Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140101123

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140101123

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Through their eyes: Rethinking the role of information operations in counterinsurgency scholarship and strategy. Western counterinsurgency forces regularly lose the 'information battle' to militarily and economically inferior insurgent forces. This project explores why and how insurgent adversaries often prove superior in shaping the perceptions of local populations and winning their support. Through case studies of East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan, the project identifies the key strategic pillars in insurgent information operations in order to critically analyse and revise the role of information operations in counterinsurgency theory and practice. This research will advance scholarly understanding of the psychosocial dynamics of influence during conflict and challenge dominant trends in counterinsurgency theory and practice.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-02-2014

End Date: 08-02-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $393,359.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Defence Studies | Political Science | Causes and Prevention of Crime | Social and Community Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Defence and Security Policy | National Security |

Other Keywords

Causes and Prevention of Crime | Defence Studies | Defence and Security Policy | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | National Security | Political Science | Social and Community Psychology

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