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Biography
Michael Leach is a Senior Lecturer in Politics. He teaches in Comparative Politics, Comparative Asian Politics and International Politics. His research interests include nation-building in the Asia-Pacific, the politics of East Timor, and comparative immigration and asylum policy.
Michael is also an Australian legal practitioner, and officer of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He has previously taught in politics at Deakin University, at the University of Queensland, and South Thames College in London.
Teaching
Comparative Politics Comparative Asian Politics International Politics
Research Interests
Comparative Immigration and Asylum Policy The Politics of East Timor Nation-building in Melanesia Australian Political History Labour History
Publications Include
Leach, M. 2009. Difficult memories: The independence struggle as cultural heritage in East Timor. In W. Logan and K. Reeves (eds). Places of Pain and Shame: Dealing with 'Difficult Heritage'. London: Routledge, pp. 144-161. Leach, M. 2009. The 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Timor-Leste. Australian Journal of Politics and History 55(2): 219-32. Leach, M. 2008. Surveying East Timorese tertiary student attitudes to national identity: 2002-2007. South East Asia Research 16(3): 405-431. Mansouri, F., and M. Leach. 2008. The Evolution of the Temporary Protection Visa Regime in Australia. International Migration 46 (5): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00483.x Kingsbury, D., and M. Leach (eds). 2007. East Timor: Beyond Independence. Clayton: Monash Asia Institute Press. 320pp. A full list of publications is available here: http://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/vital/access/Person/Leach,Michael
Awards and Grants
2009-11, D. Kingsbury and M. Leach. After the crisis: Nation-building challenges in East Timor. ARC Discovery Grant. 2009-10. Leach, M., M. Clarke, S. Feeney and H. Wallace. Understanding attitudes to national identity in Melanesia and East Timor. AusAID Development Research Award.