Prof Marshall Beier from McMaster University in Canada and A/Prof Helen Berents from Griffith University discuss their longstanding and highly successful research collaboration about images of childhood as technologies in the governance of political violence.

Prof Saffron O’Neill from the University of Exeter discusses her new book The Visual Life of Climate Change  (Bristol University Press 2025) with Prof Matt McDonald (UQ).

Prof Saffron O’Neill from the University of Exeter discusses her fascinating new book The Visual Life of Climate Change (Bristol University Press 2025) with Prof Matt McDonald (UQ).

Dr Marcelle Trote Martins from the University of Manchester discusses her new book Affective Imageries: Visual Politics of Wounded Bodies in Timor-Leste (Bloomsbury 2024)

Dr Marcelle Trote Martins discusses her new book Affective Imageries: Visual Politics of Wounded Bodies in Timor-Leste (Bloomsbury 2024).

Our new Visual Politics event program is out. Please join us to hear about new research on topics that include the visual politics of climate change, wounded bodies and the economies of childhood.

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).