UQ experts available for comment on Afghanistan

UQ has a range of experts available to comment on the situation unfolding in Afghanistan.

Journalists can contact the experts below or search by topic or name at UQ Experts. 

General

Dr Sebastian Kaempf
Senior lecturer, Peace and Conflict Studies; s.kaempf@uq.edu.au.
Expertise: International security, legitimacy and effectiveness of US interventions in Afghanistan, ethics and laws of war, the global media landscape, Islamic State threats.

Mr Mujib Abid
PhD Candidate, School of Political Science and International Studies; mujibabid@gmail.com, +9370 242 0092.
Expertise: Afghan histories of encounters with colonialism and modernity, as they relate to power and resistance.

Humanitarian law and foreign policy

Associate Professor Marianne Hanson
Director, Rotary Centre for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution; m.hanson@uq.edu.au, +61 424 331 745.
Expertise: International security, Australian defence and foreign policy, international laws.

International law/relations

Dr Eve Massingham
Senior Research Fellow, School of Law; e.massingham@uq.edu.au.
Expertise: International humanitarian law.

Associate Professor Andrew Phillips
School of Political Science and International Studies; andrew.phillips@uq.edu.au, +61 425 753 880.
Expertise: International relations and strategy.

Professor Peter Billings
School of Law; p.billings@law.uq.edu.au, (07) 3365 7176.
Expertise: Immigration and refugee law.

Mental health impacts

Mrs Sanam Ahmadzada
Research Officer, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research; s.ahmadzada@uq.edu.au (preferred) or +61 412 975 156.
Expertise: Mental health among the Afghan community, transcultural mental health on refugee and migrant communities, mental health promotion and stigma reduction.

Media: UQ Communications, communications@uq.edu.au, +61 429 056 139, (07) 3365 1220.