Adam Simpson The Conversation

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Dr Adam Simpson is Senior Lecturer in International Studies in Justice & Society, University of South Australia. He has held a 6-month Visiting Research Fellowship at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, and Visiting Scholar positions at SOAS, University of London, Queen Mary, University of London and Keele University. His research adopts a critical perspective and is focused on the politics of the environment, authoritarianism and democratisation, particularly Myanmar and Thailand. He also undertakes research and policy analysis on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and related NATO/EU issues. He has published in international journals including Environmental Politics, Society & Natural Resources, Third World Quarterly and Pacific Review. He is the author of 'Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South' (Routledge 2014; Updated Paperback Edition, NIAS Press 2017) and is lead editor of 'Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar' (2018) and 'Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society' (Routledge 2021; Second Edition 2024).

Experience

• 2025–present Senior lecturer, Adelaide University
• 2008–2025 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia

Education

• 2009 University of Adelaide, PhD

Publications

• 2024 Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society (Second Edition), Routledge
• 2021 Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society (First Edition), Routledge
• 2018 Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar, Routledge
• 2017 Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South (Updated paperback edition), NUS Press/NIAS Press
• 2014 Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South, Routledge

Professional Memberships

• International Political Studies Association
• British International Studies Association
• Australian Political Studies Association

Research Areas

• Political Science (1606)
• Sociology (1608)

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