James Ramsay is a professor of security studies, and Head of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University in Sydney Australia. Prior to Macquarie, he was the founding coordinator of the Homeland Security program, and the founding Chair of the Department of Security Stu...
Dr Ahlawat has broad experience of working with government agencies and academic institutions. He has worked as an Honorary Associate with Macquarie University, Visiting Fellow with University of New South Wales and Center Associate with University of Pittsburgh-USA. In addition, he has worked in co...
Dr. Melanie Brand is an historian, lecturer and researcher in the field of Intelligence Studies. Her research interests include intelligence analysis and warning, oversight and accountability, secrecy, and cultural perspectives on intelligence, espionage and spying. Her research has been published i...
Brian is a historian of twentieth century international politics and US foreign relations. His research explores the changing legal frameworks of international and national security, and his current book project examines how the American use of military force during the Vietnam War reshaped the lega...
Dr. Julian Droogan is in Associate Professor of Terrorism Studies and Director of Research and Innovation at the Department of Security Studies and Criminologyty. He is also the Editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Routledge). Julian has worked on research project f...
Dr Farida is a lecturer, researcher, and cultural consultant. She is currently a Lecturer in Terrorism Studies in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie university. She has also served as a consultant for Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) programs in CSNSW. Dr Farida has been...
Courtney J. Fung is Associate Professor in the Department of Security Studies & Criminology at Macquarie University. She is concurrently Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Scholar in Residence at Asia Society Australia, and also Associate Fellow...
Tshepo is Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, in the Department of Security Studies at Macquarie University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow (non-resident) at the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to this, he was lectu...
Roger Lee Huang is senior lecturer in terrorism studies and political violence and director of the Bachelor of Security Studies. He has broad research interests in the politics, international relations, and security of East and Southeast Asia. He has previously worked at Lingnan University (Hong Kon...
Dr. Jennifer S. Hunt is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber and Security Studies at Macquarie University specialising in the national security of critical systems such as cyber and energy. Current projects include: cyber-enabled information operations, foreign interference and electoral security, and disinfo...
Vince Hurley (PhD) is a university lecturer specialising on the contemporary role of the police and policing within criminological theories. He also lectures on Crisis Management and Disaster Relief.Before joining the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University Vince spen...
Dr Lavina Lee is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Sydney and joined Macquarie University in 2007. In 2020, she was appointed to the Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute by the Australian Defence Minister and was previous...
Dr. Yves-Heng Lim is a Senior Lecturer in Security Studies at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. His research focuses on the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, the evolution of China’s strategy, with a particular interest for China’s naval strategy, and inte...
A/Prof. Adam Lockyer is an Associate Professor in Strategic Studies at Macquarie University and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Sea Power Centre - Australia.He held the 2015 Fulbright Scholarship in US-Australian Alliance Studies at Georgetown University. Before joining the Department of Security Stud...
Ed Moore is a cyber security Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University. He has a technical background with years of experience in implementation and auditing of cyber security platforms and has been using this experience to educate students for more than...
Dr. Rolando Ochoa is a Lecturer at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology. He holds a PhD in Sociology and an MPhil in Latin American Studies, both from the University of Oxford, UK. He has carried out research on the history and political economy of kidnapping in Mexico, as well as the...
Informed by the cultural theory of Bourdieu, Foucault and Derrida, my research draws predominantly on ethnographic research methods to examine fundamental questions of power and inequality. This has led to a critical focus on the ‘performative rituals’ of elite social groups, the maintenance and dev...
Andrew T H Tan (PhD, Sydney; M. Phil, Cambridge) is Professor, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. Born in Singapore of mixed heritage, he served in the Singapore Armed Forces and Foreign Service, and also worked in the private sector as a corporate executive, and...
Lise Waldek is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. She is currently on a leave of absence to complete her PhD. Macquarie University have granted her the title of Honorary Senior Research Fellow during this time period. Lise's research draws...
Daniel Druckman is Professor Emeritus of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University, and is an Honorary Professor at Macquarie University in Sydney and at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. He has also been a member of the faculty at Sabanci University in Istanbul, a faculty...
Dr Bates Gill has a 30-year career as a scholar, policy advisor and author, focusing on Asia-Pacific politics, foreign policy and security, with a particular focus on China and U.S.-China relations. He has held leadership, research and academic positions with some of the world's leading institution...
BIOGRAPHY Professor Ben Schreer is the Head of Department at SSC. He teaches and researches in security and strategic studies, with a main focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Professor Schreer regularly provides expert advice to national and international media on these subjects. He is a member and a...
Smith is a Lecturer in Security Studies at Macquarie University since 2013. Before joining the university, Mr. Smith was a captain at the United States Navy - a 30-year military intelligence officer with extensive experience in the Pacific and Middle East, as well as tours in Europe, the Mediterran...
Becky is a Board Member of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO), a Board Member of Security Professionals Australasia (SPA), formerly the Managing Editor of the Journal of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, a member of the Institute for...
Professor Watters is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology.