Dr Robert Imre

Biography

Dr Imre has recently co-authored two books examining the phenomenon of global terrorism. He is currently writing a sole-authored book on the topic of global multiculturalism as a comparative political initiative. He is also writing two other collaborative book manuscripts: one on global civil society and the governance state, and another on the problem of regime change. He has also just completed a research project examining the rise of the radical right in Central Europe. Dr. Imre has worked in a number of nation-states including South Korea, Canada, Hungary, and is now teaching International Relations at the University of Newcastle in Australia.

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

• Research Institute - The Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Deputy Head - Newcastle Business School

Deputy Director - Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies [CIOS]

Postgraduate Coordinator - Politics and International Relations