Current
PhD candidates
Political Science
Con Allimonos: Do state governments perform a 'foreign affairs' role?
(Supervisor: Derek McDougall)
Petrie Anderson: The politics of Australian trade policy in Southeast
Asia. (Supervisor: Derek McDougall)
Jacky Angus: Islam and the state in globalising Egypt: the case of
Al-Ahram Weekly. (Supervisors: Michael Crozier, Tim Marjoribanks, Abdullah
Saeed (MIALS))
Valerie Ayres-Wearne: Refocusing the Australian welfare reform agenda
through a commitment to sustainable development. (Supervisor: Jo Barraket)
Adam Berryman: Islam and immigration in Europe. (Supervisor: Philomena
Murray)
Nicole Boldt: The politico-economic history of Australian-United States
trade relations. (Supervisor: Ann Capling)
Bernice Bovenkerk: The biotechnology debate. (Supervisors: Robyn Eckersley,
Frans Brom (Utrecht))
Donald Bowser: Corruption in the former Soviet Union. (Supervisor:
Leslie Holmes)
Daniel Bray: Democratic politics beyond the state: rethinking representation
in global institutions. (Supervisor: Robyn Eckersley)
George Cawley: Neo-liberalism and education: A comparative study of
the flow of ideas in educational policy in four countries. (Supervisor:
Tim Marjoribanks)
Adam Driver: Colonialism in a land of semi-colonialism: the afterlife
of Japanese Manchuria within northeast China as exception. (Supervisors:
Michael Dutton, John Cash (Social Theory))
Ian Duncanson: Law, the English subject and the empire.(Supervisor:
Phillip Darby)
Sarah Eaton: Radical feminism and reproductive technology. (Supervisor:
Sheila Jeffreys)
David Envall: Leaders as diplomats: Japan's prime ministers at G7 summits,
1979-83. (Supervisor: Derek McDougall)
Adam Essaber: Rudy and Jeff: leadership, personality politics and neo-liberalism
in New York City and Melbourne. (Supervisor: Mark Considine)
Valerie Gerrand: Transforming mental health services in Victoria 1993-98:
a case study of policy change. (Supervisor: Mark Considine)
Gabrielle Gloury: The representation of Indigenous issues by the Australian
print media. (Supervisors: Tim Marjoribanks and Wayne Atkinson)
Devika Goonewardene: International relations and postcolonialism in
South Asia. (Supervisor: Phillip Darby)
Prudence Gordon: Multinationals and multilateralism: the influence
of multinational corporations on the Uruguay round of GATT trade negotiations.
(Supervisor: Ann Capling)
Jeannette Granfar: Dissemination and semi-nation: commonplaces of nation
and narrative frustration of friend and foe. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)
Debra Hartley: Perspectives on managing for results and development:
towards a framework for stakeholder ownerhip in technical cooperation.
(Supervisor: Derek McDougall)
Maryse Helbert: Endless consumption, endless war: A feminist analysis
of the oil shortage and peace. (Supervisor: Robyn Eckersley)
Dora Horvath: Conceptualising the emerging notion of citizenship in
the European Union. (Supervisors: Brian Galligan & Philomena Murray)
Rachel Howard: The politics of war: The medias role in the re-election
campaigns of the Coalition of the Willing. (Supervisor: David Tucker)
Mark Huba: Reconfiguring the global: political philosophy beyond the
sovereign. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)
Karen Hussey: A comparative analysis of the EU and Australia’s
engagement with global environmental governance: leaders and laggards
understood. (Supervisor: Philomena Murray)
Jodie Kline: Discovering lesbian community: an exploration of lesbian's
experiences and perceptions of shared community. (Supervisor: Sheila
Jeffreys)
David Lansley: Australia and the causes/effects of bilateral trade
agreements. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)
Zara Lasater: Addressing the 'wicked' problems beyond the silos: joined-up
integration and community localism. (Supervisor: Jo Barraket)
Marc Levy: To what extent does the compulsion of mutual obligation
diminish the value of volunteering for unemployed people? (Supervisor:
Paul Smyth)
Yue Li: Cultural/media transmission in China after the reform of economic
system. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)
Rheya Linden: Caring about bodies, caring about suffering: the emergence
and role of a feminist caring ethic within the Australian animal liberation
movement. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Fiona Machin: The final 'peace' in the puzzle? The European Union and
intra-state conflict transformation. (Supervisors: Philomena Murray
and Adrian Little)
Bruno Mascitelli: A re-evaluation of the causes of the Italian political
crisis of 1992-94. (Supervisor: Philomena Murray)
Margherita Matera: A common European defence policy: Can the EU ever
reasonably expect to wield the same level of control over defence as
its member states? (Supervisor: Philomena Murray)
Ayalew Mergia: Indigenous African immigrants in Australia: an exploratory
analysis of the impacts of class and race on their lived experiences
and adaptation processes. (Supervisor: Verity Burgmann)
Manusavee Monsakul: Limit of states' choice in globalising economy:
politics of industrialisation in Thailand. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)
Belinda Morris: Women and autonomy: a feminist exploration of compulsory
relationships. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Carole Moschetti: International feminism and the sexual exploitation
of children. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Denis Muller: Accountability: an examination of the harlot's prerogative.
(Supervisors: Bruce Headey & David Tucker)
Gerald Nagtzaam: Global environmental regimes: exploitation, conservation
or preservation. (Supervisor: Robyn Eckersley)
Toshiya Nakamura: One the way to a normal state: transformation of
Japan's security policy after the end of the Cold War. (Supervisors:
Derek McDougall & Peter Shearman)
Julie Oberin: Women's refuges in Australia: a social and political
analysis. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Thomas O'Brien: Environmental politics in transition in South and South
Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Spain and Portugal). (Supervisor:
Leslie Holmes)
Jennifer Oriel: The politics of prostitution in the age of AIDS. (Supervisor:
Sheila Jeffreys)
Daniel Perkins: Assisting jobseekers with significant barriers to employment:
An evaluation of the Personal Support Program. (Supervisors: Mark Considine
and Stephen Ziguras)
Steven Perryman: Information communications and technology and public
sector reform. (Supervisors: John Alford & Brian Galligan)
Lucia Pietropaoli: Democratisation and political development in ex-colonial
countries. (Supervisor: Phillip Darby)
Joshua Puls: The contribution of the Catholic church to political and
legal processes in Australia. (Supervisor: Paul Smyth)
Sarah Richardson: An investigation of the experience of Chinese and
Indian post-graduate students at Australian universities and the extent
to which this represents the role of international education in globalisation.
(Supervisor: Mark Considine)
John Roberts: Public relations and news-production processes in Australia
in the lead-up to the Iraq war (2003). (Supervisor: Timothy Marjoribanks)
Lauren Rosewarne: Skin trade policy: contemporary trends in the use
of men and women in advertising and the global push for standards. (Supervisor:
Sheila Jeffreys)
John Roskam: Liberalism and the Liberals: concepts of Australian liberalism
and the Liberal Party of Australia, 1944-1996. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)
David Ross: Making a meal of it: global governance and the world food
programme. (Supervisor: Derek McDougall, Robyn Eckersley)
Sandra Rudland: Literary and legal narratives of sovereign subjectivity.
(Supervisor: Judith Grbich)
Paul Rumpf: Job Network: a radically new policy instrument (Supervisor:
Mark Considine)
Lawrence Sheehan: The changing conception of national identities of
state institutional responses: Russia, Canada and Belgium. (Supervisor:
Peter Shearman)
Sharif Shuja: Prospects for arms control and nuclear non-proliferation
in South Asia. (Supervisor: Peter Shearman)
Geoffrey Slack: Contemporary policy initiatives in Victoria: Spatial
governance, social inclusion and practical applications. (Supervisor:
Paul Smyth)
Craig Smith: Antimonies of emancipation: Political philosophy and psychoanalysis.
(Supervisor: Michael Dutton)
Vicki Swinbank: A feminist analysis of cooking/food preparation and
food production. (Supervisors: Verity Burgmann & Martha MacIntyre
(Centre for Women's Health))
Jonathan Symons: Legitimacy, international regimes and responses to
NGOs. (Supervisor: Robyn Eckersley)
Timothy Szlachetko: Markets against employment: the welfare state and
labour market intervention in Australia and Denmark. (Supervisors: Linda
Hancock & Philomena Murray)
Laura Tarzia: Renegotiating the politics of heterosexuality. (Supervisor:
Millsom Henry-Waring)
Che Tibby: The national cell: multiple identity and the (ostensibly)
post-colonial state.(Supervisors: Robyn Eckersley & Paul James (RMIT))
Andrea Treble: Reviewing the reviewers: a comparative study of administrative
review: structural processes in Australia, the United States and United
Kingdom. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)
Vicki Turner: The growth of religion and civil society in China. (Supervisor:
Michael Dutton)
Sarah Tyrrell: Greening the coalition: natural resource management
in the Australian federalist state. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)
Meagan Tyler: The construction of women's sexuality in the age of mass
prostitution. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Andrew Ure: Anarchism and 'anti-globalisation' movements. (Supervisor:
Verity Burgmann)
George Vasilev: Liberalism in illiberal societies. (Supervisors: Robyn
Eckersley and Leslie Holmes)
Catherine Woodward: The dynamics of Aboriginal policy: interests, institutions
and ideas. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)
Dong Dong Wu: Culture and commodification: Antique collection in contemporary
Chinese societies. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)
Kristy Yeats: The new left movement in Australia, 1956-1975. (Supervisors:
Verity Burgmann & Graeme Willett (Australian Centre))
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Sociology
Kay Cook: Women, family, work and welfare: a critical analysis of low-income
women's social citizenship. (Supervisor: Tim Marjoribanks)
Peter Gibilisco: Social democracy, disability and social inclusion:
a sociological analysis. (Supervisor: Tim Marjoribanks)
Fiona Martin: Young injecting drug users. (Supervisors: Kevin McDonald
& John Fitzgerald)
Momoyo Mitsuno: Integration in a multicultural society. (Supervisor:
Kevin McDonald)
Vyvyan Rose: Computers, culture and cyberspace. (Supervisor: Tim Marjoribanks)
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