Politics and International Security experts

Dr Ian Cook

Australian politics, Western Australian politics, political thought in Australia, the internet and politics

Dr Ian Cook specialises in providing independent and critical commentary on Australian and Western Australian politics. He has also published works examining the forms of liberalism that have been influential in Australian politics and society, including Liberalism in Australia, and on the effects of the internet on politics and society.

As co-author of Government and Democracy in Australia, a textbook on Australian politics, and Keyword in Australian Politics, Dr Cook is committed to explaining the nature of Australian politics in a way which makes it accessible and interesting.

Janice Dudley

Australian politics and government; democracy and citizenship, sustainability, and environmental politics

Janice Dudley is an expert on issues of democracy and citizenship, citizenship education, Australian government and politics, sustainability, and environmental politics.

She teaches Australian politics and government, and environmental politics and is the coordinator of the Parliamentary and Public Sector internship program at Murdoch University.

Ms Dudley was an active participant in the Schools Constitutional Convention Program since the early 1990s, and has been a final checker and independent reviewer for the WA TEE (Yr 12) Political and Legal Studies Examination Paper since 1997.

Dr Rajat Ganguly

Ethnic conflict, terrorism and security

Dr Rajat Ganguly is Program Chair in Security, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies and a senior lecturer in Politics and International Studies at Murdoch University.

An acknowledged expert in his field, Dr Ganguly is widely published in the areas of ethnic conflict, insurgency and terrorism; conflict, development and security; conflict management and peace building; foreign policy analysis; democracy, human rights, good governance; and South Asian politics, security and foreign policy. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of South Asian Development.

Dr Jane Hutchison

Social political change in the Asia Pacific region

An expert on social and political change in the Philippines, Dr Jane Hutchison specialises in researching civil society and the democratisation and politics of urban land reform in Manila including national activism, international labour rights, corporate responsibility and fair trade.

A fellow of Murdoch’s Asia Research Centre and senior lecturer in politics and international studies, her teaching centres on international perspectives of the Asia-Pacific region, politics of globalisation, and gender and development.

Jane is an elected member of the board of Oxfam Australia and chairs the Board’s Governance Committee.