geopolitics
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NIHA PANDEY
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Feminist Foreign Policy & International Relations; Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Agenda
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SE YOUN PARK
Scholar,
University of Queensland
Expertise: Countering Violent Extremism; Australian and UK counterterrorism policy; Returning foreign fighters; Women in terrorism; Online Misogyny; South Korean politics.
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THU HIEN PHAN
PhD Scholar,
University of New South Wales
Expertise: Asia Pacific geopolitics; ASEAN regional security and political economy; Southeast Asian countries and China's Belt and Road Initiative; Vietnam foreign policy and domestic politics
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RIFAH TASNIA PURBITA
Student
Expertise: Development economics; Migration and human trafficking; International development and UN systems; Strategic communications; Policy writing; Research and data analysis; Social inclusion in development; Stakeholder engagement and event coordination
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SERENA RAZA
Research Assistant,
Deakin University
Expertise: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE); Women, Peace and Security; Far-Right Extremism; Islamist Extremism; Social Psychology
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ALICIA ROSS-ADAMS
Student,
Expertise: Geopolitics; Maritime security; Energy security; AUKUS; Comparative economics; Institutional economics; International security; the United Nations
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BETH ROWAN
Lecturer,
University of Queensland
Expertise: International Humanitarian Law; Civilian protection; Foreign fighters (ISIS); Military studies; Compensation payments; US military
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MARIA ROST RUBLEE
Professor,
University of Melbourne
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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KRISTINA SCHWARZE-KELSO
Student
Expertise: Eastern European regional knowledge; Ukraine; OSINT; cross-cultural and linguistic intelligence; geopolitical and hybrid warfare; cultural genocide and identity suppression in post-conflict and occupied regions
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ELISE STEPHENSON
Deputy Director,
Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
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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REBECCA (BEC) STRATING
Director,
La Trobe Asia
Expertise: Maritime politics and disputes; Asia security; Australian foreign and defence policy; Strategic narratives
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KARRYL KIM TRAJANO
Research Fellow,
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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
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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ALETHEIA VALENCIANO
Griffith University
Expertise: Philippine-China relations; Philippine foreign policy'; Security studies; Domestic-foreign policy nexus in international relations
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DANIEL VELONZA-FRANCO
Research Assistant and Teaching Associate,
Monash University and the University of Melbourne
Expertise: Public and cultural diplomacy; Latin American politics; East Asian politics; Japanese politics; Cultural policy; Traditional and non-traditional security policy
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JOANNE WALLIS
Professor,
University of Adelaide
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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PICHAMON YEOPHANTONG
Associate Professor,
Deakin University
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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CLAIRE YORKE
Senior Lecturer,
Deakin University
Expertise: Empathy and emotions; international security; International and defence diplomacy; politics; leadership; strategy; UK politics
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SHANNON ZIMMERMAN
Lecturer in Strategic Studies,
Deakin University
Expertise: Peacekeeping; Stabilisation operations, Humanitarian and disaster response; Defence diplomacy; International organisations; Norm theory; Gender and counter-terrorism; Misogyny motivated terrorism