Our research projects

The Asia Pacific Development & Security Research Group are experts working on current significant socio-political changes affecting the Asia-Pacific region. Our researchers explore topics including gender, religion and development.

The UNSW Canberra Conflict & Society Research Group concentrates on the history of war across its social, cultural and military dimensions.

Future Operations Research seeks to understand and analyse the operational environment and the threats, risks and opportunities that military forces will face in the future.

Our research brings together international relations, political theory and moral philosophy to address ethical questions in international politics.

This initiative brings together scholars across disciplines interested in maritime security, including not only traditional hard security concerns, but also human security, maritime crime, and the blue economy.

Humanities research applied to contemporary challenges. UNSW Canberra has the largest concentration of military historians in Australia, and has long been a leading institution for the study of war.