Associate ProfessorMax Kelly
Associate Professor, International and Community Development
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Associate Professor, International and Community DevelopmentFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- +61 3 556 33316 (Work)
- Warrnambool Campus, Princes Highway, Warrnambool Victoria 3280
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Locally led crisis and humanitarian response • Disaster resilience • International development • Political economy • Geopolitics of aid • Community resilience • Humanitarian policy • Food security and livelihoods • Global governance • Critical Development Studies •
Methodologically, my research is grounded in mixed-methods inquiry, combining qualitative and community engaged approaches, with political economy analysis, impact assessment, and social network analysis. I work extensively with interviews, stakeholder engagement, case studies, surveys, organisational and policy analysis, and community-engaged research to understand how power, relationships, and local agency shape development and humanitarian outcomes across diverse contexts.
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCrisis Leadership Program: Ukraine and Syria1 Feb 2026 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- McGlasson MA,
- Kelly M
- GRANTSyria Crisis Leadership Program1 Nov 2025 - 31 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- McGlasson MA,
- Kelly M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCrisis Leadership Program Sudan (2025-2026) QCF1 Sep 2025 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- McGlasson MA,
- Kelly M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCrisis Leadership Program Sudan (EEAS) 20251 Sep 2025 - 28 Feb 2026People funded by this grant:
- McGlasson MA,
- Kelly M
- GRANTCrisis Leadership Program24 Mar 2025 - 30 Nov 2025People funded by this grant:
- McGlasson MA,
- Kelly M,
- Downing P
- GRANTEffective Community-Lead Disaster Planning and Response1 Oct 2024 - 10 Aug 2026People funded by this grant:
- Toole N,
- Kelly M,
- Mcavoy D,
- Duckworth M,
- Hallwright J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHReducing greenhouse gas emissions from farming activities: a toolkit for farmers.1 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Max Kelly
- CONTRACT RESEARCHRegenerative Agriculture and the hasfting nature of farms in South-West Victoria.7 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2025People funded by this grant:
- Kelly M,
- Hogan J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHA reimagined Crisis Leadership Programme for the Ukraine response.1 Sep 2022 - 30 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Kelly M,
- Pardy M,
- Mcavoy D,
- North-Samardzic A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHIKEA Foundation Research Scholarships1 May 2015 - 30 Apr 2018People funded by this grant:
- Connors P,
- Clarke M,
- Kelly M