Biography
I have over 20 years of experience teaching, working and researching in the international development and humanitarian aid sectors. This includes eight years working for the Australian Aid Programme in a variety of roles including the Solomon Island Desk (2000-2003, Iraq, Afghanistan and Middle East programmes (2004-2006) and Peace and Conflict Unit (2008). I have worked for Care International (Iraq, Kosovo, and Aceh); and as a consultant to UNICEF (Solomon Islands); UNDP (Uganda) and OXFAM GB (UK and India). I joined Deakin University in February 2015 after 6 years as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia in the UK.
Read more on Daniel's profileResearch interests
Statebuilding, policing and security sector reform in Solomon Islands; Pacific colonial and post-colonial history and politics; international interventions in fragile states and humanitarian emergencies; Assessing the impact and effectiveness of humanitarian intervention; Humanitarianism at Home: exploring the relevance of international humanitarian principles and knowledge practices in Australian contexts.
Units taught
AHL701 Humanitarian World
AHA724 Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Contexts
AHA716 Humanitarian and Refugee Settlement
AHA722 Applied Humanitarian Assistance: From Theory to Practice
Knowledge areas
Humanitarianism, Disaster and Emergency Management, Statebuilding and Intervention, Pacific Studies
Publications
No publications found
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
MEmory Training for Recovery- Adolescent (METRA): A brief intervention targeting psychological distress in adolescent refugees
A/Prof Laura Jobson, Dr Daniel Mcavoy
ELRHA - Humanitarian Innovation Fund
- 2023: $15,960
A reimagined Crisis Leadership Programme for the Ukraine response.
A/Prof Max Kelly, A/Prof Maree Pardy, Dr Daniel Mcavoy, Dr Andrea North-Samardzic
The Humanitarian Leadership Academy
- 2023: $6,926
- 2022: $366,905
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report