Research and Teaching Nodes

Population, Health & Security
  • Pandemic diseases
  • Biological weapons
  • Biosafety
  • Demographic transitions
  • Migration
  • Urbanisation
  • Ethnicity & ethnic diasporas
  • Population and the environment
  • Unregulated population movements

Fragile & Failing States

  • Humanitarian intervention
  • Human security
  • Peacekeeping
  • Post-war reconstruction
  • Security-development nexus

Australian National Security

  • Foreign & defence policy
  • Homeland security

Environmental Security

  • Food & water scarcity
  • Energy security
  • Climate change
Non-State Challenges
  • Terrorism
  • Transnational organised crime

War & Conflict

  • Nature of warfare
  • Ethics and laws of war
  • Balance of power
  • Liberal institutionalism
  • Alliances & coalitions
  • Nuclear proliferation

Food Security

  • Pressures on food supply and demand in Asia
  • Impact of political, economic and demgraphic factors on food supply and demand
  • Impact of land grabs on human security

Business & Security

  • Business continuity & security planning
  • Risk & emergency management
  • Political risk analysis