Dr Gavin Mount
Primary areas of research have been on the theoretical and normative debates associated with the global politics and pedagogical research. Publications have been primarily in this area:
- 2026 With Kelly, J. et.al. 鈥淭raversing the Borderlands of SoTL as a Transdisciplinary and Transnational Practice鈥�, Teaching & Learning Inquiry,14
- 2026 (In Press) With Gomez, M. 鈥淎I-Enabled Information Operations in the Indo-Pacific: Balancing Threat Mitigation and Trust Building鈥�, Journal of Asian Security & International Affairs
- 2025 With Patsie Polly et.al., An ePortfolio Recommendations Roadmap", Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice听22: 3,
- 2025 With David Beesley, "Swarm Hermeneutics" in Ng, Scholz & Abass (eds)听, Springer Nature, 2025听
- 2024 鈥淣ations and Nationalism鈥澨齀n Devetak, R. et. al. (eds), An Introduction to International Relations, 4th Ed. Cambridge University Press
- 2024听With Farlow, H. et.al. "Deceive, Disrupt, Disclose: The 3D Model for AI Security." Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA)
---- - 2018 ""听in Wallis J. et. al (eds) Hybridity on the Ground in Peacebuilding and Development, ANU Press
- 2020 The Problem of Peoples: Global Politics, Ethnicity and the Struggle for Legitimacy, LAP Lambert
- 2000 鈥溾��, in G. Fry and J. O鈥橦agan (eds),听Contending Images of World Politics, MacMillan
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Supervision areas (International Relations, Ethnic Conflict, Non-traditional Security & Disruptive Technologies):
- The Philosophy of Artificial Wisdom
- From Adversarial Machine Learning to AI Security Risk
- Four Oceans: An integrated approach to Australia's maritime domain
- Thinking Grand strategy
- Regional security in Afghanistan
- Hindutva and Indian foreign policy
- Climate change and Defence
- Strategic impact of drones in the Indo-Pacific
- Responsibility to rebuild
- Climate wars debate
- French intervention in Mali
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Teaching:
- Received a Rector's Commendation for Teaching Excellence in 2010.听
- Courses taught at all levels in international relations and security studies.
- Issues in Global Security course delivered to middle ranking officers at the Australian Command and Staff College (2005-2011).
- ZHSS2427听Politics of the Great Powers and Law, Force and Legitimacy; ZHSS8442 Culture& Conflict; ZHSS8453 Conflict Transformation
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
2022 Curricula Integration of Student Wellbeing Resources: Exploring Australian and New Zealand听perspectives, HERDSA
- 2023-2025 91色情片 Nexus Fellow听
- 2019 Faculty Teaching Award Excellence in Online Education听听
- 2010 Rector鈥檚 Commendation Excellence in Classroom Teaching听
My research expertise has been at the intercession between geopolitics, critical security studies and ethnic conflict, and is currently focused on the geopolitical impact of disruptive technologies. 听As a Nexus Fellow, I lead in educational innovation and pedagogic response to disruptive change through transdisciplinary approaches, ePortfolios and simulation design. Combining these areas, my recent publications have been on nationalism, hybrid war, and the hermeneutics of disruptive technologies including autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and disinformation,
I am highly engaged with defence and intelligence stakeholders.听
- 2026 With Elizabeth Reardon (NZDF), 鈥淒eveloping and Co-ordinating Information Warfare Competencies into an Integrated Professional Development Program鈥�, EW ANZ Conference, Canberra, 11-13 March
- 2025 鈥淒isinformation as a Strategic Challenge: Implications for New Zealand鈥�, (Invitation) Massey University, Wellington, 7 Nov
- 2025 With Michael Shoebridge 鈥淩esilience Australia: Tariffs and Turbulence鈥�, National Press Club, June 2025
- 2024听鈥淒isinformation Scorecard: Evaluating Impact and Resilience in 2024 Indo- Pacific Elections鈥�, Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research (ADSTAR), 17-19 Sep
- 2023听鈥淎pplying information philosophy criteria as a conceptual mapping tool in the contested Indo-Pacific region鈥�, AOC Convention,听Adelaide, Sep 2023
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Since 2017, I have been a commissioning editor for Australian Outlook.
My Research Supervision
An evaluation of Australian Think Tanks
Applying the ripeness theory to historical cases
The weaponisation of e-commerce
Understanding information warfare
Higher Education in Afghanistan