Dr Robert Imre

Biography

Dr Rob Imre has an interdisciplinary background in a number of academic fields. Connecting his research is a concern with the manner in which people interact with their governments. This includes studies and research in to diverse areas such as terrorist movements, comparative education systems, the use of social media by governments both in election campaigns and in policy controversies. He also has a focus on contemporary regime change and the ways in which governments decline and shift, and the ways in which active protests facilitate that change. He is currently a Chief Investigator on an ARC Linkage grant that deals with the capacity for urban sustainability, focusing on food production and the use of technologies, especially social media. His past research grants have included work on right-wing radicalism in Central Europe, and de-radicalisation initiatives in Malaysia. He has been an invited speaker at the ANU, the University of Szeged, and the University of Ljubljana. He has just completed a pilot project measuring the response rates of political representatives via social media tools in 14 different countries.

Dr Imre completed his Bachelor's (Honours) Political Studies at Queen's University in Canada, a Master's in Political Science at the University of Victoria, in Canada, and his PhD at the University of Queensland.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Queensland, 1999
• Master of Arts, University of Victoria - Canada, 1992

Research

Research keywords

• Comparative Politics of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Asia especially India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Asia-Pacific politics especially Singapore and Malaysia, and East-Central European Politics especially Hungary
• Global Terrorism
• International Relations
• Life-Writing/Biography/Autobiography
• Nationalism and Ethnicity
• Peace/Conflict Studies
• Political/Social Theory/Philosophy of any kind especially questions about multiculturalism, citizenship, diversity, modernity, radicalisation, nationalism, ethnicity
• Religious and Political Violence
• Security Studies

Research expertise

• Global Terrorism
• Nationalism and Ethnicity
• Life-Writing/Biography/Autobiography
• Asia-Pacific Politics
• Peace/Conflict Studies
• Political/Social Theory/Philosophy of any kind especially questions about multiculturalism, citizenship, diversity, modernity, radicalisation, nationalism, ethnicity
• Genocide
• Religious and Political Violence
• Comparative Politics of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Asia especially India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Asia-Pacific politics especially Singapore and Malaysia, and East-Central European Politics especially Hungary
• Security
• International Relations

Collaboration

Global Terrorism, Nationalism and Ethnicity, Life-Writing/Biography/Autobiography, Peace/Conflict Studies, Genocide, Religious and Political Violence, Security Studies, International Relations.

Languages

• Hungarian

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

Awards

Research Award.

2012	Vice-Chancellor's Research Award 2011 The University of Newcastle (Australia) Awarded to a Faculty member for the best published research contribution as voted on by the Faculty.

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

Deputy Head - Newcastle Business School (2009-2011)

Deputy Director - Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies [CIOS] (2009-2011)

Discipline Head - Politics and International Relations (2012 onwards)

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Teaching

Teaching expertise

Global Terrorism

Genocide Studies

International Relations

Regime Change