Assoc. Prof. Paul J. Carnegie recently published a new journal article in a special issue of Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal on Disaster, Risk and Conducting Human Security Research in Southeast Asia. By drawing on observations across the region over several years combined with a review of relevant research, the article makes the case for a grounded and disaggregated human […]
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Paul J. CARNEGIE
Associate Professor
PhD (Queensland)
About
Paul J. Carnegie is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He has diverse interests in the politics, sociology and history of Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific with an enduring focus on Indonesia. He has published widely including The Road from Authoritarianism to Democratization in Indonesia (Palgrave Macmillan), Human Insecurities in Southeast Asia (Springer) and research output in leading international journals such as Pacific Affairs, Australian Journal of Politics and History and Australian Journal of International Affairs. He is also a section editor for the Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. He has extensive applied research experience and networks having lived and worked previously in Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Egypt, Fiji and the United Arab Emirates.
Research Interests
• Comparative democratization
• Human security
• Militant extremism
• Identity and power relations
• Indonesia
• Southeast Asia
• Asia-Pacific
Select Publications
Monographs
Carnegie, P.J. (2010). The Road from Authoritarianism to Democratization in Indonesia. New York: Palgrave McMillan.
Edited Books
Lian Kwen Fee, Paul J. Carnegie, and Noor Hasharina Hassan, (2022). (Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam: A Sociology of the Everyday. IAS/Springer Asia in Transition Series. Singapore: Springer.
Carnegie, P.J., V.T. King & Zawawi Ibrahim (eds.) (2016). Human Insecurities in Southeast Asia, Singapore: Springer.
Journal Articles
Carnegie, P.J. and Lian Kwen Fee (2022) Deciphering Contemporary Brunei: Notes on a Sociology of the Everyday. Brunei Museum Journal 2022, pp. 73-93.
Siota, J.B., Carnegie, P.J., Allen M.G. (2021). Big Men, Wantoks and Donors: A Political Sociology of Public Service Reform in Solomon Islands. Pacific Dynamics. 5(1): 33-48.
Carnegie, P. J., King, V. T. and Knudsen, M. (2021). Human Security, Marginality and Precariousness in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies. 17 (1): 1–28.
Carnegie P. J. (2020) Reorganizing Constitutional Power in Indonesia: The Politics of Reform. Journal of Politics and Democratization. 4(4): 53-70.
Carnegie, P. J., Naidu, V. and Tarte, S. (2020). Elections and the Chain of Democratic Choice. Journal of Pacific Studies, 40(2): 6-14.
Carnegie, P.J. & S. Tarte (2018). The politics of transition in Fiji: Is it charting a democratic course? Australian Journal of Politics and History, 64:2, pp. 277-292.
Carnegie, P.J. & V.T. King (2018). Towards a social science understanding of human security. Journal of Human Security Studies, 7:1, pp. 1-17.
Carnegie, P. J. (2017). Of uprisings and regressions: The strange fruit of Egypt’s Arab Spring. Journal of Politics and Democratization, 2:1, pp.1-11.
Carnegie, P. J. (2015). Countering the (re-)production of militancy in Indonesia. Perspectives on Terrorism, 9:5, pp. 15-26.
Carnegie, P.J. et al (2015). The recovery of a non-violent identity for an Indonesian pesantren in an Age of Terror. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 69:6 pp.1-19.
Carnegie, P.J. (2014). Is Indonesia’s democratisation a road map for the Arab Spring? Journal of Diplomacy, 15:1, pp. 95-105.
Carnegie, P.J. (2013). Is militant Islamism a busted flush in Indonesia? Journal of Terrorism Research, 4:2, pp. 14-25.
Carnegie, P.J. (2013). Can an Indonesian model work in the Middle East? Middle East Quarterly, 20:3, pp. 59-67.
Carnegie, P.J. (2012). Trouble ahead, trouble behind: Challenges of transition for the Arab Spring. Europolis, 6:1, pp. 3-21.
Book Chapters
Carnegie, P.J. and King V.T. (2020). Mapping Circumstances in Oceania: Reconsidering Human Security in an Age of Globalisation. In S. Amin, D. Watson and C. Girard (eds.) Mapping Security in the Pacific. New York: Routledge, pp. 15-29.
Carnegie, P.J. (2019). Ethnonationalism and Power: An Introduction. In S. Ratuva et al. (eds.) Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 535-537.
Carnegie, P.J. (2019). National Imaginary, Ethnic Plurality and State Formation in Indonesia. In S. Ratuva et al. (eds.) Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 792-807.
Carnegie, P.J. and V.T King (2019). Mapping Circumstances: Reconsidering Human Security in an Age of Globalization. In S. Amin and D. Watson (eds.) Mapping Security in the Pacific. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.
Carnegie, P.J. (2019). Ethno-nationalism and Power: An Introduction. In S. Ratuva et al (eds.) Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. New York: Palgrave McMillan, forthcoming.
Carnegie, P.J. (2019). National Imaginary, Ethnic Plurality and State Formation in Indonesia. In S. Ratuva et al (eds.) Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. New York: Palgrave McMillan, forthcoming.
Carnegie, P. J. (2019). Popular Revolt and Military Intransigence in Egypt. In Ratuva. S et al (eds.) Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 39-53.
Carnegie, P.J. (2017). State, security and militancy in Indonesia. In Romaniuk, S.N., Grice, F., Irrera, D. and Webb, S.T. (eds.) Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 733-747.
Carnegie P.J. (2016). Imagined communities, militancy and insecurity in Indonesia. In Carnegie, P.J. et al (eds.) Human Insecurities in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Springer, pp. 53-68.
Carnegie P.J. et al. (2016). Introduction. In Carnegie, P.J. et al (eds.) Human Insecurities in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Springer, pp. 1-5.
Carnegie P.J. et al. (2016). Conclusion. In Carnegie, P.J. et al (eds.) Human Insecurities in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Springer, pp. 193-195.
Carnegie P.J. (2014). Latent Insurgency. In Romaniuk, S.N. and Webb, S.T. (eds.) Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War, New York: Routledge, pp. 127-134.
Carnegie P.J. (2013). Islam, democracy and party politics in Indonesia. In Romaniuk, S.N. and Marlin, M. (eds.) Beyond Borders: Democracy and Civil Society in a Global Era. Berkshire Academic Press. Chapter 5.
IAS Working Papers
Ta-Wei Chu and Paul J. Carnegie (2022). Riverine Communities in Cambodia and the Challenges of Transdisciplinary Research in the Global South. IAS Working Paper No. 71. Gadong: Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Ananta, A., Arifin E.N., Purbowati A., and Carnegie P.J. (2021). Migration, Ethnic Diversity, and Economic Growth: Towards an Empirical Understanding of Regional Development in Indonesia. IAS Working Paper No. 66. Gadong: Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Zhen, C.A.S., Siu Tzyy, W. and Carnegie, P.J. (2021). Digital Divides and Paradigm Shifts in the Time of COVID-19. IAS Working Paper No. 64. Gadong: Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Rosdi, A. R and Carnegie, P.J. (2021). Illegal Fishing and the Challenges of Maritime Co-ordination in Brunei’s EEZ. IAS Working Paper No. 61. Gadong: Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Carnegie, P.J. (2020). On Constitutions and Power: An Anatomy of Indonesian Reforms 1999-2002. IAS Working Paper No. 55. Gadong: Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
News
IAS Book on Brunei makes Springer’s Research Highlights List
The volume (Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam: A Sociology of the Everyday edited by IAS Director Dk Dr Noor Hasharina Binti Pg Hj Hassan and fellow Institute colleagues Prof. Lian Kwen Fee and Assoc. Prof. Paul J. Carnegie has made Springer’s influential Research Highlights List for Sociology. Their introductory chapter was included in the yearly Top Chapters section and […]
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Seminar on the Sociology of the Everyday in Contemporary Brunei
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Mundane to Meaningful: Toward a Sociology of the Everyday in Contemporary Brunei” by Associate Professor Paul J. Carnegie. In this seminar, Dr. Carnegie discussed the sociology of the everyday approach, and introduced a recently published book in the […]
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Working Paper on Conceptualising Precarity in Southeast Asia
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 77: Precarity Matters: Conceptual Travails in Southeast Asia by Paul J. Carnegie. Please see below for details. Download the Working Paper Abstract: Marginality, vulnerability and disadvantage are key concerns of the social sciences. Nevertheless, state-business-investment […]
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New IAS/Springer Volume on Brunei Darussalam
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in the IAS/Springer “Asia in Transition” Series, (Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam: A Sociology of the Everyday edited by Lian Kwen Fee, Paul J. Carnegie and Noor Hasharina Hassan (IAS). This book has been made open […]
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Working Paper on Riverine Communities in Cambodia
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 71: Reflections on a Livelihood Study of Sesan Riverine Communities in Cambodia and the Challenges of Transdisciplinary Research in the Global South by Ta-Wei Chu and Paul J. Carnegie. Please see below for details. Download […]
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Working Paper on Digital Divides and Paradigm Shifts in the Time of COVID-19
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 64: Digital Divides and Paradigm Shifts in the Time of COVID-19 by Caroline Anne Yong Suk Zhen, Siu Tzyy Wei, and Paul J. Carnegie. Please see below for details. Abstract: This paper considers whether regional […]
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IAS Supervises Award Winners
In addition to conducting research, the staff members of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) also teach and supervise students in various faculties at the university. Associate Professor Paul J. Carnegie recently had the privilege of supervising two award-winning students. The two UBD students, Caroline Anne Yong Suk Zhen […]
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Keynote on Countering Militant Extremism in Indonesia
Associate Professor Paul Carnegie of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) gave a virtual keynote address on “Countering Militant Extremism in Indonesia” for the online Islamic Culture Society (ICS) Conference, Universitas Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia, 29-30th September 2020. The theme of the conference was “Countering Radicalism and Terrorism in the […]
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Carnegie on Ethnic Plurality and State Formation in Indonesia
Associate Professor Paul J. Carnegie of the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) has just published a new chapter on “National Imaginary, Ethnic Plurality, and State Formation in Indonesia” in The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. This chapter appears with 14 others in a section on Ethno-nationalism and Power that Dr. Carnegie […]
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IAS Working Paper on Indonesian Reforms 1999-2002
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 55: On Constitutions and Power: An Anatomy of Indonesian Reforms 1999-2002 by Paul J. Carnegie. Please see below for details. Abstract: Proposing constitutional reform and the process of establishing it are two distinct matters. The […]
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New Publication on Human Security in Oceania
Associate Professor Paul J. Carnegie and Professor Victor T. King of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) have just published a chapter on human security in Oceania. Entitled “Mapping Circumstances in Oceania: Reconsidering Human Security in an Age of Globalisation,” this chapter appears in the new book Mapping Security […]
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Seminar on Human Security in Southeast Asia
Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 October 2019, for a talk by Dr. Paul Carnegie, on “Rethinking Human Security in Southeast Asia.” For more information, please see the flyer below.
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IAS Working Paper on The Portrayal of Rainforests and People in Tourism Promotional Videos
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 41: The Portrayal of Rainforests and People in Tourism Promotional Videos by Mizuki Munakata and F. Merlin Franco. Please see below for details. Abstract: Tourism promotional videos are known to play an important role in […]
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