Research student biographies

CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS

Leticia's thesis, Religion and multiculturalism in Australia: the Islamic dimension, explores the intersection between nationalism, secularism, globalisation and multiculturalism in the formation of attitudes towards Australian Muslims, and the consequences of these attitudes for Australian community relations.

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Annie’s PhD examines the development of a radical global policy idea – using the case of the United Nations Emergency Peace Service – across cultural, political and historical differences.

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Karen is undertaking MA by research with the Center For Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. Karen's current research lies within the broad rubric of contemporary spirituality and religiosity and focuses on anti capitalist resistance through non-violent action. Theoretical frameworks include Gandhian Political economy, anarchist political philosophy and new religious movements. Karen is interested in exploring the links between the spirituality revolution thesis and non-violent action and is working on developing methodology for empirical analysis.

Karen obtained honours in politics at the University of Wollongong in 2005. Her honours thesis, Culture Jamming: A Spectacular Nonviolent Technique, used cultural politics as a framework and includes an empirical analysis of Merlin Lucks' Jam of Big Brother.

Karen has a diploma of public relations and promotions and has studied Hindi as a non degree student through the ANU.

Academic Tutoring Positions 2006 - 2008

• UTS - Power and Change (2006 -2008 ) Political Theory (2007)
• Theory and Method, Colonialism and Modernity (2008)
• USYD - Introductory Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Social Enquiry (2008) UWS - Contemporary Society (2007 -2008)

Publications

• Co - Author . Defending Muslims in Wollongong, 2003
• Active Happiness, 2005. Available at www.uow.edu.au/arts/bmartin/others/SAW.html

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PAST RESEARCH STUDENTS

Silje Gerhardsen from Norway was the first CPACS research degree graduate. Silje was awarded the Master of Arts (Research) in absentia in December 2007 for her thesis Play with Water and You'll Get Burned: How Scarce Natural Resources May Internationalise Internal Wars: The Case of Sudan, Egypt and the Nile.