The School is world renowned for its research in international relations. Current transformations in world politics—from the shift in power from the ‘West’ to the ‘East’ and the rise of militant transnational actors, to the restructuring of the world economy and the new politics of religion—are challenging what constitutes ‘international relations’, undermining our established concepts and theories, and raising profound historical and ethical questions about global change.

Understanding this dynamic political universe animates the School’s research in international relations. The issues that interest us are diverse and constantly changing. Some are firmly located in the established fields of international security, international political economy, global governance, and international theory. Others, like visual politics, emotions and world politics, human protection, and cultural diversity and international order, push into new or neglected areas.

Our IR community is home to some of the world’s leading scholars as well as a wealth of highly talented early and mid-career scholars. All of these are active in the global IR community, playing leading roles in the International Studies Association and editing premier journals and book series with Cambridge and Oxford University Presses.

 

  • Political Theory
  • Security
  • International Institutions
  • Environmental Politics
  • Human Rights
  • Asia-Pacific
  • International History
  • International Intellectual History
  • International Ethics
  • Gender
  • Postcolonialism
  • Development studies
  • Strategic Studies

 

Atomic Dome by Brian MacNamara

 


  • Professor Alexander Bellamy

    Director Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
  • Professor Roland Bleiker

    Director Rotary Program, Professor of International Relations, Peace Studies and Political Theory
    Professor
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Dr Melissa Curley

    Director Graduate Centre
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Professor Richard Devetak

    Professor - Western Political Thoug
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Professor Tim Dunne

    Pro-Vice Chancellor
    Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor
    Professor and Senior Researcher
    Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
  • Professor Shahar Hameiri

    Integrity Officer
    Professor
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Associate Professor Marianne Hanson

    Reader
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Associate Professor Emma Hutchison

    POLSIS representative, HASS Faculty Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
    Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Dr Sebastian Kaempf

    Deputy Director, Rotary Centre
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Associate Professor Matt McDonald

    Chair Teaching & Learning Committee
    Associate Professor
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Dr Frank Mols

    Work Integrated Learning Coordinator
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Dr Noel Morada

    Director (Regional Diplomacy and Capacity Building) Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
    Director (Regional)
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Associate Professor Jacinta O'Hagan

    Director Indigenous Engagement
    Associate Professor
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Associate Professor Sarah Percy

    Director HDR Program
    Associate Professor
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Associate Professor Andrew Phillips

    Chair HDR Milestones Committee
    Associate Professor
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Professor Christian Reus-Smit

    Professor
    School of Political Science and International Studies
  • Dr Emily Tannock

    Honorary Research Fellow
  • Dr Sarah Teitt

    Deputy Director Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
  • Dr Martin Weber

    Senior Lecturer
    School of Political Science and International Studies
    Postgraduate Convenor of Mediation and Conflict Resolution Studies
    Undergraduate and Postgraduate Convenor of Peace and Conflict Studies
    Undergraduate and Postgraduate Convenor of International Relations
    Deputy Chair HASS LNR Ethics committee
  • Dr Heloise Weber

    Coordinator Bachelor International Studies
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Political Science and International Studies