International Politics of Whaling
In this lecture in the “Global Environmental Politics in the 21st Century” series, Dr Benjamin Habib explores whaling as a quintessential international environmental politics case study that is transnational in […]
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The Nuclear Energy Debate: Green Energy Renaissance or Techno-Chimera?
In this lecture in the “Global Environmental Politics in the 21st Century” lecture series, Dr Benjamin Habib evaluates the merits of the nuclear energy sector by exploring the stages of […]
The Environmental Security Spectrum
In this lecture, Dr Benjamin Habib compares and contrasts the collection of perspectives that we can loosely position across an environmental security spectrum ranges from the traditional national security paradigm, […]
Reading the Landscape: Decoding the Meaning of Built and Biological Environments
“It seems ironic that, no matter how fleeting or for how long—inquiry starts with stopping in order to observe what is going on, to notice something that is happening, to […]
Power in the Asia-Pacific: Presentation at Star of the Sea College
On Tuesday 5th May, Dr Kumuda Simpson, my friend and colleague from the Department of Politics and Philosophy at La Trobe University and I visited Star of the Sea College in Brighton, […]
Lecture Series: Political Economy of Contemporary North Korea
This playlist contains select lecture material from Dr Benjamin Habib’s undergraduate subject “Contemporary Politics of Northeast Asia” (POL2CPA) at La Trobe University. This subject examines key issues in the international […]
Riding the Tiger: My Journey Public Speaking with Anxiety
Many of the people who have emailed me over the past month in the wake of my panic attack on ABC News Breakfast have assumed that I have trouble with […]
Talking About China at the Albury-Wodonga U3A
On Friday 12th February 2016 I had the pleasure of returning to the Albury-Wodonga chapter of the University of the Third Age to speak about the 2015 Environment and Sustainability […]
Environment and Sustainability in China Study Tour 2016: Now Open
Beijing, Tianjin and Chongqing, 10 – 24 July 2016 La Trobe University 3rd year students and professionals with an interest in the field are warmly invited to take part in our Environment […]
Living Lightly: Albury-Wodonga Students on China Study Tour
This article was originally published in the Living Lightly column of the Border Mail, 18th November 2015. From 13th-23rd July I led a group of La Trobe University students on […]
SEV Global Politics Workshop: Global Trends and Risk Analysis
Social Education Victoria: Global Politics Planning Day Graduate House, Melbourne University In this presentation, I suggest global meta trends–including global economic instability, energy system transition, ecological degradation, technological change, and […]
Blended Learning: Battle Tales and Best Practices
This presentation is my contribution to the workshop Blended Learning: Battle Tales and Best Practices, hosted for La Trobe University academic staff by the Department of Politics and Philosophy on […]
China Study Tour 2015: A Photographic Celebration
From 13th-24th July, I and Ben Walta from CERES Global led the Environment and Sustainability in China Study Tour to Shanghai and Beijing. This study tour was the first in […]
Environment and Sustainability in China Study Tour 2015
The Environment and Sustainability in China Study Tour 2015 is an ongoing collaborative venture between the La Trobe University Department of Politics and Philosophy, CERES Global, and La Trobe Asia, […]
Reflections on Online Learning from the (Digital) Coalface
Much has been written on the merits of online learning, with much of the debate bifurcated between rabid technophiles who reflexively salivate over the latest online learning technologies and old-school […]
North Korea, Climate Change and Capacity-Building
On Wednesday 1st July 2015, I delivered a guest lecture entitled “North Korea, Climate Change and Capacity-Building” to students completing a Design Research Studio in the Master of Landscape program […]
Sustainability is Not Enough: A Call for Regeneration
The realities of our historic moment present a window of opportunity to lay the foundation for a new set of social and ecological relations rooted not just in sustainability, but in regeneration.
North Korea: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Case Study
In this guest lecture for the first-year undergraduate subject States, Security and International Relations at La Trobe University, I expand on my Conceptual Introduction to Weapons of Mass Destruction lecture […]
Conceptual Introduction to Weapons of Mass Destruction
In this guest lecture for the first-year undergraduate subject States, Security and International Relations at La Trobe University, I provide a conceptual introduction to the concept of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The lecture begins with an introduction of the three categories of WMD, outlining their impact as weapons and their strategic purposes, along with how their use if governed internationally. I also evaluates the risk of use for each category of WMD.
SEV Conference: Global Ethics Panel
On Friday 20th March I was invited with Dr Kumuda Simpson and Dr Tim Thornton to speak on a panel at the VCE Teachers Conference in Melbourne, hosted by Social […]
