Dr Charles T. Hunt

Biography

"Charles has a background in political science with specialisation in international relations and critical security studies. His research focuses on peace operations, security and justice in conflict-affected societies and monitoring and evaluation of peacebuilding programming (see Key activities below for more detail). Awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship in 2015, and an ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow (DECRA) in 2016, Charles is based in the Centre for Global Research within the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies. Charles has been an Associate Investigator with the Australian Research Council's Centre for Excellence in Policing and Security since 2009 and worked with the Australian government over a number of years assessing their role in peace operations. He has worked extensively in Africa conducting field research in a number of locations (e.g. Mali, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe) and performed consultancy roles with the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the UN and a number of international humanitarian NGOs. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect where he was the leader for the protection of civilians program from 2009 to 2015. His previous work for international organisations, think tanks, civil society organisations, NGOs and academic institutions in Africa, Asia and the Pacific has provided him with a global perspective on issues of peace, security and justice."

Research Interest

Security and justice sector reform