Emeritus ProfessorDamien Kingsbury
Emeritus Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/Office of the Executive Dean Arts and Education
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- Emeritus ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/Office of the Executive Dean Arts and Education
- +61 3 924 46410 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
South-East Asian/Indonesia/East Timor/Sri Lanka Politics, Political
Development, the role of the military in politics, security and terrorism,
post-colonial political structures and nation formation, assertions of self-
determination, and civil and political rights.
In 2007 and 2012, Professor Kingsbury led the Australian NGO observer group to
the East Timor presidential and parliamentary elections, following a similar
task to the ballot on self-determination in 1999. In 2005, Professor Kingsbury
was invited by the Crisis Management Initiative to advise the Free Aceh
Movement in the Aceh peace talks being held in Helsinki. He has since advised
a number of other regional organisations on methods of negotiating peaceful
resolution to conflict.
Knowledge Areas
Politics, political transitions, democratisation, causes of conflict and
conflict resolution.
Projects
Decline of democracy.
Development, the role of the military in politics, security and terrorism,
post-colonial political structures and nation formation, assertions of self-
determination, and civil and political rights.
In 2007 and 2012, Professor Kingsbury led the Australian NGO observer group to
the East Timor presidential and parliamentary elections, following a similar
task to the ballot on self-determination in 1999. In 2005, Professor Kingsbury
was invited by the Crisis Management Initiative to advise the Free Aceh
Movement in the Aceh peace talks being held in Helsinki. He has since advised
a number of other regional organisations on methods of negotiating peaceful
resolution to conflict.
Knowledge Areas
Politics, political transitions, democratisation, causes of conflict and
conflict resolution.
Projects
Decline of democracy.
GRANTS
- GRANTAfter the crisis: Nation-building challenges in East Timor15 Oct 2008 - 30 Jun 2012People funded by this grant:
- Kingsbury D,
- Leach M
- GRANTInternal and External Sources of Political Instability in East Timor11 Oct 2006 - 30 Jun 2009People funded by this grant:
- Kingsbury D,
- Leach M