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Our degrees are informed by world-class research and supported by the experience of 30 experts in these fields. This means that as a Griffith graduate, you’ll be ideally positioned to take advantage of new and exciting opportunities. (Banner photo courtesy of Dr Caitlin Mollica taken whilst conducting field research in the Solomon Islands)
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PhD and research candidates play an important role in the research efforts of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy. Candidate projects are closely aligned with the Centre's research programs.
Current HDR students
Student name | Research topic | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Alupo | Acculturation and adaptation experiences of refugee women in Uganda | Professor Sara Davies Dr Samid Suliman |
| Sofia Ammassari | Grassroots Membership in Political Parties | Professor Juliet Pietsch Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma |
| Christopher Arnott | Investigating predispositions of acceptance or rejection of political information | Professor Duncan McDonnell Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma Dr Max Gromping Dr Stewart Jackson (external) |
| Julie Ballangarry | Are education policy-making processes in Australia affecting the educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students? | Professor Ciaran O'Faircheaillagh Dr Cosmo Howard |
| Angeline Brown | A Woman’s Right to Choose: A feminist critique of the Politics and Morality Surrounding the Decision to Decriminalisation Abortion Law in Queensland in 2018 | Professor Sara Davies Professor Sue Harris-Rimmer |
Lucy Campion | Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - A platform of negotiation | Professor Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh Professor Duncan McDonnell |
| Sen Kwong Chang |
Distribution of Political Power in Federal, Quasi-Federal and Unitary States and Their Influence on Minority Political Participation and Institutional Changes of Democratic Countries in the World and in the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand since 1970s | Professor AJ Brown Adjunct Associate Professor Robyn Hollander (external) |
| Pia Dannhauer | Centrality Under Strain - Shortcomings of ASEAN-led institutions in the Indo-Pacific | Professor Ian Hall Professor Kai He |
| Nadia Farabi | Religious peace-building in addressing internal displacement of religious minorities in Indonesia | Associate Professor Luis Cabrera Professor Renee Jeffery |
| Ibrahim Genic | Turkey's Curtailing Democracy | Dr Lee Morgenbesser Professor Duncan McDonnell |
| Dongnu Guo | Western Images of Chinese Culture - A Comparative Analysis | Professor Caitlyn Byrne Emeritus Professor Colin Mackerras |
| Rizky Ithsan | Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process: A Case Study of Indonesia's Foreign Policy towards China | Professor Kai He Professor Ian Hall |
| Nay Kim | Citizen's voice and action in improving education, health and governance: impact of SAcc in Cambodia | Professor AJ Brown Dr Byung-Seong Min |
| Lazar Krsmanovic | Nietzsche's Superman-Overman concept versus St Nikolaj Velimirovic's Universal man(Svecovek) concept | Professor Haig Patapan Dr Gideon Baker |
| Bogdan Mamaev | Contentious Action in Democratic and Authoritarian States | Dr Lee Morgenbesser Dr Ellie Martus |
| Seng Maw | Contesting Sovereignty: War, Global Markets and Ethnic Politics in Kachin State, Northern Myanmar. | Professor Renee Jeffery Dr Stephen McCarthy |
| Haydn McComas | Working together or working apart? Org. culture, leadership learning, ethics and interoperability | Professor Andrew O'Neil Professor Caitlin Byrne |
Ida Mork Larsson | Anti-Science in the Policy Process | Professor Haig Patapan Adjunct A/Professor Robyn Hollander Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma |
| Thu Nguyen | International Refugee Law in Southeast Asia | Professor Sara Davies Professor Renee Jeffery |
| Mila Obucina | Using video-reflexive enthography (VRE) methods to assess fidelity of program implementation in healthcare setting | Professor Andrew O'Neil Professor Sacha Reid |
| Jane Olsen | Regulating reprisal risks, responses and remedies: Towards an effective oversight model | Professor AJ Brown Dr Cosmo Howard |
| Phyu Phyu Oo | Sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict areas: a case study of Myanmar | Professor Sara Davies Dr Caitlin Mollica (external) |
| Pandanus Petter | Australian MPs in the Electorate: Constituency Work and the Problem of Representation | Dr Cosmo Howard Dr Annika Werner |
| Sovinda Po |
Congrats to the Mekong?: Factors Influencing Chinese Establishment of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation | Professor Andrew O'Neil Dr Huiyun Feng |
| Madeleine Pugin | An investigation into the UNDRIP in Australia and the struggle of Indigenous identity in SEQ | Professor Sara Davies Professor Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh |
| Melodie Ruwet | Small Island States foreign policies: balancing geopolitical realities and domestic aspirations | Professor Sara Davies Professor Andrew O'Neil |
| Bart Stanford | Why are Indigenous Australians still under-represented in federal politics? | Professor Duncan McDonnell Professor Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh |
| Richard Stella | Girt by 90 degrees: Towards a framework for future Australian State and territory boundaries | Professor AJ Brown Professor Haig Patapan |
| Edy Susilo | The Battle against corruption in Indonesia’s Municipalities; A guide to diagnosis, strategy and Implementation | Professor AJ Brown Dr Lee Morgenbesser |
| Bikram Timilsina | The role of external actors in Nepal’s peace process | Professor Sara Davies Professor Renee Jeffery |
Dimitri Tsakas | The Role of The Holy See as a "Hyper-Power" in International Relations | Professor Ian Hall Dr Lee Morgenbesser Professor Haig Patapan |
| Daniel W. Tuominen Szabo | Extraordinary Decisions® Network-Derived Social Capital as a Survival Strategy Through the Sahara Desert | Associate Professor Luis Cabrera Dr Lee Morgenbesser |
| Mun (Mark) Vong | Mass organisations in Southeast Asia | Dr Stephen McCarthy Dr Lee Morgenbesser Professor John Kane |
| Andrew Wills | Leading Adaptively in Bureaucratic Environments: Policy Capacity in an Era of Complexity | Professor Sue Harris-Rimmer Dr Cosmo Howard |
| Leon Wolff | The Relational Litigant: How Law Matters to Japanese Women | Professor Caitlin Byrne Professor Sue Trevaskes |
Congratulations to our Higher Degree Research students on their Conferrals 2018 -
Dr Eslam Badawy - The World Bank and Institutional Reform: The Technocratic Approach versus Political Survival. A Case Study of Egypt
Dr Elizabeth Ambler - Rocking the Casbah: Journeying, the Islamic State Foreign Fighter and the Western State
Dr Teesta Prakash - Strategic Assessments: Aid and Bureaucracy in Australia-India Relations 1951-1989
Dr Diana Leon-Espinoza - Explaining the Adoption of Care Policies in Latin America: A Care Streams Approach
Dr Fatima Raza - Shifting Ideals, Violent Ordeals: Pakistan’s Ideological Shift and Its Effects on Sectarian Violence
Dr Emilia Yustiningrum - Foreign Policy Decision Making: Explaining Indonesia's Approach toward Australia during the 2004 Aceh Tsunami
Dr Huma Siddiqi - The Failure of Police Reform in Pakistan: What Police Order 2002 reveals about the challenges confronting democratic consolidation
Dr Elise Stephenson - Women's Leadership In Australian International-facing Agencies
Dr Diego Leiva - Latin American engagement strategies towards China in the 21st century
Dr Charles Asante - Ghana's Foreign Policy Post-Independence: A study of Kwame Nkrumah's Pan-Africanism
Dr Venessa Ercole - Nietzsche, Care of Self and the Risk of Dionysian Transfiguration
Dr Bradley McConachie - The Future of Australia-China Relations: Can International Education Deliver a Network of Informed Opinion Leaders?
Dr Morgan Rees - Variations in Decisions to Use Force in American Foreign Policy - From George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama
Congratulations to our Higher Degree Research students on their Conferrals 2013 - 2017
Dr Malin Karlsson - Unstable Elite Relations and their Reproduction: From Mogadishu to the Afghan Region
Dr Thi Hong Nguyen - Changing Constitutionalism in Vietnam: Examining the Factors that Support or Hinder the Transition of the Vietnamese Constitution to liberal Democratic Constitutionalism
Dr Carl Olive - Living traditions: An examination of the theoretical and philosophical tensions in Australian constitutionalism
Dr Ronaldus Pol - Effective sentinels or unwitting money launderers? The policy effectiveness of combatting illicit financial flows through professional facilitators (lawyers, accountants and real estate agents)
Dr Mubashar Hasan - Ummah(s), Islam and Politics in Bangladesh
Dr Mumita Tanjeela - Untold Stories: Women's Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh
Dr Henry Boer - Governing Forests and Carbon: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in Indonesia
Dr Manuel de Jesus Losada Sierra - Thinking from the Margins: The Victims of History in Levinas and Metz
Dr Andrea Haefner - Cooperation and Conflict in Transboundary River Basins: The Mekong, Danube and La Plata River Basins
Mr James Hondros - Implementing National Disability Service Standards: What Street Level Bureaucrats Exercise Discretion for in the Provision of Employment Services (Masters)
Dr Frank Jones - National Security Policy and Strategy Since 1945: A Security Studies Perspective (By publication)
Dr Mary-Ann McQuestin - The Rudd Government's Cooperative Federalism Reform Agenda 2007 - 2010
Dr Cathy Moloney - Profit and Proliferation: A Study of Australian and Canadian Nuclear Policy
Dr Lee Morgenbesser - Why do Authoritarian Regimes Hold Elections?
Dr Meghan Bond - Grassroots Climate Action in Australia: Visions, Practices and Innovation
Dr Glenn Kefford - Has Australian Federal Politics Become Presidentialized?
Dr Chandani Panditharatne - An Appropriate Climate Change Adaptation Policy for Sri Lanka
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