A video is now available of the first Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture, given by Michael Barnett on the topic of Mobilising Compassion.

Eliza Garnsey and Caitlin Hamilton discuss their new book Creating Justice: Human Rights and Art in Conversation (Rowman and Littlefield 2025).

New blog summarising a chapter I wrote for Andrew Carr’s new book in memory of Brendan Sargeant, one of Australia’s leading security practitioners and strategic thinkers. 

Join the School of Political Science and International Studies for the First Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture on Thursday 4 December 2025. 'Mobilising Compassion' will be presented by Professor Michael Barnett (George Washington University), with comments from Professor Bina D'Costa (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (formerly ICRC).

Eliza Garnsey and Caitlin Hamilton join us online to discuss their new book Creating Justice: Human Rights and Art in Conversation (Rowman and Littlefield 2025).

Marguerite La Caze, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland, discusses her new book Film and Everyday Resistance

New blog: a review of Oliver P. Richmond’s book The Grand Design: The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022).

Simon Philpott and William Clapton discuss their pioneering work on Popular Culture and Global Politics.

New blog: a review of Elena Kim’s book Making Peace with Nature: Ecological Encounters Along the Korean DMZ (Duke University Press, 2022).

Prof Gillian Whitlock and Dr Zhila Gholami discuss Gillian's new book Refugee Lives in the Archives: A Pacific Imaginary (Bloomsbury 2024) as well as archival work that she and Zhila conducted for different projects at the UQ's Fryer Collection.