Anthony Ware

I am a development studies scholar and Myanmar specialist focused on conflict and development. My research is focused onon international humanitarian-development approaches in conflict-affected situations, and the political economic of conflict and humanitarian-development responses, especially in Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict. I am particularly interested in conflict-sensitivity’ or ‘do no harm’ programme design and implementation, and the notion of ‘everyday peace’ to incorporate peacebuilding into bottom-up, community-led responses, especially by NGOs. I have also worked on issues such as Myanmar’s previous sanctions regime, fragile states, democratic transition, the role of faith and faith-based organisations in development, and theoretical and case study evaluations of development in difficult sociopolitical contexts. I am a Senior Lecturer in International & Community Development at Deakin University, having previously lectured in politics and international development at Deakin University and The University of Melbourne. I have almost a decade of professional experience living and working in development in SE Asia. I have published more than two dozen academic papers/chapters, including in Development in Practice, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Social Compass and Development Bulletin. I have four books: Context-Sensitive Development: How International NGOs Operate in Myanmar (Kumarian 2012), Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts (Palgrave 2014), Development Across Faith Boundaries (Routledge 2017, with Matthew Clarke) - my most recent book is Myanmar's 'Rohingya' Conflict (Hurst 2018, with Costas Laoutides).