ProfessorJustin Hastings
Professor
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0003-4947-1535 (opens in a new tab)
- ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Research Fields
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
Research Interests
- Regional interests: Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia, Singapore), Northeast Asia (especially China, Taiwan, Korean Peninsula), East Africa
- Theoretical interests: Political and economic geography, non-traditional security, globalisation
- Substantive interests: Terrorism, smuggling, maritime piracy, insurgency, gray/black markets, nuclear weapons proliferation
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTBribery, social relations, and stability in North KoreaUniKorea Foundation1 Apr 2026People funded by this grant:
- Hastings J
- GRANTKorea's Indo-Pacific and National Security Strategies, and the Prospects for ROK-ASEAN Cooperation in Critical TechnologiesKorea Foundation1 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Hastings J
- GRANTPolitical Conflict, Inefficient Markets, and Food CrisesAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Hastings J,
- Vasnev A,
- Amarasinghe A,
- Ubilava D
- GRANTAgricultural Windfalls and Conflict in Southeast AsiaSydney Southeast Asia Centre1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Ubilava D,
- Hastings J
- GRANTLeveraging North Koreas knowledge networks for denuclearization and engagementKorea Foundation1 May 2020People funded by this grant:
- BAxter P,
- Yim M-S,
- Hastings J
- GRANTIllicit networks and Emerging Nuclear StatesAustralian Research Council (ARC)30 Jun 2017 - 21 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Hastings J
- GRANTIllicit networks and the nuclear fuel cycleUS Department of Defence (USA)1 Jun 2017 - 31 Jul 2018People funded by this grant:
- Hastings J,
- Asal V,
- Ackerman G
- GRANTCivil nuclear aspirant states and creative countermeasures against nuclear proliferation networksJohn D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (USA)1 Mar 2016People funded by this grant:
- Stulberg AN,
- Hastings J
- GRANTThe Worlds Most Enterprising Country: North Koreas Survival in the Global EconomyAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2014 - 30 Jun 2019People funded by this grant:
- Hastings J
- GRANTTechnology and Knowledge Transfer in Nuclear Proliferation Networks: Towards an Integrative FrameworkJohn D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (USA)1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Stulberg AN,
- Hastings J
- GRANTUncovering the organisational dynamics of pirates and maritime terroristsAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2013 - 30 Jun 2017People funded by this grant:
- Phillips S,
- Hastings J,
- Rethemeyer R,
- Asal V
- GRANTBridging Support Grant 2012DVC Research1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Hastings J
- GRANTCreating A Multi-Methodological Agenda for Studying the Organisational Characteristics of Pirate SyndicatesOffice of Global Engagement1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- LaFree G,
- Asal V,
- Phillips S,
- Hastings J