Dr Anna Hayes ~ Senior Lecturer - Political Science

Dr Anna Hayes is a senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the College of Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University, Australia. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the East Asia Security Centre, a collaborative enterprise between Bond University, China Foreign Affairs University and the University of New Haven. 

Anna specialises in non-traditional threats to security, with a particular focus on the People’s Republic of China. Her research examines the ongoing human insecurity of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including Xinjiang’s position within China’s Eurasian pivot as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. She has also published on Australia’s use of the terminology of Indo-Pacific post-Federation, and how the Indo-Pacific concept undergirds Australia’s regional and strategic outlook, including its Two Ocean Naval strategy. Anna is currently examining Australian responses to China’s increased land reclamation and militarisation activities in the South China Sea and Australian responses to Beijing’s sharp power strategies. 

In 2016, Anna co-edited: Inside Xinjiang: Space, place and power in China’s Muslim Far Northwest (Routledge, 2016) with Associate Professor Michael Clarke from the Australian National University, examining the unfolding situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Anna's chapter titled 'The Kashgar Dangerous House Reform Program: social engineering, "rebirth of the nation", and a significant building block in China's creeping genocide', is part of Michael Clarke's edited volume: The Xinjiang Emergency: Exploring the causes and consequences of China's mass detention of Uyghurs.

Selected Open Access Peer Reviewed Articles:

Hayes, Anna 2020, '"Arab Revitalisation" and the Uyghur Crisis: the problematic nature of Sino-Arab cooperation in the "Silk Road Spirit" era', Peer reviewed conference paper, 2019 US Naval War College and East Asia Security Centre Conference, Between Scylla and Charybdis: Is there a Middle Path for Middle Powers in the Indo-Pacific?, Invitational Conference at Bond University, 3-5 October 2019. 

Hayes, Anna 2019, 'The Quad: a perennial element in Australia's strategic outlook', Peer reviewed conference paper, 2019 East Asia Security Centre Conference, Grand Games Among Major Powers: Confrontation or Competition?, Conference at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing China, 28 June 2019. 

Hayes, Anna 2018, 'From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Evaluating Australia's changing terminology', Peer reviewed conference paper, 2018 East Asia Security Centre Conference, Great Power Competition or Collaboration in the Indo-Pacific?, Conference at China Foreign Affairs Univeristy, Beijing China, 29 June 2018. 

 

Recent media contributions:

Interview on The World, 30 March 2021. Interviewer: Beverely O'Connor. Aired: 30 March 2021. 

Interview in The Guardian, 28 July 2020. Interviewer: Helen Davidson. Covid-19 outbreak in Xinjiang prompts fears of spread in China's camps. 

Contribution by Anna Hayes to Fair Observer, 16 June 2020. Sweden Leads the Way on Uighur Rights.

Contribution by Anna Hayes to ChinaFile, 4 November 2019. How Should Universities Respond to China's Growing Presence on their Campuses? 

Article by Anna Hayes in The Conversation, 15 February 2019. Explainer: Who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them.

Interview in the Fair Observer, 25 March 2019. Interviewer: Kourosh Ziabari: China's Uighur Persecution: Ethnic Diversity is a Challenge to Beijing. 

Cited in article by Vicky Xiuzhong Xu and Jamie Tarabay in The New York Times, 13 April 2019. In Australia, Muslims call for pressure on China over missing relatives.

Anna has also been interviewed for articles examining China-related content by Fox News, the New York Times, News.com.au, the BBC, and freelance documentarians. 

Teaching

• PL1001: The Political World: An Introduction to Political Science (Level 1; CNS)
• PL2110: Government and Politics in Developing Areas (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PL2153: International Politics and Foreign Relations (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PL3004: Contemporary Chinese History, Politics and Foreign Relations (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PL5110: Shifting Geopolitical Environments in Emerging States (Level 5; TSV)
• PL5153: Politics and Foreign Relations (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Human (in)security; Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; Belt and Road Initiative; Indo-Pacific security; Quad.

Experience

• 2006 to 2014 - Senior Lecturer International Relations, University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba)

Research Disciplines

• Political science (4408)
• Historical studies (4303)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• International relations (2303)
• Understanding past societies (1307)

Awards

• 2019 - Inclusive Practice Teaching Award
• 2011 - USQ Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Hayes A (2020) Interwoven 'Destinies': the significance of Xinjiang to the China Dream, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Xi Jinping Legacy. Journal of Contemporary China, 29 (121). pp. 31-45

Book Chapters

• Hayes A (2022) The Kashgar Dangerous House Reform Program: social engineering, 'a rebirth of the nation' and a significant building block in China's creeping genocide. In: The Xinjiang emergency Exploring the causes and consequences of China's mass detention of Uyghurs. Manchester University Press, Manchester, United Kingdom, pp. 61-89
• Hayes A and Sims K (2022) Violent development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In: Routledge Handbook of Global Development. Routledge International Handbooks. Routledge, Abingdon, UK
• Hayes A (2018) Human (in)security. In: The Oxford Handbook of US National Security. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA, pp. 457-473
• Hayes A (2017) Legacies of the Uyghur Homeland and Uyghur-Australians. In: Legacies of violence: rendering the unspeakable past in modern Australia. Berghahn, New York, pp. 89-123
• Clarke M and Hayes A (2016) Introduction: inside Xinjiang. In: Inside Xinjiang: space, place and power in China's Muslim far northwest. Routlede Contemporary China Series. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 1-11
• Hayes A (2016) Space, place and ethnic identity in the Xinjiang Regional Museum. In: Inside Xinjiang: space, place and power in China's Muslim far northwest. Routlede Contemporary China Series. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 52-72
• Hayes A and Mason R (2013) Securing twenty-first century societies. In: Migration and Insecurity: citizenship and social inclusion in a transnational era. Routledge Research on the Global Politics of Migration. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 3-16
• Hayes A (2013) Individuals and groups outside of the state system. In: Human Security in World Affairs: problems and opportunities. Caesarpress, Vienna, Austria, pp. 113-138
• Hayes A and Mason R (2012) Towards sanctuary: securing refugees and forced migrants in multicultural Australia. In: Cultures in Refuge: seeking sanctuary in modern Australia. Studies in Migration and Diaspora. Ashgate Publishing, Farnham, UK, pp. 1-11

Conference Papers

• Hayes A (2018) From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific? Evaluating Australia's changing terminology for its regional outlook / 从亚太地区到印度太平洋地区？评估澳大利亚地区术语称呼的变化. East Asia Security Symposium and Conference. In: 15th Annual East Asia Security Symposium and Conference: great power competition or collaboration in the Indo-Pacific?, 29 June 2018, Beijing, China
• Hayes A (2016) The Silk Road revisited? Locating Xinjiang in the 'China Dream'. Proceedings of the 12th Annual East Asia Security Symposium and Conference. 22-26 June 2015, Beijing, China

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 30+ research outputs authored by Dr Anna Hayes from 2005 onwards.

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Current

• Receptivity, Affect, Endurance and Democracy: A Comparison Between Two Political Organizations, La Madres de Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina and, the Townsville Feminist Collective in North Queensland, Australia (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Global Governance in the era of COVID-19: Application of regime theory in the comparative study of the global response to SARS in 2003 and COVID-19 in 2020 (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• A sociological exploration of the digital nomad lifestyle and its implications for the future of work (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The Deep North and the Near North: The Relationship Between North Queensland and Japan, 1894-1991 (PhD , Secondary Advisor)