Current PhD Students

At any one time, the Department of International Relations has up to 25 PhD students at various stages of their research. The current group and their diverse range of topics includes:

BIRO, D.
The (un)bearable lightness of violence: Organised violence and governance-building in the Westphalian Periphery
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CARR, M.
A political history of the Internet: Implications for US power
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CHUBB, D.
Contentious advocacy: North Korea, human rights and South Korean civil society
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DAVEY, L.
The changing institution of war in international society
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DAVIES, M.
Regional communities, human rights and socialisation: A comparative analysis
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ESTRADA-HARRIS, G.
The role of diasporas and military humanitarian intervention
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GUAN, J.
Chinese discourse of soft power: A historical perspective
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HALL, J.
Understandings and practices of sovereignty in Southeast Asia
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HAQUE, MD. OBAIDUL
Understanding reconciliation as an approach to peace building
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LAI, J.
Explaining the financial sector policies of Korea, Malaysia and Thailand since the 1997 financial crisis
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LOKE, B.
The interaction of power and responsibility in periods of geopolitical power shifts
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MOON, S.B.
From the inside out: Domestic factors underlying the variance across Korea's FTA policy outcomes
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O'SHANNASSY, M.
The role of national identity in mediating between society, state and global processes: The cases of Malaysia and Indonesia.
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PARK, J.J.
Alliance persistence in the Asia-Pacific: An order insurance explanation
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PENG LU
Constructing a Chinese School of International Relations
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RAHMANTO, R.B.
The role of coalitions of developing countries in the WTO's decision-making process
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SAITO, K.
Knowledge networks and Japan's foreign aid policy
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SATAKE, T.
Burden-sharing in ANZUS and the US-Japan alliance
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SOESILOWATI, S.
ASEAN: Sovereign recalcitrant or security community architect?
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SULLIVAN, K.
A powerful performance? The evolution of India's 'great power' identity
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TOW, S.
Engaging rising powers in an alliance context: The Australian case, 1908-2005
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WIELDERS, I.
Accountability dilemmas in international cooperative interventions in conflict-affected States
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WILSON, J.
The politics of state intervention in the development of Asia-Pacific production networks
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YEOPHANTONG, P.
The responsibility of great power: China's evolving engagement with international society
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