Humanities and Social Sciences

Staff profile

Dr Benjamin Habib

Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences

Social Sciences Building Room 321, Melbourne (Bundoora)

T: +61 2 9479 2089
F: +61 2 6024 9811
E: b.habib@latrobe.edu.au

Qualifications

PhD (Flinders), 2011; BA (Hons), Flinders; BA International Studies, University of South Australia, 2003.

Membership of professional Associations

International Studies Association. Australasian Political Studies Association.

Area of study

Asian Studies
International Relations
Politics

Brief Profile

Benjamin Habib is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga. Ben’s research project projects include North Korea’s motivations for nuclear proliferation, East Asian security, international politics of climate change, and undergraduate teaching pedagogy. Ben undertook his PhD candidature at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and has worked previously the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship. He has spent time teaching English in Dandong, China, and has also studied at Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea.

Research interests

Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific

- East Asian security

- North Korea's political economy

- Nuclear weapons proliferation.

International Relations

- International relations aspects of climate change

Teaching Units

POL2/3IPC – International Politics of Climate Change.
POL2/3CPA - Contemporary Politics of the Asia-Pacific Region.
POL5CJI - International Security in the Asia-Pacific.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Habib, B. (2011) ‘North Korea’s Parallel Economies: Systemic Disaggregation Following the Soviet Collapse’, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 44(2): 149-159.
Habib, B. (2011) ‘North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program and the Maintenance of the Songun System’, The Pacific Review, 24(1) 43-64.
Habib, B. (2010) 'Climate Change and Regime Perpetuation in the DPRK', Asian Survey 50(2): 378-401.
Habib, B. (2010) 'Rogue Proliferator? North Korea’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle & its Relationship to Regime Perpetuation', Energy Policy (38) 6, 2826-2834.
Habib, Ben and O'Neil, Andrew (2009) 'North Korea's emergence as a nuclear weapons state and the end of the disarmament paradigm', Global Change, Peace & Security 21(3), 377-387.
Habib, B. (2009) 'The Implications of Climate Vulnerability for Regime Stability in North Korea', The International Journal of Climate Change 1(1), 83-104.
Habib, B. (2008) 'Another Perfect Storm? Predictors of Radical Change in North Korea', Security Challenges 4(1), 21-42.

Conference Papers

Habib, B. (2012). A “Strong and Prosperous Country”? Field Report from North Korea. Australian Political Studies Association Conference. 24-26 September 2012. University of Tasmania, Hobart.
Habib, B. (2011). ‘Climate Change and International Relations Theory: Northeast Asia as a Case Study‘. World International Studies Committee—Third Global International Studies Conference. University of Porto, Portugal, 17-20 August 2011.
Habib, B. (2010) State Failure in North Korea: The Role of Carrying Capacity and Organisational Complexity. Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference: Connected Globe, Conflicting Worlds, 27-29 September 2010. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. http://apsa2010.com.au/full-papers/pdf/APSA2010_0196.pdf
Habib, B. (2010) The Six Party Talks and Institutional Security in Northeast Asia: A Grim Forecast. Asian Studies Association of Australia, 18th Biennial Conference, 5-8 July 2010. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. http://asaa.asn.au/ASAA2010/papers/Habib-_Ben.pdf
Habib, B. (2009) North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program: The Futility of Denuclearisation Negotiations. Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, 28-30 September 2009. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. http://www.pol.mq.edu.au/apsa/papers/Refereed%20papers/Habib-North%20Koreas%20Nuclear%20Weapons%20Program%20-%20The%20Futility%20of%20Denuclearisation%20Negotiations.pdfHabib, B (2009) Climate Change and Security: A Coherent Framework for Analysis (pp.1-19). Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, 28-30 September. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. http://www.pol.mq.edu.au/apsa/papers/Refereed%20papers/Habib-Climate%20Change%20and%20Security%20-%20A%20Coherent%20Framework%20for%20Analysis.pdf
Habib, B (2008) Climate Change and the Terminal Decay of the North Korean Regime, Oceanic Conference on International Studies, 1-4 July 2008, Brisbane, Australia. http://www.polsis.uq.edu.au/OCIS/Habib.pdf
Habib, B (2008) The Implications of Climate Vulnerability for Regime Stability in North Korea, International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 9-11 January 2009, Pune, India.
Habib, B (2008) The Perceptions of climate change and peak oil among Flinders University students and their receptiveness to individualist lifestyle changes and mitigation strategies, 3rd Annual Solar Cities Congress (pp. 1-10), Adelaide, Australia.
Habib, B (2008) Climate Change: Strategic Implications and Alternative Futures, Australia’s Strategic Futures Conference, 1 October 2008, Adelaide, Australia.
Habib, B. (2007) Another Perfect Storm - Key Predictors of Rapid Change in North Korea, Australasian Political Studies Association Conference (pp. 1-27), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. http://arts.monash.edu.au/psi/news-and-events/apsa/refereed-papers/international-relations/habib.pdf
Habib, B (2007) Breaking the Ritual: Getting Students to Participate in Discussion-based Tutorials in the Social Sciences, 30th HERDSA Annual Conference (pp. 1-10), Adelaide, Australia. http://www.herdsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/conference/2007/papers/p98.pdf

Book Reviews

Habib, B. (2011) ‘Antonio Marquina (ed.), Global Warming and Climate Change: Prospects and Policies in Asia and Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, pp. 368, ISBN: 978 0 230 23771 1, in Australian Journal of International Affairs 65(2) 256-257