MA(PACS)/MPACS Dissertations
2011
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Hof, Erik | Parallel Tracks or Sequencing: The International Criminal Court's impact on Prosepects for Peace in Sudan |
| Khan, Yulia | Independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia: To Be or Not To Be? An Analysis of the Prospects for Their Independence |
2010
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Bickerton, Emily | The Case for Socially Cohesive Cities: How Social Connections Save Lives and Community Gatdens Empower Unbran Localities to Mobolize for Peace |
| Brake, Sarah | Campaigning for Peace with Justice: A Burma Case Study |
| Brown, Chris | In Search of a Positive Peace in the Naxalite Conflict |
| Crawford, Katie | The Environmental Voice of Peacetime Military Activity |
| Dawes, Cassandra | Understanding the ‘other’ through film: representations of ethnicity in Second World War Hollywood feature films |
| Hall, Brenda | The Freeport Mine in Papua: An Unequivocal Commitment to Human Rights? |
| Hedges, Georgina | Justice for Women in Post-genocide Rwanda? |
| Hubbard, James | Nonviolent Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect |
| Mcgovern, Lachlan | Evaluating Australia’s Intervention in Solomon Islands |
| Ogbonnaya, Jude | African Feminism: What can Men bring to the Table? |
| Rose, Michael | Peace Journalism, First Person Shooters and the construction of meaning from simulated violence |
| Tunks, Erin Louise | Community Conflict and Peace-building: A Case Study of the Cronulla Riots |
2009
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Alderton, Ashley | Media at War: The Rwandan Genocide and Implications for Future Conflicts |
| Aryachandra, Nisansala | Terrorlist Formula: An alternative for listing terrorists and measuring terrorism |
| Beasley, Belinda | The Indictment of Omar Hussan Ahamd al Bashir by the International Criminal Court: Understanding Why African and Arab Leaders Support Bashir |
| Bennett, Juliet | An Ethical Dilemma: Childhood Conversion to Christian Fundamentalism |
| Chhan, Rebecca K. | Creativity in Peacebuilding: The Value of Art to Peace |
| Cross, Casey | Exacerbating Divisions: Peacebuilding, the UN and East Timor: An Ecofeminist Analysis |
| Dix, Catherine | Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: How can youth and the media work together to support the normative goal of peace? |
| Geeves, Bethany | Fighting Words: The Importance of Language Policy for Conflict and Peace |
| Gudmundsen, Marita H. | A Comparative Analysis of Iraq: Before and After the 2003 Invasion |
| Gosson, Zara | Happiness in the Pursuit of Peace: Re-evaluating the role and significance of happiness in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies |
| King, Nancy | Hard Yakka: A Historical Comparative Study of Aboriginal Working Women in the New South Wales Public Sector Australia |
| Kristiansen, Ragna | Taking a Glimpse at the UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Has the Resolution contributed to improving the situation of the women in Timor-Leste? |
| Morgan, Sophie | Female Genital Cutting: An Issue of Peace with Justice |
| Pratt, Kelly | Universal Human Needs Theory: Transforming Thought, Facilitating Choice, Promoting Peace |
| Reddington, Kitty | Educating Beyond Oppression in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
| Rish, Violet | Why can’t you sell peace like you sell soap? The Power and Limitations of Social Marketing in Communicating for Peace in Aceh |
| Ziaei, Saman | Living in a Cycle of Violence: Questioning the Effectiveness of Current Penal Practice in NSW |
2008
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Dickens, Lyn | Marginalising Multiraciality in Miss Saigon: an Analysis of the Mass Media's Effect on People of Mixed Race |
| Eaton, Emily | The World Sport: A Force for Peace or Violence |
| Geese, Benjamin | Out of Ruins. Pro-Poor Tourism: a Future for Timor-Leste |
| George, Victor | The Role of the Peacekeeping Troops in the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) |
| Heukelom, Tim S. van | Regional Interactive Conflict Prevention: Exploring the potential of 'cooperative diplomacy' to increase the effectiveness of conflict prevention on a regional level |
| Johannessen, Astrid-Margrete | Humanitarian Intervention and the 'Responsibility to Protect' after September 11 |
| Kartika, Diana | ASEAN: Towards Social Justice and Human Security |
| Krairit, Thammachat | Developments from Portuguese Colony to Indonesian Province: The Evolution of Identity in East Timor (1500s-1991) |
| Lovasen, Line | Causes and Consequences of the Global Military Culture |
| Rai, Bharat | Peace through Micro Enterprise Development in Nepal: Rhetoric or Reality? |
| Rajalingam, Gobie | The Right to Write: Advocating Human Rights and the Media to Build Peace with Justice in Sri Lanka |
| Sequeira, Mervyn | A Universal Language of Peace? Music and Peacebuilding |
| Siegenbeek van Heukelom, Tim | Regional interactive conflict prevention: Exploring the potential of 'cooperative diplomacy' to increase the effectiveness of conflict prevention on a regional level |
| Skaiaa, Marianne | The Neglected Story of Women and War: In What Ways Can War Empower Women |
| Yustisianingrum, Etika | Building Permanent Peace in Aceh: The Role of the Peace Agreement in the Peacebuilding Process |
| Zulaicha, Octavin | Commission of Truth and Friendship as a Reconciliation Mechanism between Indonesia and Timor Leste |
2007
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Allebone, James | The Great Writ In America: Habeas Corpus in Times of Conflict |
| Box, Pamela | Climate Change and Development: Environmental Ethics and Water Scarcity in the Twenty-First Century |
| Chang, Candice | The Responsibility to Protect: Falun Gong as a case study |
| Cutler, Jennifer | Theatre in the South Pacific: A Peacebuilding Tool? |
| Dekker, Anna | The International Criminal Court Pursuing Justice in the Midst of Violent Conflict: Peace-maker or Peace-breaker? |
| Desaputra, Piyasiree | Integration of a Gender Perspective on Peace Operations: Gender Equality and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in East Timor |
| Djojonegoro, Dinda | The struggle for peace without nuclear weapons: An analysis of the relationship between nuclear weapons, security, peace and human rights |
| Downing, Elizabeth | The Western Response to AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: The importance of African participation in the response |
| Garner, Hilary | Building Peace in a Post Conflict Society: The Sports Contribution Sporting Creativity Synchronizing Soccer Case Study: The Kakuma Refugee Camp |
| Kuncorowati, Dyah | Illegal logging in Indonesia: A threat to regional security in Southeast Asia? |
| Lansdowne, Amanda | "Fortress Nation": Australia's Insecurity, the Asylum Seeker's Burden |
| Mehr, Michael | Government responses to the al-Jazeera effect: Ten years of engagement, conflict and competition |
| Mkandawire, Bonaventure | Thangata: Tenancy or Slavery? The economic hardship of workers on colonial farms; and post-colonial tobacco estates in Malawi |
| Rahman, Sabrin | The era of social entrepreneurship: How society, economy and peace studies can be partners in fighting inequality |
| Seitanides, Elias | How did the Cold War start? Has it really ended? |
| Sun-Nyung, Heo | A New Foreign Policy Paradigm: Perspectives on South Korea's Strategic Options in the 21st Century: Towards Peace and Security in Northeast Asia |
| Ya, Lin (Bella) | Renewing the Enemy: Young Chinese Focus Their Hatred on Japan |
2006
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Armstrong, Amanda | Saving the World: The Active Self in a Self-less Society |
| Dundas, Aletia | The Application of Nonviolence in a Culture of Violence: The Case of Iraq |
| Carpenter, Tracey | The Media's Role in Race Relations in a Regional Australian Sommunity |
| Clark, Paul | Atrocity? What-ever: The emotional manipulation of the mass cruelty of Western communities |
| Cramer, Jolene M. | The Grameen Bank: A Critical Analysis of Women's Empowerment |
| Culley, April | The Politics of Ethnicity and Nationalism in Zimbabwe and the Problem of International Intervention |
| Hennekinne, Xavier | Reconciliation in Timor-Leste: The Place of the Individual in the Timorese Reconciliation Process |
| Jacobson, Daniel | From Bomb-Making to Policy-Making: The Transformation of Palestinian Terrorism 1937-2006 |
| Jensen, Catherine Mary | The Price of Peace: How a culture of consumerism erodes a culture of peace |
| Mayroz, Eyal | Humanitarian Interventions in Theory and Practice: The US and the Crisis in Dafur |
| Ngotho, Mueni (Liz) | Birth of a New Nation or Delusions from the Past: Challenges to Achieving Egalitarian Participation in Peacebuilding in South Sudan |
| Oborski, Jason | Fox News and their Invasion of Iraq |
| Reiler, Anja Agnethe | Norway: A Good International Citizen? |
| Richardson, Robyn | "God-Speak" - The Language of the Church: East Timor Conflict 1975-1999 |
| Sassine, Fadia | Palestinian Refugees in Beddawi Camp: Exploring Palestinianness |
2005
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Akimoto, Daisuke | The Implication of "Positive Pacifism" for Japan's International Peacekeeping Operations |
| Chesher, Jane | Anatomy of a Riot:Redfern 14-16 February 2004 |
| Elliott, Stephanie | Islam and the U.S. media: USA Today and The New York Times before and after the London bombings |
| Elliott, Sarah | The Politicisation of Humanitarian Action |
| Kieran, Leona | Burma: Towards Freedom from Fear |
| Kroon, Ronald | Prayer mats and Cheeseboards: Polarisation in Dutch Society |
| Norbisrath, Lea | Reconciliation - and what is in it for Women? |
| Yamasaki, Matsutaro | The Tibet Question: History, Present, and Future of Tibet |
| Piccotti, John | Containing Saddam Hussein's Iraq: An examination of how conflicting goals and self-interest affected policy at the UN with an emphasis on France and the US 1990-2003 |
| Pozniak, Natalee | Militant Islamist Ideology and the 'Clash of Civilizations' |
| Seyit, Kuranda S. | Reporting Violence |
| Shrestha, Abha | The Impact of International Armed Conflict on Nepalese Women: A Study from a Feminist Perspective |
2004
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Adas, Wissam | God's Law vs. Man's law- An analysis of the perceived conflict between Islamic and Western law |
| Boga, Dilnaz | Cycles of Violence: The Impact of Human Rights Violations on Children in Kashmir |
| Candan, Zuleika | Frustration in Society: Why Individuals Turn to Violent Society Movements in the Context of a Culture of Violence |
| Chang, Kevin C. | "Noqu Kalou, Noqu Vanua": The Root Causes of Fiji's Societal Conflicts |
| Downes, Andrew J. | An Emerging Norm? The Legitimacy of Humanitarian Intervention during the post-Cold War era |
| Emad, Munther | Emerging Challenges - Domestic violence among culturally and linguistically diverse communities in particular Arabic-Speaking Families in Australia: A reflection on culture, gender, cultural identity and generations |
| Fisher-Radford, Jennifer | Structural Violence in the West: Its Contribution to a Violent Culture and Delinquency |
| Haahti, Eva | "Spoils of War": Sexual Violence and Human Rights Violations Against Women in War |
| Kobayashi, Hiroto | Commonalities in the diversity: The common ground between suicide bomings in the Israel-Palestine conflict and Japanese suicide attacks in the WWII |
| Mason, Andy | The Impact of Ethnic Nationalism on Compassionate Love in Sri Lanka |
| Muraki, Sayuri | Promoting Human Rights and Peacebuilding in East Timor |
| Myrvoll, Brit | The Redfern Journey of Empowerment |
| Ramsdell, Christopher | Innocent Lost: The Socialization of Child Soldiers |
| Robertson, Erin | The Value of Public Diplomacy: A Critique of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East since 9-11 |
| Sakurai, Yuko | Reconciliation to Overcome "Japan and Asia" |
| Sarlas, Andrew | Conflict: Moving from peace studies to a more holistic definition and how this is represented in creativity |
| Smith, Kate Jean | The Australian 'History Wars' and National Identity: |
| Tarling, Serena | Bridging the Gap: Could there be a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Australia? |
| Zee, Kelvin | Singapore's Malay-Muslims and the Emergence of Jemaah Islamiah in Singapore |
2003
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Bottenma, Tamar F.J. | Comparing Cold Wars: An Analysis of Malaysia's Experiences |
| Boyd, Alison M. | America's Contradiction: Human Rights and the Death Penalty |
| Buchanan, Penny | Peacebuilding in Somalia: The role of the radio soap opera in public education for the promotion of non-violence |
| Chan, Ron | Clash of Civilisation or Clash of Ignorance? |
| Collins, Anne | Justice for the Clowns: Symbols of Shared Humanity in Creative Dissent |
| Fosen, Dagny |
The Humanitarian Bomb: Humanitarian Intervention and the Kosovo Crisis - a successful example for future conflict resolution? |
| Gambill, Jill | An Analysis of the Role of Violence in Resolving the Colombian Conflict |
| Goldfinch, Steven J. | Standing by Thy Neighbour: The development of Humanitarian Intervention in a Post-Cold War World |
| Jorgensen, Annet Y. K. | Narrative Framing of Conflict Stories in the New Media: a comparative analysis |
| Koukedes, Nita | Forgiveness: The Wounded Healer |
| Ley, Valerie | A Just and Fair Peace for Israel/Palestine? |
| Lindsay, David Allan | Osama Bin Laden and Al Qa'Ida's Impact on International Peace, Security and Economy |
| McCusker, Patrick | Reconciliation in the North of Ireland Conflict |
| Nygaard, Lydia Wathne | The United Nations Security Council: How it is controlled by Western Interests |
| Pedersen, Elna Leth | Justice and Reconcilation: meanings for Justice after Collective Violence and their significance for reconciliation |
| Salazar, Ivan Mauricio P. | The Colombian Civil War: An Analysis of the Economic Behaviour of the Revolutionary Movement and the Implications for Conflict Resolution |
| Schwartz, Melanie | Coming Out Painting: Diversion, Restoration and Circle Sentencing |
| Shanley, Scott | Saka Ki Churi: The Moral Implications of British Imperalism (1870-1914) |
| Shore, Nina | Art as Non-Violent Protest: De-Mystifying Dada |
| Sirat, Mahamud | Can the United States act as an honest broker in trying to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict? |
| Talib, Mohamad | Singapore: The Management of Ethinicity |
| Waples, Sally | Ethnic Conflict in Kenya: Dilemmas of Democratic Institution-Building |
| Widmer, Mireille | Madrid vs. Oslo: Third Party Intervention in the Arab-Israeli Conflict |
2002
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Batchen, Christina | The Case for Restorative Justice |
| Dack, Timothy T. | A Quest for Equility |
| Fraser, Sarah | Abolishing the Death Penalty in the USA: One Step on the Road to Achieving a Just Peace |
| Kvam, Synnove M. | Comprehensive Peacebuilding: The Norwegian Approach to Conflict Resolution |
| Morgan, Victoria | A Critical Look at Domestic Violence Amongst Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Communities |
| Ooi, Daniel | The 1997 International Monetary Fund package to Indonesia: implications for human rights, development, and regional stability |
| Pearce, Heather-Jean L. | Return to Innocence? Prevention and Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone |
| Sloane, Jane | Advance Australia Fair |
2001
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Boxberger, Anne | Exploring Reconciliation: A Critical Essay |
| Molland, Sverre | East Timor: Reconciled Nationalism and Nationalised Reconciliation |
| Salas, Renee | The Protection of the Environment as a Peace Issue |