Associate ProfessorAnthony Ware

Associate Professor of Humanitarianism & Development

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

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

TEACHING EXPERTISE

I am the Postgraduate Course Coordinator for the School of Humanities and Social Science, and oversee the masters minor theses units AIX704 and AIX 705 for the school.

In the last few years I have taught:
* ADS734 Geopolitics and Political Economy of Aid
* AHA721 Humanitarian Principles and Knowledge
* ADS722 Private Sector Development: Corporations, Social-Enterprise and Microfinance
* ADS711 NGOs and Other Development Actors

Previously I have also taught units on
* Introduction to International & Community Development
* Participatory Approaches to Development
* Aid Trade and Development
* Humanitarian Emergencies and Disaster Relief
* Public Policy in Australia
* World Religions
* Order and Justice in World Politics
* Understanding Development
* Conceptualisation of Poverty, Microfinance & Development

SUPERVISION
I have supervised 11 PhD candidates to 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.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Social Cohesion, Access to Justice, and Economic Resilience in Conflict-Affected Mali: A Mediation Analysis of Violent Extremism Vulnerability
    25 Feb 2026 - 16 Nov 2026
  • EXTERNAL SUPERVISION
    The Effectiveness of Social Enterprise in Resourcing International Development
    • Dr Jesma O’Hara – external co-supervisor of this student at AlphaCruxis College
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Decolonising amongst Aotearoa's INGOs from COVID-19 onwards
    Honour Alexandra Musuku - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding Buddhist Protectionism in Myanmar
    Tay Zar Myo Win - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Reconciling humanitarianism and politics in local responses to Myanmar's post-coup crises
    Daren Riley Moon - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    How extreme heat intersects with conflict-related displacement and the governance of vulnerable populations.
    Alana Pedler - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Child Sponsorship NGOs: Origins, Evolution and Motives for Change
    Brad Anthony Watson - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Financial Cooperatives and the development of social capital
    Peter Mason - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding Sustainability and Outreach of Islamic Charity Based Microfinance: Cases Study in Indonesia
    Aimatul Yumna - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring quality in the implementation of development projects: Insights from development NGOs
    Murray Boardman - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    World Heritage and Human Rights in Bagan, Myanmar
    Anne Laura Kraak - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Rohingya perspectives of history and identity
    Ronan Lee - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    MEASURING PERFORMANCE IN SMALL AND MEDIUM NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS BEST PRACTICE OR BEST FIT?
    Maya Cordeiro - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    What's the point? Program evaluation in small community development NGOs
    Leanne Kelly - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Middle Powers as Peacemaking Entrepreneurs in Myanmar's peace process
    Chiraag Roy - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    THE EMERGING HUMANITARIAN STUDIES ACADEMIC FIELD OF SCHOLARSHIP A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
    Adriana Alana Stibral - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2024