Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


    Mat Hardy

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Position Lecturer in Middle East Studies
Email matthew.hardy@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone +61 3 522 72784
Campus Geelong
Location ic.2.417 (Tel +61 3 5227 2784 )
Role and profile Mat joined Deakin as a full time lecturer after having been a
sessional staff member since 2007. He has taught Middle East
politics and International Relations subjects at Deakin and
Macquarie University, as well as convening subjects on digital
media and journalism at Charles Sturt University.

Mat is a PhD candidate at Monash, where his thesis examines the
use of collaborative online tools for the delivery of
International Relations subjects. He has a professional
background in journalism, professional writing and media
production.
Teaching responsibilities Mat is the Geelong-based Lecturer in Middle East Studies and
teaches:

* AIE 153 - Introduction to the Middle East (T1)
* AIE 154 - The Modern Middle East (T2)
* AIE 255 - Middle East Politics (T1)
* AIE 364 - The Arab - Israeli Conflict (T2)

Middle East Major Sequence Information
Research interests * Transition of power in Libya
* Armed intervention in the Middle East
* Peacekeeping and use of force
* Media depiction of the Middle East and violence
* Deployment of e-learning and collaborative online tools in
tertiary political studies
Awards * 2011: Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence.
* 2011: Faculty of Arts & Ed. Pro Vice Chancellor's Award For
Excellence in Teaching.

* Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence (Postgraduate
coursework), Macquarie University 2007.
Qualifications * Master of International Relations.
* Bachelor of Arts (Communications).
Memberships Open & Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)
Australia Middle East Research Forum (AMERF)
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Hardy, Mat (2007) UN-Consistent: A Comparison of Australia’s Military
Interventions in Somalia and Rwanda, Small Wars & Insurgencies, Vol. 18,
No. 3

BOOK CHAPTERS:

‘Using an online simulation to address equity issues for off-campus
students’ in Tynan and Willems (eds), Vol 2 Micro level research themes
in Distance Education: Teaching and learning in distance education
,
Athabasca University Press, 2011 (forthcoming) (with Sally Totman).

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Hardy, M. & Totman, S. (2011). Should we teach an old game new tricks? In
G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown & B. Cleland (Eds.), Changing Demands,
Changing Directions. Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011. (pp.562-570).

Hardy, Mat and Totman, Sally (2011) "Using an online simulation to address
equity issues for off-campus students", Education 2011 to 2021- Global
challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning
,

Totman, Sally and Hardy, Mat. "In The Green Zone: 40 years with Colonel
Qaddafi", APSA: Australian Political Studies Association Annual
Conference
, Sydney, Australia. 28-30 September 2009.

Finlayson, Cameron and Hardy, M. (2009), 'Journalism education as a
perpetual beta test: Notes on the design and delivery of tertiary ‘social
media’ subjects', 2009 Journalism Education Association of Australia
Conference
, DEcember 2009, Perth, Australia.

Totman, Sally and Hardy, Mat. "The Rise and Decline of Libya as a Rogue
State", OCIS: Oceanic Conference on International Studies,
Brisbane, Australia. 2-4 July 2008.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Hardy, Mat (2006) "Wiki Goes To War: Collaborative Journalism and Crisis in
the Middle East", The Journalist and Islam: Competing Agendas, Political
Correctness and the War on Terror
, Sydney, December 2006

PRESS ARTICLES:

Various articles at The
Conversation
including:

* The Syria roulette wheel – where nobody wins
* How Internet Porn and Investment Scams Bring Down Iran's Nuclear Program
* The Disorganisation of Libya's Rag-Tag Rebels
* Hold the jubilation, Osama bin Laden’s death no body blow for Terror Inc
* Hama time for Syrian rebels?
* Getting technical: Toyota pickups, anti-aircraft weapons and the Libyan
Revolution
* State of play: why Palestine’s bid for UN recognition might be counter-
productive

Libya's Liberation,
The Geelong Advertiser, 23 August, 2011

The Death of Bin Laden - What does it mean for security in the West?,
Security Solutions, #76, Feb/Mar 2012, pp 113-114.

Hardy, Mat (2007) "Wiki goes to war", AQ Australian Quarterly, Vol.
79, Issue 4, p. 17-22

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