Dr John Rees is the foundation lecturer in Politics and International Relations at UNDA in Sydney. John holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of New South Wales. He teaches international relations and is a 2009 recipient of the Citations Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. John’s research interests include analytical approaches toward culture and religion in international relations theory; the impacts of culture and religion upon human, state and international security; and the theory and practice of international development.
My teaching
I teach units in international relations at the Undergraduate Level. I also supervise International Relations Honours and Postgraduate Research students.
My current courses are:
PL1000 Introduction to World Politics
PL3024 US Foreign Policy
JS316 The Politics of Global Development
I can supervise postgraduate research in the following areas:
International relations theory
Non-traditional security studies
Theories and practices of development
Recent publications:
Rees, J.A. (2011), Religion in International Politics and Development: The World Bank and Faith Institutions (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing).
McDuie-Ra, D. & Rees, J.A. (2010), ‘Religious Actors, Civil Society and the Development Agenda: The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion’, Journal of International Development 22, 20-36.
Forthcoming Publications 2011/12:
Rees, J.A. (forthcoming), ‘Development and Security’ in D. Baldino ed., Contemporary Challenges in Australian Security (Sydney: Palgrave MacMillan).
Rees, J.A. (forthcoming), ‘Culture and Security’ in D. Baldino ed., Contemporary Challenges in Australian Security (Sydney: Palgrave MacMillan).
Rees, J.A. (forthcoming), ‘Information Security’ in D. Baldino ed., Contemporary Challenges in Australian Security (Sydney: Palgrave MacMillan).
Rees, J.A. (forthcoming), ‘Really Existing Scriptures: on the use of sacred text in international affairs’, in D. Johnston and D. Hoover, eds. Religion and Foreign Affairs: Essential Readings (Baylor University Press). Originally published in the Journal of Faith and International Affairs (Taylor & Francis), 2004, Vol. 2, No. 1., pp.17-26.
Rees, J.A. (forthcoming), ‘International Financial Institutions and Religion’, in M. Clark ed., Handbook of Research on Development and Religion (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing).
Recent Conferences Papers:
2010: ‘The Dynamics of Religion at the World Bank’, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Consultation on International Development and Religion, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 30 – Nov 1.
2010 ‘Going Global: The Creation of Religion by International Organisations’, Oceanic Conference on International Studies, Auckland, New Zealand, June 30 – July 2.
2010: ‘The Next Big Thing? Why religion may (not) shape international relations in the 21st century’, American Graduate School of International Relations in Paris, Evolving Borders: Identity and Affiliation in a Volatile International Landscape,Graduate Conference, June 1 – 2.
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