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Head of School Welcome
As 2019 comes to a close, we have a great deal to celebrate. Just last week we were able to recognise the wonderful achievements of our students who graduated from their Undergraduate, Honours, Masters and PhD studies (see photos). It was an amazing opportunity to acknowledge all the hard work that our students have put in, and to wish them well in the new phase of their lives. Several of our students have been appointed to graduate jobs in the public sector (both federally and in Queensland), and a number have been awarded scholarships for further study at places including Oxford University.
Our engagement with organisations including Rotary International, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA, Queensland) and others continues, and this is to the enormous benefit of our students. We have successfully launched an industry mentoring program, improved the ways in which we discuss future employability for our graduates, and we are now working to expand and enhance our internship program. We are immensely grateful to all of our internship hosts and mentors for their outstanding support. Our list of events continues to offer exciting opportunities to discuss and intervene in global politics. Our 2020 events schedule will be advertised as soon as possible on our website so stay tuned!
We wish you all the very best for the festive season, and look forward to seeing you again next year. |
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UQ Graduate named Australia-at-large Rhodes Scholar
A UQ graduate and advocate for social justice has been named a 2020 Australia-at-large Rhodes Scholar.
Sophie Ryan recently graduated with a Bachelors of Arts/Laws (First Class Honours) and will join a small group of exceptional individuals around the world to receive the prestigious scholarship.
Rhodes Scholars are selected on the basis of their intellect, character, leadership ability and commitment to service.
Sophie was also recently supported by the Asia Pacific Centre for th e Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) to attend the inaugural Dubrovnik Atrocity Prevention Summer School. This five-day intensive program led by Course Directors; Professor Alex Bellamy (Director APR2P and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at UQ), Associate Professor Martin Mennecke (University of Southern Denmark) and Associate Professor Cristina Stefan (Leeds University) attracted students and young professionals from Europe and Africa. The APR2P Centre facilitated three representatives from Asia and two recent UQ graduates to attend.
To add to her list of exceptional achievements, Sophie was also the recipient of the 2018 George Georges Research Scholarship. Her research focused on the use of sexual violence in the Myanmar military operations and was supervised by APR2P Deputy Director, Dr Sarah Teitt. We look forward to Sophie’s paper being published in 2020 and to our continuing partnership with the George Georges Research Committee who will be awarding two George Georges Research Scholarships next year.
The Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect offers a wide range of opportunities for UQ students. Additional to the voluntary and course credit internships the Centre recently supported five students to attend a series of meetings in Jakarta including; two day training for human rights defenders on gender and atrocity prevention; regional youth forum; dialogue with recently elected members of the Indonesian parliament; and a meeting of the Asia Pacific Partnership for Atrocity Prevention. The Centre offers UQ students a unique opportunity to experience first-hand how it engages with partners across the region and globe to protect vulnerable communities from atrocity crimes. |
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Australian Research Council (ARC) Success
Professor Chris Reus-Smit (UQ) has been appointed to the ARC College of Experts! Read more
Associate Professor Morgan Brigg and Dr Elizabeth Strakosch (UQ) have secured an ARC Discovery Project with Professor Sarah Maddison and Dr Nikki Moodie (University of Melbourne). Read more
Professor Stephen Bell and Professor Andrew Hindmoor (The University of Sheffield) have secured an ARC Discovery Project, ‘In the National Interest? Large Firms and Public Policy in Australia’ led by The University of Queensland. Read more |
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School Staff recognised as 'Australia's Research Field Leaders' in The Australian
Congratulations to two of our researchers who were listed as 'Australia’s Research Field Leaders' in The Australian. Associate Professor Sarah Percy was recognised in the field of Military Studies, and Professor Brian Head in the field of Public Policy & Administration. Sarah and Brian join other UQ staff Professor Lorraine Mazerolle in the field of Criminology, Criminal Law & Policing, and Dr Alison Crowther in the field of African Studies & History. |
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New funding creates unique global opportunities for students
The New Colombo Plan is a signature initiative of the Australian Government which aims to lift knowledge of the Indo Pacific in Australia by supporting Australian undergraduates to study and undertake internships in the region. The School is proud to announce that we have secured funding for field trips and internships in the Asia Pacific from 2020-2023. Read more
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Amy McQuire named a finalist for the Walkley Award for 'All Media: Coverage of Indigenous Affairs'
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Dr Emma Hutchison delivers 2019 Paul Bourke Lecture 'Emotions and Political Change'
Emotions abound and pervade contemporary local and global politics. From refugees and Indigenous recognition to populism and international conflict, emotions are powerful forces that divide and unite societies. In this lecture, Dr Hutchison discusses these and other key political and ethical issues through her existing and future research. She traces the crucial roles emotions play in shaping political phenomena, agendas and priorities. To do so, she discusses the emergence, evolution and current role of humanitarianism in world politics. Here she shows how emotions not only frame and constrain the practice of humanitarian responsibility but can also generate changes in norms and practices. Dr Hutchison will then reflect more generally on how an appreciation of emotions can help us to better understand the key challenges of our day and, in turn, work towards more reflexive and potentially just social and political change.
Watch the lecture and read more about the 2019 Paul Bourke Lectures
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News from the UQ Rotary Peace Centre
Dr Melissa Curley's five year term as Director for the UQ Rotary Peace Centre comes to an end in December, 2019 with Associate Professor Morgan Brigg taking up the role in January 2020 - following is a short message from Melissa: "I would like to sincerely thank the various people I have worked with over the years in this role, who have helped me enormously from both Rotary and UQ, including the Fellows and Class Representatives, and School administration staff. I have worked with three Host Area Coordinators since 2014: Nick Curry, Shaughn Forbes and now Doug St Clair, and also on the Board with Anne Brand, Leslie Smith, Luisa Ryan and more recently David Field. Thank you for all your support over the years! I’m also grateful for the ongoing support of Evanston staff, particularly Jill Gunter who I have worked with from the start.
Thank you to Diana McCluskey, Manager of the Graduate Centre for Governance and International Affairs, for her high levels of professionalism and enthusiasm. Much of what we achieve to the standards we do them, are due to her ideas, support and attention to detail. I’m grateful to Associate Professor Nicole George & Associate Professor Richard Devetak who helped me oversee two rounds of site visits in 2015 & 2018.
Associate Professor Morgan Brigg and I have been working on various items in preparation as he takes over the Directorship in 2020, and I’m grateful for his willingness to be involved so early and for his always helpful inputs and support over the years to the Rotary Centre (too numerous to mention). We envisage a smooth transition. "
Thank you Melissa - you have been an outstanding Director and we look forward to working with Morgan in the coming years. |
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Podcasts available online
Tune into the latest School of Political Science and International Studies podcasts featuring:
The School Seminar Series (convened by Prof Roland Bleiker and presented by international and national speakers). This series brings together the School’s research community and domestic as well as international leaders in the field of politics and international affairs. Across each semester, the series showcases a diverse and exciting range of topics.
Visual Political Seminar Series (convened by Prof Roland Bleiker and featuring international and national speakers).We live in a visual age. Television, film, photographs, new media sources and artworks decisively influence how we perceive and deal with political phenomena as diverse as war, terrorism, refugees and financial crises. But we know surprisingly little about the exact nature and impact of this visual power. The purpose of this series is to address this gap.
Futures of International Order Seminar Series (convened by Prof Chris Smit, A/Prof Jacinta O'Hagan and A/Prof Sarah Percy). This university-wide seminar series is designed to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on the possible futures of the modern international order. What challenges does it face, how will it evolve in the face of such challenges, what futures are desirable if it is to meet human and planetary needs?
Turning Points: International History Podcasts (with A/Prof Sarah Percy). A/Prof Sarah Percy discusses pivotal events in international history such as the Cold War and the invasion of Afghanistan, and discusses their political implications.
Trump Wednesdays on ABC Evenings with Kelly Higgins-Devine (featuring A/Prof Andrew Phillips and James Blackwell).Tune into hear the latest news about President Trump and US politics.
Why The Cold War Still Matters (on Radio National with A/Prof Sarah Percy). The Cold War was a tense nuclear standoff that, by the mid-1980s, saw the world teetering on the precipice of nuclear destruction. But on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War was over. So how did it end so suddenly and so peacefully? This special four-part series explores the stories that explain why the Cold War still matters, and the lessons we can learn 30 years on.
Keep an eye out for our 2020 Seminar Schedule to be released the School's website in early 2020.
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Featured Book
'World Peace (and How We Can Achieve It)'. Alex J. Bellamy. Oxford University Press, 2019.
For as long as there has been war, there have been demands for its elimination. The quest for world peace has excited and eluded political leaders, philosophers, religious elders, activists, and artists for millennia. With war on the rise once again, we rarely reflect nowadays on what world peace might look like; much less on how it might be achieved.
World Peace aims to change all that and show that world peace is possible. Because the motives, rationales, and impulses that give rise to war - the quest for survival, enrichment, solidarity, and glory - are now better satisfied through peaceful means, war is an increasingly anachronistic practice, more likely to impoverish and harm us humans than satisfy and protect us. This book shows that we already have many of the institutions and practices needed to make peace possible and sets out an agenda for building world peace. In the immediate term, it shows how steps to strengthen compliance with international law, improve collective action such as international peacekeeping and peacebuilding, better regulate the flow of arms, and hold individuals legally accountable for acts of aggression or atrocity crimes can make our world more peaceful. It also shows how in the long term, building strong and legitimate states that protect the rights and secure the livelihoods of their people, gender equal societies, and protecting the right of individuals to opt-out of wars has the potential to establish and sustain world peace. But it will only happen, if individuals organize to make it happen.
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Stay informed about news and events
The School hosts a number of exciting seminars and events including the School's Research Seminar Series, Futures of International Order Seminar Series and the Visual Politics Seminar Series.
Be sure to keep up-to-date with what is happening in the School of Political Science and International Studies. Read more |
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Join the School Alumni Group
The UQ School of Political Science and International Studies Alumni Group aims to build and maintain mutually beneficial and valued relationships between alumni and with the university long past graduation.
With politics and the world ever changing, this group seeks to engage and serve graduates of the UQ School of Political Science and International Studies via a broad range of activities and offerings throughout the year, which will allow alumni to stay up to date on issues of national and international importance, to network with other alumni, and also to identify opportunities to give back to the School, the university and the wider community. Join now! |
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