Dr Adam Dickerson
Senior Lecturer
International Studies

Bio: Adam Dickerson took a BA and PhD in philosophy at the University of New South Wales. Before coming to the University of Canberra, he taught philosophy at the University of Durham. His publications include the book Kant on representation and objectivity (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Read more

Dr Nawal El-Gack
Assistant Professor
International Studies

 
BIO:  Nawal originates from Sudan. Before joining the University of Canberra, she worked as a Lecturer at Massey University, New Zealand, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as supervising a wide range of thesis research projects.  Read more 

Dr Jason Flanagan
Assistant Professor
International Studies

Bio: Jason Flanagan is an Assistant Professor in International Studies and holds a PhD in History from the University of Queensland. Before joining the University of Canberra, he was a Research Fellow in Human Security at RMIT University, and manager of the Human Security research program of the Global Cities Research Institute at RMIT. Read more

Dr Tahmina Rashid
Associate Professor
International Studies

Bio: Tahmina holds a Masters’ (Research) and PhD in Gender and Politics from the University of Melbourne. She is an Associate Professor in International Studies. She has previously worked as Program Director International Development, RMIT, and Assistant Professor in Pakistan. Read more

Dr Bethaney Turner
Senior Lecturer
International Studies

Bio: Dr Bethaney Turner is an Assistant Professor in International Studies at the University of Canberra. In a significant departure from her doctoral work on social revolutionary movements in Mexico, her current research explores the variety and complexity of the relationships between people and the food they grow, buy and consume. From local community gardens to global debates about food security, this research analyses the role food plays in the formation of subjectivities, practices of meaning – making and understandings of place. Read more

Dr Auriol Weigold 
Visiting Fellow
International Studies

Bio: In January 2004 Auriol Weigold was appointed Course Convenor and Lecturer in the University of Canberras new BA International Studies. She had been a Visiting Research Fellow and part-time lecturer and tutor in the Division of Communication and Education since being awarded a PhD in Indo-British political history in 1997. Read more

Dr Takele Bulto 
Assistant Professor
International Studies

Bio: Dr Takele Soboka Bulto studied for his PhD at Melbourne Law School, the University   of Melbourne, where he had been an Inaugural Teaching Fellow during 2009 and 2010 academic years. He took his LLB and MA Degree (International Relations) Degrees from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and an LLM Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Previously, he was an Australian Research Council's Lauereate Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Justice in the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Australian National University. He was a visiting lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (South Africa). He also held a position of Part-time Assistant Professor at Addis Ababa University’s School of Law in Ethiopia.  Read more