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Anthony Ware

Associate Professor of Humanitarianism & Development

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

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  • Associate Professor of Humanitarianism & Development
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • +61 3 925 17802 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

I am an Associate Professor of International & Community Development. My research focusses on conflict-affected humanitarian-development situations, including analysis of both the conflict and the theory and practice of international responses. I am particularly interested in everyday peace and bottom-up, civil society or community-led peacebuilding/conflict transformation, countering violent extremism (CVE), conflict analysis, and conflict-sensitivity and do no harm (DNH). Geographically, my fieldwork, was primarily focussed on Myanmar until recently—particularly Rakhine State and the Rohingya conflict—because the multitude of conflicts in that country, and the complexity of the fragile democratisation and peace processes, captured the breadth of challenges and archetypal factors across post-conflict situations globally. I still continue research on Myanmar, but more recently have expanded fieldwork in Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya and Mozambique.

I am highly experienced in collecting rich, qualitative field data on complex, conflict-related humanitarian-development problems, and leading data collection in difficult contexts (e.g. DFAT do no travel zones). I usually work in close collaboration/co-design research with local civil society organisations and/or researchers. In the process, I lead multiple concurrent research teams on different projects, collaborate closely with multiple industry partners, engage frequently with local academic researchers, and often brief policy makers and key stakeholders.

I am a Visiting Research Professor at the School of Strategic and Global Studies, University of Indonesia (2023-2026). I was Director (and co-founder) of the Australia Myanmar Institute (AMI) 2014-2017 (https://aummi.edu.au/), Secretary of the Development Studies Association of Australia (DSAA) 2019-2022 (https://www.developmentstudies.asn.au/), and Convenor of Deakin's Development-Humanitarian Research Group (2018-2022). I am a Thematic Editor of Development in Practice journal (https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cdip20). I have been on faculty at Deakin since 2012, and previously lectured at The University of Melbourne (2011).

I have published 7 books (2 monographs, 5 edited), including lead author of the highly regarded Myanmar's 'Rohingya' Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2018, with Costas Laoutides), which was selected for the 2019 Irrawaddy Literature Festival in Mandalay, Myanmar. I have also published 2 special issues of journals, almost 60 peer reviewed academic chapters/ chapters, and 4 industry/technical reports. I am a regular reviewer of journal articles and book manuscripts for various publishers.

In 2024 my my Field-Weighted Citation Impact factor (SciVal) is 2.70, meaning my publication portfolio has attracted almost three times the citations of the field average. My Field-Weighted (FoR 4404) Output in Top 10% Citations of 22.2% is double the Deakin average (11.0%), and almost double the Australia-wide average (13.2%). As a public intellectual, I have also given 20 live TV and 13 live radio appearances over the past 12 years, plus authored 12 media articles (e.g. in The Conversation, etc).

I have supervised 11 PhD candidates to successful completion, 6 as principal supervisor, 5 as associate supervisor, plus dozens of masters thesis/dissertations, and Honours students in fields ranging from the impact of political transition on minority rights, to evaluation of small NGO programs, to the emergence of humanitarian studies, to middle power influence in Myanmar's peace process, to microfinance, child sponsorship, and cultural heritage.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor of Humanitarianism & Development
    Deakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of International and Community Development
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Jan 2020 - present
  • Senior Lecturer in International and Community Development
    Deakin University, AUSTRALIA1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2019
  • Lecturer in International and Community Development
    Deakin University, Australia1 Jun 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
  • Early Career Development Fellowship
    Deakin University, Australia1 Jul 2012 - 1 Jun 2013
  • Early Career Research Fellowship
    Deakin University, Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Australia1 Feb 2012 - 30 Jun 2012
  • Lecturer
    The University of Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Science
    University of Melbourne

LANGUAGES

  • Thai
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Political science
  • Policy and administration
  • Development studies

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation