Dr Morten Pedersen
Senior Lecturer
Politics Program
Phone: +61 2 6268 8862
Fax: +61 2 6268 8879
Email: m.pedersen@adfa.edu.au
Professional and Teaching Experience
Morten Pedersen joined UNSW@ADFA in February 2011. He previously worked as Senior Analyst for the International Crisis Group in Burma (2001-04), an independent consultant on Burmese politics and development affairs (2005-06), Post-Doctoral Fellow at the United Nations University, Peace and Governance Program (2007-08) and Research Fellow at Australian National University, Regulatory Institutions Network (2009-10). He holds a BA and MA in Political Science from Aarhus University in Denmark, an MA in Southeast Asian Affairs from University of Hull in the UK, and a PhD in Politics and International Relations from Australian National University.
Research Interests
Burmese politics and development affairs, human rights, tools of international statecraft. Is currently preparing a multi-year comparative project on international human rights work in Burma, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Publications
Books
Morten B. Pedersen, Promoting Human Rights in Burma: A Critique of Western Sanctions Policy (Denver: Rowman&Littlefield, 2008).
Morten B. Pedersen, Emily Rudland & Ron J. May (eds), Burma/Myanmar: Strong Regime, Weak State (Adelaide: Crawford House, 2000).
Other recent publications include
Morten B. Pedersen, “The Politics of Transition in Burma: Opportunities for Change and Options for Democrats”, Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 43, No. 1 (March 2011, forthcoming).
Morten B. Pedersen, Burma/Myanmar: Aid, State Fragility and the Emerging Principles for Aid to fragile States. AusAID Policy Study (Canberra, December 2009).
Morten B. Pedersen and Timo Kivimäki, Burma: Mapping the Challenges and Opportunities for Dialogue and Reconciliation. Report prepared for the Crisis Management Initiative, Martti Ahtisaari Rapid Reaction Facility, April 2008.
Morten B. Pedersen, “Burma’s Ethnic Minorities: Charting Their Own Way to Peace”, Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1 (March 2008).
Morten B. Pedersen, “Myanmar in 2006: The Future Takes Form (But Little Change in Sight)”, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2007.
Areas of Potential Postgraduate Supervision
- Human rights
- Socio-political change
- International statecraft (diplomacy, sanctions, development aid, corporate social responsibility)
- Southeast Asian politics
- and all things Burma