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Department of Politics and International Studies

Mr Michael Edward Walsh

BA (The Johns Hopkins University), MA (Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies), Executive Education (Harvard Business School)

Overview

Michael Edward Walsh
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Mr Michael Edward Walsh
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Thesis title:
Theorizing Securitization Audiences within Democracies: The Social Construction of Security Threats in Africa and Asia (Tentative)
Internal Supervisors

External Supervisors

Dr. Thierry Balzacq

PhD Conferences

2013 10th International Security Forum (Zurich)

2013 WSD-Handa Forum (Geneva)

2013 Emerging Security Challenges Meeting (NATO)

2013 SOAS Workshop on Southeast Asia and Regional Security (London)

2012 Symposium on Preventing Catastrophic Threats (Washington, DC)

2012 WSD-Handa Forum (Geneva)

2011 IFANS Conference on Global Affairs (Seoul)

2011 Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders Meeting (Seoul)

PhD Affiliations

Non-resident Fellow (Pacific Forum CSIS)

Adjunct Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists (2012 - Present)

WSD-Handa Fellow at Pacific Forum CSIS (2012 - Present)

Senior Fellow at the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies of Georgetown University (2012 - Present)

President of the Pacific Islands Society (2012 - Present)

Member of the Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies at SOAS (2012 – Present)

Member of the European Sociological Association (2012 - Present)

Member of the Royal African Society (2012 - Present)

Member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (2012 - Present)

Managing Editor of SOAS Fieldnotes (2012 - Present)

Recipient of SOAS Doctoral Fellowship (2012 - Present)

Young Leader at Pacific Forum CSIS (2011 – Present)


Research

Security Studies
Area Studies (Asia / Pacific)
Communications
Social Psychology

Explanatory Case Studies: Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and Taiwan

Background Case Studies: Australia, People's Republic of China, European Union, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States

Theoretical Foundations: Communications, International Relations Theory, Political Psychology, Pragmatics, Security Studies, and Sociology