QUALIFICATIONS

BA Hons. (First Class) International Relations (Keele); PhD International Relations (Kent)

EMPLOYMENT and AFFILIATIONS

2007-present

Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham

1998-07

Director of Research on Conflict and Security, Peace and Governance Programme, United Nations University

2004-05

Research Associate, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo

1999-06

Part-time lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

1996-98

Lecturer in International Relations, Shumei University, Japan

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Security studies, human security, conflict and civil war, democracy promotion, post-conflict peacebuilding, multilateralism.

PROFILE

Before joining the University of Birmingham Dr. Newman was Director of Studies on Conflict and Security in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, based in Tokyo. At UNU he was responsible for policy-relevant research projects on refugees and human displacement, ‘non-traditional security’ including human security, challenges to multilateralism, democracy and democratization in post-conflict societies, human trafficking, peacebuilding, and political violence. His UN work involved visits to a number of countries including Bosnia, Cambodia, Liberia, Ghana, Philippines, and Sri Lanka and he has conducted independent research in Kosovo. In addition to his work for UNU, he also periodically supported other UN agencies including UNDP and UNESCO. Dr. Newman continues to be involved in a number of UNU research projects, in particular on peacebuilding in conflicted societies.

Dr. Newman is currently an International Associate at the Center for Peace and Human Security at the Insitut d’Etudes politiques de Paris (‘Sciences Po’), an Advisory Panel member of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and a founding executive editor of the journal International Relations of the Asia Pacific, published by Oxford University Press.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

A Crisis of Global Institutions? Multilateralism and International Security (Routledge, 2007).

The UN Secretary-General from the Cold War to the New Era: A Global Peace and Security Mandate? (Macmillan, 1998).

Edited books

New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding, co-edited with Roland Paris and Oliver P. Richmond (UNU Press, 2009, forthcoming).

Protracted Refugee Situations: Political, Human Rights and Security Implications (co-editor, UNU Press, 2009).

Trafficking in Humans: Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions (co-editor, UNU Press, 2008).

Multilateralism Under Challenge? Power, International Order, and Structural Change (co-editor, UNU Press, 2006).

Challenges to Peacebuilding: Managing Spoilers During Conflict Resolution (co-editor, UNU Press, 2006).

The UN Role in Promoting Democracy: Between Ideals and Reality (co-editor, UNU Press, 2004).

Broadening Asia’s Security Discourse and Agenda: Political, Social, and Environmental Perspectives (co-editor, UNU Press, 2004).

Refugees and Forced Displacement: International Security, Human Vulnerability and the State (co-editor, UNU Press, 2003).

Recovering from Civil Conflict: Reconciliation, Peace and Development (co-editor, Frank Cass, 2002).

The United Nations and Human Security (co-editor, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2001).

Democracy in Latin America: (Re)Constructing Political Society (co-editor, UNU Press,2001).

New Millennium, New Perspectives: The United Nations, Security and Governance (co-editor, UNU Press, 2000).

The Changing Nature of Democracy (co-editor, UNU Press, 1998).

Journal articles

"Peacebuilding as security in 'failing' and conflict-prone states", Journal of intervention and statebuilding (forthcoming)

"Failed states and international order: constructing a post-Westphalian World", Contemporary Security Policy, vol. 30, no. 3, 2009

"Conflict research and the ‘decline’ of civil war", Civil Wars, vol.11, no.3, 2009

"Human Security", contribution to the ISA Compendium Project, 2010 (forthcoming).

"Comment: Securitizing vs. Desecuriziting African Problems’, Contemporary Security Policy, vol. 30, no. 1, 2009.

‘‘Weak States, State Failure and Terrorism”, Terrorism and Political Violence, vol. 19, no. 4 2007.

‘‘Protracted refugee situations and the regional dynamics of peacebuilding” (with Gil Loescher, James Milner and Gary Troeller), Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 7, October 2007.

“Criminal Legacies of War Economies” (with Niklas Keller), Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, vol.3, no.3, 2007.

“The International Civil Service: still a viable concept?” Global Society, vol.21, no.3, 2007.

“The Secretary-General”, in The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, OUP, 2007.

“Exploring the ‘Root Causes’ of Terrorism”, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol.29, no.8, 2006.

“Peace building and spoilers” (with Oliver Richmond), Conflict, Security and Development, vol.6, no.1, 2006.

“Vienna Declaration”, “Global Compact”, “Human Security”, “League of Nations”, in Tim Forsyth, ed., Encyclopedia of International Development, Routledge, 2004.

“A Normatively Attractive but Analytically Weak Concept”, Security Dialogue, vol.35, no.3, 2004.

“The ‘New Wars’ Debate: A Historical Perspective is Needed”, Security Dialogue, vol. 35, no. 2, June 2004.

“Humanitarian Intervention, Legality and Legitimacy”, The International Journal of Human Rights, vol.6, no.4, 2002.

“‘Transitional Justice’ – the Impact of Transnational Norms and the UN”, International Peacekeeping, vol.9, no.2, 2002.

Co-edited special issue (with Takashi Inoguchi) of Journal of East Asian Studies, including co-authored introduction, “Towards an East Asian IR Community”, and “IR Studies East and West: Some Sociological Observations” (with Paul Bacon), vol.2, no.1, 2002.

“Human Security and Constructivism”, International Studies Perspectives, vol.2, no.3, 2001.

TEACHING

International Peacekeeping (POLS G82)

International Law and Organisation (POLS G64)

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