I’m a Professor of the History of International Thought and former Head of the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland.

My two broad areas of academic focus are international relations theory and international intellectual history or the history of international thought.

I have published on the history of international thought, contemporary theoretical debates in international relations, humanitarian intervention, the ‘war on terror’, and globalisation’s implications for justice and the state. I have also published on foreign policy, refugees, and national identity in the Australian context. My major contribution to the discipline so far has been in the area of international relations theory, more specifically in the exposition and analysis of Frankfurt School Critical Theory and post-structuralism. But for some time now I have been working on histories of international relations, particularly in early modern Europe.

My research interests include:

• The history of international thought,
• Historiography of the states-system,
• early modern political thought,
• The disciplinary history of International Relations,
• critical theories of international relations, and
• The history of humanitarian intervention.

Previously I have held lectureships at Monash University, Warwick University, and the University of Manchester.

My studies were completed at Monash University, where I graduated with a BA(Hons) in Politics and a MA by research in International Relations, and Keele University where I was awarded a PhD.

I have held Visiting Fellowships at the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2003), the Department of Politics, Institutions and History at the University of Bologna (2008), and at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute, Florence (2012).