Politics, International Relations & Philosophy

Professor Timothy Doyle, B.A. Hons. (Melb), M.A. (Adel), Ph.D. (Griffith), is Chair of Politics and International Relations at Keele University in the United Kingdom, where he teaches Global Political Economy, Environmental Politics, Environment and Development, and The Global South. At Keele, he served as founding Head of the Research Centre for Politics, International Relations and Environment. In addition, he is also Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Adelaide in Australia, where he teaches Global Environmental Politics, and Global Political Economy. Also at Adelaide, he is Chair of the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre.

He has published widely in a diverse range of journals including Third World Quarterly, Geopolitics, Environmental Politics, Critical Social Policy, Social Movement Studies, Mobilization, Australian Journal of Political Science, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, Regional Social Issues, and Social Alternatives.

His most recent works include the books: Environmental Politics and Policy Making in Australia (Macmillan: Melbourne 1995); Environment and Politics with D. McEachern (Routledge: London and New York; three editions 1998, 2001, 2008, translated into Korean, Turkish and now Hindi); Green Power: the Environment Movement in Australia (University of New South Wales Press: Sydney 2001); Environmental Movements in Minority and Majority Worlds: A Global Perspective (Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London 2005); Beyond Borders: Environmental Movements and Transnational Politics, edited with B. Doherty (Routledge: London and New York 2008); and Crucible for Survival: Environmental Security and Justice in the Indian Ocean Region edited with M. Risely (Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London 2008).  

Current book contracts include: Friends of the Earth: Building Transnational Solidarities with Brian Doherty (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK 2011); Climate Terror: A Critical Geopolitics of Climate Change with Sanjay Chaturvedi (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK and New York 2012); Green Underground: Environment, Development and Public Action under Authoritarian Regimes (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke UK 2013) with Mohamed Salih; and Cash Ecology: Green Political Economy and the ‘Sustainable’ Global Financial Crisis, (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK and New York 2014). In addition, he is completing a two volume edited collection, Global Perspectives on Environmentalism, with Sherilyn MacGregor, (Praeger, Westport, CT, US).

In his academic capacity, he has taught and contributed to university courses in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malaysia, India and Australia. He has been a dedicated environmental and human rights activist since the 1980s. He is founding Co-Editor of the new international Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (Routledge: London and New Delhi); and serves on the editorial board of the international journal Social Movement Studies (Routledge: London). He is series editor, with Phil Catney, of the Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy series, Ashgate, London. He is founding Director of Human and Environmental Security for the Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG) based in New Delhi and Perth.

My research mainly revolves around issues pertaining to politics and international relations of the environment.  Best reflecting my current research interests, book contracts include: 

• DOYLE, T.J. (2014) Cash Ecology: Green Political Economy and the Global Financial Crisis, (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK and New York).
• CHATURVEDI, S. and DOYLE T.J. (2012) Climate Terror: A Critical Geopolitics of Climate Change, New Securities series, edited by Stuart Croft, (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK and New York).
• DOYLE, T.J. and SALIH, M. (2012) Green Underground: Environment, Development and Public Action under Authoritarian Regimes (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke UK)
• DOYLE, T.J. and MacGREGOR, S. (eds) (2012) Environmental Activism: A Multicultural and World Perspective , 2 volume edition, Praeger Publications, United States.
• DOHERTY, B.J. and DOYLE, T.J.  (2011) Transnational Solidarities: Friends of the Earth International, (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK).

More Publications by Prof Tim Doyle 

• Global Political Economy
• Environmental Politics
• Political Sociology
• The Global South
• Environment and Development

Currently, Doyle is Founding Chair of Management of the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre at theUniversityofAdelaide, as well as Immediate-Past Head of the Research Centre for SPIRE at Keele University. He is Project Leader for a large Australian Research Council Discovery Project (2012-2015) entitled: ‘Building and Indian Ocean Region.’ The remit: ‘The Indian Ocean Region, of vital geopolitical importance to Australia, is the heart of the Third World - overwhelmed by chronic poverty, precarious political systems, and conflicting ethno-religious identities. This project will document attempts at constructing regional identities and institutions, and facilitate the process of 'building' a secure Region’.

Doyle will accept applications from prospective PhD students in the following broad fields of politics and international relations: global political economy; political sociology; critical geopolitics; politics and international relations of the environment; social movements theory and practice. In particular, he welcomes students with an interest in the geopolitical region defined by the Indian Ocean Region - 'The Ocean of the South.'

Current Ph.D. Students:

Beasley, Beverley (principal supervisor), 'Sustainable Development and Water Politics in China'. 

Cordner, Lee (principal supervisor) ‘Indian Ocean Regionalisms: A Maritime and Naval Perspective'.

Rafaat,Aram(principal supervisor) ‘Challenges of Kurdish Integrations intoIraq.'

Wright, Bette (co-supervisor) ‘Australia Immigration Policies: the Howard Era.'

Zimmerman, Erin (co-supervisor) ‘Non-Traditional Security and the Role of Think-Tanks in the Asia-Pacific region.'

Successfully completed PhD students

Achtuneng, Eric (Co-supervisor), ‘Urban Environments and Solid Waste Management in Cameroon’, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide, 2005.

Cameron, Margaret  (Primary Supervisor) M.G.C.E.S., 'The Voices We Speak and the Silences We Keep: Towards an Epistemology of Immanence', University of Adelaide, 1998.

Downton, Paul (Primary Supervisor), 'The Development of the Ecopolis inAdelaide',  MGCES, University of Adelaide 2002.

Fox, Midori (Co-supervisor) ‘Environmental Policy-making inJapan,’ in association with Asian Studies, 2010.

Fulton, Claire (primary-supervisor) ‘The History and Politics of Biodynamic Farming in Australia’, School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide, 2009.

Howes, Mike (Joint Supervisor), Department of Politics, 'Putting the Pieces Together: Sustainable Industry, Environmental Protection, and the Power of Federal Government in the USA and Australia', University of Adelaide, 1999.

Konasinghe , Kokila (co-supervisor) ‘Global Environmental Governance inSri Lanka,’ School of Law, Keele University.

Mazur, Nicole (Primary Supervisor) M.G.C.E.S., 'Contextualising the Role of Zoos in Conservation: An Australian Experience', University of Adelaide, 1998.

Purnama, Dadang (Co-supervisor) ‘EIA inIndonesia,’ (abridged title), Geog and Env. Studie, 2003.

Nicholls, Phillip (Joint Supervisor), 'The Politics of the Management of Environmental Waste inAustralia', MGCES, University of Adelaide, 2004.

Risely, Melissa  (Joint Supervisor) MGCES, 'Biotechnology and the Environment', University of Adelaide., 2004.

Simpson, Adam (Primary Supervisor); Gas Pipelines and Green Politics in South and South-East Asia,’ School of History and  Politics, University of Adelaide, 2009.

Stephenson, Hayley (Primary supervisor) ‘Climate Change and International Relations,’School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide, 2009.

Stratford, Elaine (Primary Supervisor) MGCES, 'Construction Sites: Creating the Feminine, the Home and Nature in Australian Discourses on Health', University of Adelaide, 1996.

Thacker, Viraj (Primary Supervisor) ‘Structural Adjustments in the Global South,’ School of History and Politics,University of Adelaide, 2008.