last modified: October 24, 2008
Virgil HAWKINS
(Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
Education
- 2002 Completed doctoral course, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University
- 1999 Completed masters course, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) Osaka University
- 1997 Completed undergraduate course, Faculty of Law, Osaka University
Degrees
- 2002 Ph.D. (International Public Policy), Osaka University
- 1999 Masters (International Public Policy), Osaka University
- 1997 B.A. (Law), Osaka University
Posts
- Nov 2007 Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Global Collaboration Center, Osaka University
- Dec 2006 Part-time Lecturer, Zambian Open University (-Oct 2007)
- Jul 2004 Country Representative/Adviser, AMDA Zambia (NGO) (-Oct 2007)
- Aug 2002 Adviser, AMDA Cambodia (NGO) (-Jun 2004)
- Sep 2000 Intern, Australian Mission to the United Nations (-Dec 2000)
Field of Research
- International public policy
Research Interests
- Conflict, agenda-setting regarding conflict, peace support operations
Keywords
- Conflict, agenda-setting, media, peace support operations, UN Security Council, Africa
Publications and Presentations
Books
Journal Articles
- 2004 ‘The Silence of the UN Security Council: Evaluation of the Response to Conflict’, United Nations Journal, Vol. 4, 126-132 (in Japanese)
- 2004 ‘Stealth Conflicts: Africa’s World War in the DRC and International Consciousness’, Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
- 2003 ‘History Repeating Itself: The DRC and the UN Security Council’. African Security Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 47-55
- 2003 ‘Measuring UN Security Council Action and Inaction in the 1990s: Lessons for Africa’, African Security Review, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 61-71
- 2002 ‘The Other Side of the CNN Factor: Media and Conflict’, Journalism Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 225-240
- 2001 ‘Orphan Conflicts: Africa and the UN Security Council’, International Public Policy Studies, Vol. 6, No.1
- 2001 ‘The Price of Inaction: The Media and Humanitarian Intervention’, The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
- 2000 ‘Media and Conflict: Both sides of the CNN Factor’, International Public Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1 (in Japanese)
- 1999 ‘The Reform of the UN Security Council: Why Transparency and Openness Must Come First’, International Public Policy Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1 (in Japanese)
Conference proceedings
- 2001 ‘The Other Side of the CNN Factor: Media and Conflict’, Third International CISS/ISA Millennium Series Conference, Heidelberg, Germany
Reports
- 2004 The AMDA-Ang Roka District Health Project, Takeo Province, Cambodia, The Extension Period, January 2003 - April 2004
- 2003 The AMDA-Ang Roka District Health Project, Takeo Province, Cambodia, Final Report, 1999-2002, Japan Printing House
- 2002 Report on OCHA East-Asia Pacific Humanitarian Policy Workshop, “Humanitarian Challenges in Complex Emergencies”, November 2002, Kobe
Working Papers
- 2004 ‘User Fees as Cost Recovery? Some Calculations from the Ang Roka District, Cambodia’, AMDA Working Paper No. 6, with Syed Javed Akhtar
- 2004 ‘Health Seeking Behaviour in a District with Functional Public Health Services: Lessons from the Ang Roka District’, Cambodia, AMDA Working Paper No.5
- 2004 ‘The Results of ‘Healthy’ Competition: One Year of Testing a Non-monetary Staff, Motivation System in the Cambodian Public Health Sector’, AMDA Working Paper No. 2
- 2004 ‘Healthy Competition: Introducing a Non-monetary Staff Motivation System in the Cambodian Public Health Sector’, AMDA Working Paper, No. 1
Book Reviews
- 2001 Reinhard Drifte, Japan's Quest for a Permanent Security Council Seat: A Matter of Pride or Justice? Palgrave Macmillan, 1999 (Translation: Yasuhiko Yoshida), in The United Nations Studies Number 2: Humanitarian Intervention and the United Nations, The Japan Association for United Nations Studies, 2001
Other
- 2006 Conflict in Africa and the Outside World, Course module, Department of Development Studies, Zambian Open University
Awards
- 2002 Award of Excellence for a Ph.D. Thesis, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University