John Rees

John A. Rees, PhD (UNSW) is Director of Research Development and Training at the Graduate Research School, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He was formerly the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Wyoming and Professor of International Relations at The University of Notre Dame Australia.

John is an office holder for the International Political Science Association and formerly of the American Academy of Religion. He is a recognised scholar in the international relations discourse on culture and religion, with intersecting publications in the cognate fields of nationalism and national security studies. His research now sits at the intersection of two investigations: universities as stakeholders in multicultural polities and multi-faith societies; and notions of the sacred (broadly conceived) in the formations of national identity.

John has wide experience on statutory bodies such as university research committees and academic boards, and has been an invited member on program and institution-level governance review panels. He has been recognised for excellence in university teaching by the Australian Government, has an extensive record in research supervision, has taught graduate classes in the United States, and delivered keynote public lectures in the United States, the Philippines, and Europe. John harnesses his record in leadership, research, and teaching to now oversee a cutting-edge program at the UTS Graduate Research School. As part of this work, John is Co-Director of the International Centre for Knowledge Resilience, and leads UTS' membership of the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) international network. John is an active member of the Fulbright alumni community.