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6 August 2008
A number of Monash University experts are available for interview and expert opinion in the lead up to and during the Olympic Games.
Dr Dennis Woodward is a senior lecturer in politics. He is available to comment on Chinese politics, terrorism, and pollution. He is also knowledgeable in the Chinese political economy and the role of China's People's Liberation Army.
Phone: + 61 3 9903 2268 or +61 3 9905 2408
Email:
dennis.woodward@arts.monash.edu .au
Alice De Jonge is a lecturer in law in the Department of Business Law and Taxation and is available to comment on international law, including law of self-determination (Tibet) and international environmental law. She is also available to comment on business law in China.
Phone: +61 3 9903 2587 or +61 3 9380 6401 (home)
Email:
alice.dejonge@buseco.monash.edu .au
Professor Bruce Jacobs is an expert in Chinese politics and society. He is available to comment on Chinese politics, history and Tibet (as well as Taiwan and cross-Straits relations). He is also available to comment on terrorism.
Phone: +61 3 9905 2233 or +61 3 9435 6596 (home) or 0409 500 413
Email:
bruce.jacobs@arts.monash.edu.au
Professor Graham Currie is available to comment on any transport issues during the Olympic Games. He has worked as an adviser on all summer Olympic Games since Atlanta in 1996, including Beijing, and is currently working on planning for the 2012 games in London. He has also worked as a consultant in Beijing transport.
Phone: +61 3 9905 5574 or 0414 852 699
Email:
graham.currie@eng.monash.edu.au
Associate Professor David Wright-Neville is Deputy Director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre where his research focuses on the political psychology of violence including ethnic and religious terrorism in multicultural societies. He is available to comment on politics, terrorism, and intelligence.
Phone: +61 3 9905 2968 or 0412 926 855
Email:
david.wrightneville@arts.mo nash.edu.au
Geoff Sussman from the Victorian College of Pharmacy is an expert in wound management and drugs in sport. He also has a 20-year involvement with Victorian Gymnastics and was the Chairman of Australia Diving for 10 years. He was the elite team manager at the 1992 games in Barcelona.
Phone: +61 3 9571 2451 or 0417336344
Email:
geoff.sussman@vcp.monash.edu.au
Professor Greg Barton is a Herb Feith Research Professor based in the School of Political and Social Inquiry. Professor Barton is available to comment on security and counter-terrorism measures during the Olympics.
Phone: +61 3 9902 0347 or 0419 871 170
Email:
greg.barton@arts.monash.edu.au
Other experts can be found at Expertline, Monash University's searchable data base of experts available for media comment.
For further information please contact Media and Communications on +61 3 9903 4840. For after hours enquiries please phone 0448 816 046.
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