Anna Hayes

anna.hayes@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3568-2234
Senior Lecturer - Political Science

Projects

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Publications

43

Awards

2

Contact Details

Senior Lecturer Political Science

+61 7 42321394
anna.hayes@jcu.edu.au

Biography

Dr Anna Hayes is a senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the College of Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University, Australia. She teaches and supervises at undergraduate and postgraduate levels within the field of Politics and International Relations.

Anna is also a Senior Research Fellow at the East Asia Security Centre, a collaborative enterprise between Bond University, China Foreign Affairs University and the University of New Haven.

Anna specialises in non-traditional threats to security, with a particular focus on China. She has presented numerous papers on topics ranging from the situation in Xinjiang, how the BRI has been viewed outside of China, as well as the Quad and the Indo-Pacific from the Australian perspective. Anna has published numerous articles, book chapters and compiled edited books on these topics. Her research also examines the return of great power competition and the impact of this on international institutions as well as middle powers within the Indo-Pacific region.

Research

Research Interests

International relations and non-traditional security issues in the Indo-Pacific region

Uyghur persecution and genocide: Anna has published on this topic and continues to research the ongoing situation within the Uyghur homeland. More recently, Anna has focused on how the Chinese government silences criticism of their actions in Xinjiang through Belt and Road Initiative funding as well as Beijing's success in compromising the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council in appropriately responding to this issue.

Geo-strategic dimensions of the return of great power competition in the Indo-Pacific: Anna's research provides insights into the strategic competition between the US and China and how this is playing out within the Indo-Pacific. Her research examines the Belt and Road Initiative as a grand strategy for achieving the Chinese Dream and how this impacts regional states. This includes examinations of Chinese international relations under the leadership of Xi Jinping.

The Quad, AUKUS and the Australian strategic outlook: Anna's research also examines how Australia is responding to the growing strategic competition and competing grand strategies of the US and China and how this influences Australian foreign and defence policies.

Teaching

Research Advisor Accreditation

Advisor Type

Primary

Research Advisor Accreditation

Role

Chair; Independent Academic

Current JCU Research Students

Global Governance in the era of COVID-19: challenges and implications for international organisations.

Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)

Completed JCU Research Students

An exploration of the digital nomad lifestyle in pandemic times

Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)- 2024

The Near North and the Far North: The Nikkei Community in North Queensland, 1885-1946

Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)- 2023

Completed Honours and External Research Students

Gender, Flight and Neglect: An examination of the sexual and gender-based violence against Congolese Women Refugees

HONOURS

China’s Double Edged Sword: Managing the environment under a growing economy in a globalised society

HONOURS

Warrior Women and Battle Barbies: Examining the Australian’s Representations of Women Soldiers

HONOURS

The Australia-China Security Relationship: Enhancing Bilateral Cooperation through Defence Diplomacy

HONOURS

Australia’s Contemporary Experience in Humanitarian Operations

HONOURS

“Rogues”, Proliferation Failure and the Search for Consensus: Case Studies of North Korea and Iran

HONOURS

Australian Rhetoric towards the People’s Republic of China: An analysis of Canberra’s responses to the South China Sea Island Disputes

HONOURS

Counter Terrorism and the Sub-National Actor: Queensland’s current preparedness in the event of a terrorist incident

HONOURS

Australian/Zimbabwean Bilateral Relations (1979 – 2004): Assessing the importance of Commonwealth membership

HONOURS

The ‘Hard-Bitten Journalist’: Myth or Reality?

RESEARCH_MASTERS

HIV/AIDS as a non-traditional security threat in China’s marginalised and mobile populations: The shortfalls and challenges

PHD

A Comparative Analysis of Structural Vulnerabilities of Uyghur and Han Chinese Adolescents to HIV/AIDS

COURSEWORK_MASTERS

An Intersection of Migration, Identity, and Belonging: Experiences of Self-identified Chinese Migrants in the Cairns and District Region, Australia

HONOURS

People beyond the state: Identities, security and governance. Case studies of German expatriates in Hong Kong and Bangkok

PHD

The nexus between judicial bias against Indigenous Australians and community xenophobia

PHD

Australia’s China Policy Dilemma: Balancing Human Rights Against the National Interest

HONOURS

Contemporary Tongan Migration in Southeast Queensland

HONOURS

Politicisation of the Constituency Development Funds (Discretionary Funds) in Papua New Guinea, 2012 – 2017

OTHER

The Underlying Causes of Oromo Protests (2014-2016)

OTHER

Defending the Defenseless: a guide to successful humanitarian interventions

HONOURS

Australian Bilateral Relations with Japan under the Prime Ministership of Kevin Rudd (2007-2010)

RESEARCH_MASTERS

Soldiers for Hire: Mercenaries and Private Security Companies in the Modern Era

HONOURS

Regional and Extra-regional Responses to Maritime Piracy in the Straits of Malacca

HONOURS

Sino-Australia relations 1996-1997: The role of foreign policy learning in first-term-Government policy development

HONOURS

Need to Know: Information Literacy, Refugee Resettlement and the Return from the State of Exception

PHD

Papua: Economic development and the impacts on human security

OTHER

Activities

Awards

Inclusive Practice Teaching Award

2019

USQ Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

2011

Employment

Senior Lecturer International Relations, University of Southern Queensland

2006 - 2014

Media

The World, ABC

2021

Covid-19 outbreak in Xinjiang prompts fears of spread in China's camps, The Guardian

2020

Sweden leads the way on Uighur rights, Fair Observer

2020

How should universities respond to China's growing presence on their campuses?, ChinaFile

2019

Explainer: Who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them. , The Conversation

2019

China's Uighure Persecution: Ethnic diversity is a challenge to Beijing., Fair Observer

2019

In Australia, Muslims call for pressure on China over missing relatives., The New York Times

2019

Output

The Chinese in Papua New Guinea's past, present and future

2024

Hayes, Anna; Wood, Michael; Henry, Rosita (2024) The Chinese in Papua New Guinea's past, present and. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [DOI] ...