Dr Chris Wilson
I hold a PhD in Political Science and International Relations and a Master of Arts from the Australian National University. I also hold postgraduate degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Otago University (NZ).
Biography
My research and teaching is focussed on violent conflict and terrorism. I have had a number of professional roles in conflict analysis and prevention with the World Bank, UNDP and other international agencies. I am the coordinator of the Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies (MCTS) and the Conflict, Terrorism and Peace group (CTAP).
Research | Current
- Ethnic and religious conflict, insurgency and civil war
- Terrorism, extremism and radicalisation
- Authoritarianism, democratisation
- Illiberal democracy and oligarchy in Asia
- South East Asian Politics
- South Asian Politics
My current research projects lie within the broad topic of violent conflict in Asia. I am currently engaged in a book project on the causes of migration-related tension and violence.
In addition to the publications listed below, the following publications are forthcoming:
"Military Anxiety and Genocide: Explaining Campaigns of Annihilation (and their absence)", Journal of Genocide Research, 2019.
"Illiberal Peacebuilding in India and Indonesia: the dangers of the hybrid approach", in Yuji Uesugi (ed), Hybrid Peacebuilding in Asia, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019.
Teaching | Current
- Politics 356: Ethno-political violence from hate crimes to genocide
Postgraduate supervision
I am very interested in supervising postgraduate students in the following topics, among others:
- Ethnic and religious conflict, insurgency and civil war
- Terrorism
- Authoritarianism, democratisation
- Illiberal democracy and oligarchy in Asia
- South East Asian Politics
- South Asian Politics
Responsibilities
I am the coordinator of the Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies (MCTS). I am available to discuss our programme with interested students.
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Wilson, C., & Akhtar, S. (2019). Repression, co-optation and insurgency: Pakistan’s FATA, Southern Thailand and Papua, Indonesia. Third World Quarterly, 40 (4), 710-726. 10.1080/01436597.2018.1557012
- Wilson, C. (2019). Military Anxiety and Genocide: Explaining Campaigns of Annihilation (and their absence). Journal of Genocide Research10.1080/14623528.2019.1592806
- Wilson, C. (2018). Ethnic, religious, and regional conflict. Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia (pp. 118-128). 10.4324/9781315628837
- Wilson, C. J. (2017). Conflict and anti-minority violence. The state of conflict and violence in Asia (pp. 208-217). Bangkok: The Asia Foundation.
- Wilson, C. J. (2017). Ideological motives in spoiler violence: Postconflict Assam, Northeast India. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 23 (3), 280-296. 10.1080/13537113.2017.1344765
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/36813 - Wilson, C. (2016). Ongoing rebel violence in autonomous regions: Assam, Northeast India. Pacific Affairs, 89 (2), 287-307. 10.5509/2016892287
- Wilson, C. J. (2015). Illiberal Democracy and Violent Conflict in Contemporary Indonesia. Democratization10.1080/13510347.2014.949680
- Wilson, C. J. (2015). Imposing Internal Order on States. In E. Kavalski (Ed.) Encounters with World Affairs: An Introduction to International Relations (pp. 311-328). United Kingdom: Ashgate. Related URL.
Identifiers
Contact details
- +64 9 923 7768
- +64.9.923.7768
- chris.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
- Media Contact
Primary office location
HUMAN SCIENCES BUILDING - EAST - Bldg 201E
Level 5, Room 505
10 SYMONDS ST
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand
