Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130100644
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$297,260.00
Summary
Understanding Asia's fragile giants: empire, sovereignty and Chinese and Indian security perceptions and strategies in the Asian century. Northeast Asia and South Asia are two crucially important regions for Australia. Investigating how international orders evolved in both regions from 1650 to the present, this project will reveal the deep historical drivers of current Chinese and Indian security perceptions and strategies, helping us to better navigate the challenges of the Asian century.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130100972
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$355,015.00
Summary
The search for technology and power in China and India. The past decade has seen China and India adopt diverging approaches to the pursuit of advanced technology: China has sought to increase its self-reliance, while India has sought greater international collaboration. This project documents and explains China's and India's differing approaches and then explores their growing technological capabilities.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130101505
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$319,630.00
Summary
The rise of the national economic interest. How did we come to think of economic welfare as an end in itself? This project examines the process by which wealth was disentangled from other national goals and the consequences, good and bad, of doing so.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100640
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$404,000.00
Summary
United Nations peace and security reform for human protection. This project aims to investigate how reform of the United Nations (UN) peace and security architecture is shaping the organisation’s human protection practices in local conflicts. The project will develop a new interdisciplinary framework for studying the international-local interactions that influence global norm making and implementation, using methods drawn from international relations and international law. Expected outcomes incl ....United Nations peace and security reform for human protection. This project aims to investigate how reform of the United Nations (UN) peace and security architecture is shaping the organisation’s human protection practices in local conflicts. The project will develop a new interdisciplinary framework for studying the international-local interactions that influence global norm making and implementation, using methods drawn from international relations and international law. Expected outcomes include enhanced understanding of the factors driving major institutional reform in the UN and the impact of reform on UN prevention and protection. It will benefit those in Australia and internationally seeking to support the UN reform agenda to enhance international stability and human protection.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100898
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,996.00
Summary
Who governs global energy? The role of informal international organisations. This project aims to improve our understanding of global energy governance and the role played by informal international organisations such as the G20 and G8. It will produce new data and analytical tools for policymakers seeking to govern energy at the global level in the face of mounting challenges, including energy-related emissions. In a rapidly changing international energy system, it will also enhance Australian p ....Who governs global energy? The role of informal international organisations. This project aims to improve our understanding of global energy governance and the role played by informal international organisations such as the G20 and G8. It will produce new data and analytical tools for policymakers seeking to govern energy at the global level in the face of mounting challenges, including energy-related emissions. In a rapidly changing international energy system, it will also enhance Australian policymakers’ capacity to strengthen the national energy sector, which by the end of the decade is expected to have yearly export earnings of $114 billion.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120101026
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Does transitional justice make a difference? Implications for the Asia-Pacific region. Despite the proliferation of human rights prosecutions and truth commissions, scholars know very little about whether such measures are actually effective in discouraging future human rights violations. This project answers this question by assessing the impact of human rights prosecutions and truth commissions on human rights practices.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100603
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$357,773.00
Summary
Making resource investment responsible in mainland southeast Asia. This project aims to provide an enhanced understanding of resource investment and its effects in Southeast Asia. The project will study Chinese resource investment in the neighbouring region's poorest countries, Myanmar, Lao and Vietnam, to produce new data and policy understanding of how investment in the extractive industries can potentially benefit the sustainable development of host countries. This project endeavours to speak ....Making resource investment responsible in mainland southeast Asia. This project aims to provide an enhanced understanding of resource investment and its effects in Southeast Asia. The project will study Chinese resource investment in the neighbouring region's poorest countries, Myanmar, Lao and Vietnam, to produce new data and policy understanding of how investment in the extractive industries can potentially benefit the sustainable development of host countries. This project endeavours to speak to Australia's strategic interests as a key investor in the region, and the policy priority of understanding the nexus between resource extraction, community rights and environmental justice. Findings are expected to inform future policy making in this area, improve business conduct and strengthen regional resource governance.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100029
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$355,847.00
Summary
Emotions and the future of international humanitarianism. This project aims to trace the emotional legacies that underpin humanitarian responsibilities in world politics by examining the historical development and possible future of international humanitarianism. The project expects to generate new insights into humanitarian values by advancing an innovative interdisciplinary inquiry that investigates how emotions shape moral duties to suffering communities. This will contribute a better unde ....Emotions and the future of international humanitarianism. This project aims to trace the emotional legacies that underpin humanitarian responsibilities in world politics by examining the historical development and possible future of international humanitarianism. The project expects to generate new insights into humanitarian values by advancing an innovative interdisciplinary inquiry that investigates how emotions shape moral duties to suffering communities. This will contribute a better understanding of norms and standards governing the future protection of global populations. This will enhance Australia’s capacity to respond ethically and strategically to humanitarian concerns as they play a more central role in global stability and national interests.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120101021
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Islam and foreign policy. This project explains the link between Islam and foreign policy, to illuminate ideological foreign policy making in the post-Cold War era. It also unveils crucial decision making dynamics in the political systems of key actors of the contemporary Greater Middle East, a strategically crucial region for Australia.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120100401
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
The Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), foreign policy and the internationalisation of Brazil. This project explores the role of the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) in inciting the internationalisation of Brazilian firms and the expansion of Brazil's foreign policy across the global South. It critically examines Brazil's engagement with Bolivia, Paraguay, Angola and Mozambique, asking how Brazil is being received and perceived.