Virtual Burchill

Biography

Scott Burchill is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of International & Political Studies at Deakin University. Before joining Deakin University in 1990 he was a political officer in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Indochina & Europe desks) in Canberra. He has also taught at the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the University of Tasmania. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Peacekeeping Centre at the Australian Defence Force Warfare Centre in Newcastle and the Army Command and Staff College in Queenscliff. Since 1999 he has regularly lectured at the Australian Defence College in Canberra.

Research Interests

His research interests include the theory of International Relations, International Political Economy, Australian foreign policy and US foreign policy. He is a frequent contributor to The Age, and a regular commentator on international affairs for ABC Radio & Television, and SBS TV. Most recently he is the author of The National Interest in Theories of International Relations (Palgrave Macmillan, London 2005) and co-author of Theories of International Relations (3rd ed Palgrave Macmillan, London 2005).

Qualifications

BA (Hons) DipEd MA Monash, PhD Deakin

The world according to Scott