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I want to share some of my accumulated wisdom on teaching International Relations. This page catalogues my The IR Classroom article series, providing detailed write-ups and instructions for learning activities drawn from my teaching across several undergraduate and Masters subjects in International Relations over the past two decades. I have taught subjects in International Relations, [ ]
With the playoffs fast approaching, its time to reflect on the WNBA regular season and give flowers to the players I’ve enjoyed watching, based on a set of made-up award categories that I invented for this purpose. This is fan art, not hard analysis. It’s hoops content to hoops fans! All good-natured banter on my [ ]
University study involves a lot of reading. There is no way around this and nor should there be. This is because uni study, especially in the social sciences, requires critical evaluation of complex historical contexts, ideologies and philosophies, policy documents, and current events, from the perspective of multiple diverse sources. If you want to do [ ]
The Karenia mikimotoi algal bloom hovering off the coast of South Australia is an ecological disaster. As an expat Adelaidean I have been following this story from afar since it was first reported during the past summer along the coastal areas adjacent to the mouth of the Murray River. More recent weather patterns have pushed [ ]
As we approach the All-Star break in this 2025 season of the WNBA, I’d like to share my All-Ballers Team, before Trump and his ICE goons disappear the league for being too woke. The W is awesome. Not only is the basketball fantastic but it also has a soul and social conscience that is unique. [ ]
In the wake of an epic NBA Finals series and with the WNBA season in full swing, now is an auspicious time to drop my musing on the Tao of free throw shooting. Free throw shooting is usually thought of as a technical skill, honed through repetition to achieve mechanical consistency under pressure. But beyond [ ]
In the study of conflict resolution, data matters. Whether analysing the trajectory of armed violence, assessing early warning signs of mass atrocities, or evaluating peacebuilding outcomes, empirical data provides the scaffolding for informed analysis, policy recommendations, and ethical decision-making. For students, accessing and interpreting this information is a crucial skill that bridges the…
Foreign policy is often a balancing act in which states must carefully allocate their diplomatic, economic, and military resources to safeguard their core interests while engaging with the wider world. To make sense of these complexities, scholars and policymakers use conceptual frameworks to organise foreign policy priorities. One such framework is the concentric circles model, [ ]
This 10-part series summarises the findings from my participatory-action research project examining permaculture as a transnational social movement. My aim in conducting this research was to explore how the movement acts at the interface between local-level projects, government policy, civil society, and international politics, across different national contexts, in the contested space of the…
From 2015-2021 I worked on a participatory-action research project exploring the politics of the global permaculture movement. I interviewed over 60 permaculture practitioners from around the world. This 10-part series summarises the findings from those interviews and caps my contribution to the permaculture movement. I am concluding this article series at the place where my [ ]