Associate Professor Peter Balint
Dr Peter Balint is an Associate Professor in International & Political Studies at UNSW Canberra. His research is primarily focussed on the principles for diversity, including respect, toleration, neutrality, and social cohesion. His books include with PT Lenard (Oxford University Press, 2022), and听(Oxford University Press, 2017), which was awarded an APSA CRISP Prize in 2018. He has held Visiting Fellowships at The University of Manchester (MANCEPT), The University of Ottawa, The Morell Centre for Toleration (University of York), and CAPPE (Australian National University). In 2010-11 he was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship at The Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main on the project 'Justitia Amplificata. Rethinking Justice 鈭 Applied and Global'. He is a founding member of the Global Justice Network, and a regular editor of their journal,听Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric.听
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Areas of Potential Postgraduate Supervision
- Political theory/philosophy
- Multiculturalism and related topics (incl. military sociology and diversity)
- Privacy and cybersecurity
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
鈥淟earning Democratic Resilience: Public Sphere Responses to Extremism鈥, NSW Government, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Program 2022, with Selen Ercan (University of Canberra), John Dryzek (University of Canberra), and Jordan McSwiney (University of Sydney). $50, 000 January-August 2022.
鈥淒emocratic Resilience: The Public Sphere and Extremist Attacks鈥, ARC Discovery Grant (DP210102436). With CIs: John Dryzek (UC), Selen Ercan (UC), and Dr Jensen Sass (ANU). And PIs: Jeffrey Alexander (Yale), Emily Beausoleil (Victoria University of Wellington), Ian O鈥橣lynn (Newcastle, UK), and Andrea Felicetti (Scuola Normale Superiore). $511,809, Dec 2021-2024.
Paid Visiting Researcher Program, University of Ottawa. $10,000, 2020.
鈥淭oleration and Respect鈥, Freilich Foundation Early Career Researcher Grant. $3,000, 2015.