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Director, Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies, University of Sydney

Jake Lynch is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. He is a former professional journalist, having worked as a Political Correspondent for Sky News and the Sydney Correspondent for the London Independent newspaper. He was also a reporter and presenter for BBC World TV, for which he presented over a thousand half-hour news bulletins.

His main research interest is in Peace Journalism. He is the author of several books, and numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, on the subject; as well as innumerable articles in public media on issues of peace and conflict. He is Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association.

Experience

  • 2007–present
    Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney

Education

  • 2008 
    City University, London, PhD/Journalism

Publications

  • 2011
    Expanding Peace Journalism (co-edited, with Ibrahim Shaw & Robert Hackett), Sydney University Press, Sydney
  • 2010
    Reporting Conflict: New Directions in Peace Journalism (with Johan Galtung), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia
  • 2008
    Debates in Peace Journalism, Sydney University Press, Sydney
  • 2005
    Peace Journalism (with Annabel McGoldrick), Hawthorn Press, Stroud, UK

Grants and Contracts

  • 2010
    A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

Research Areas

  • Communication And Media Studies Not Elsewhere Classified (200199)

Honours

Secretary General, International Peace Research Association (elected 2010)