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Dr Jessica Genauer

Senior Lecturer

College of Business, Government and Law

+61 8 7421 9896
jessica.genauer@flinders.edu.au
place Adelaide City Campus
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Jessica is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the College of Business, Government and Law. Jessica is an expert in international conflict and provides regular analysis for national and international media outlets on global conflicts. Jessica's research interests include conflict, threat perceptions, and post-conflict institution-building with a focus on the Middle East as well as Russia / Ukraine.

Jessica also focuses on executive training with an emphasis on cultural capability and intercultural leadership. Jessica engages in innovative curriculum design at the tertiary level, with a particular interest in participatory educational methods to develop graduates' professional and interpersonal competencies including cultural capability, leadership, conflict management and negotiation skills.

Jessica is academic lead on a microcredential for the Australian Public Sector on Australia's engagement in the Pacific region. The course focuses on how Australia can build long-term, sustainable relationships in the Pacific through culturally responsible engagement https://www.flinders.edu.au/study/short-courses/pacific-engagement

Key interests: cultural capability, intercultural leadership, conflict, threat-perceptions, institution-building; Pacific; Middle East; Ukraine

PODCAST

Jessica hosted a podcast "War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv" throughout 2022 and 2023 with analysis of the Ukraine conflict, as well as deep dives into issues of warfighting, strategy and leadership.

MEDIA (select only)

2025

2024

Qualifications

Doctorate from the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University - graduated 2018

Masters degree in Political Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem - graduated 2011

Bachelor of Asian Studies from the Australian National University - graduated 2006 (majoring in development studies; Vietnamese language; Arabic language)

Honours, awards and grants

Vice President and Executive Dean's Teaching and Learning Innovation Award, 2022. Using artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize the production of digital media to enhance student learning. Jointly awarded to Dr. Luis da Vinha and Dr. Jessica Genauer. College of Business Government and Law, Flinders University.

PROJECTS

WRITTEN ANALYSIS on CURRENT EVENTS

Key responsibilities

- Teaching Program Director for Government 

- Course Coordinator: Master of Public Policy; Master of Public Administration

ACCREDITATIONS: FACILITATION AND LEADERSHIP

- CQ® Cultural Intelligence Certified Facilitator, Cultural Intelligence Center, 2024

- Power Intelligence Coaching Lab, Dr. Julie Diamond, Diamond Leadership, 2024 

- The Impact Lab: Teamwork and collaboration, Diarmid Lee, 2023

- Strategic Communication, Jane Wundersitz, Wundertraining Consutancy, 2023 

- Leading Change for Yourself and Others: A neuroscience approach, Sonya Hughes; People Innovation Consulting, 2022  

- Professional Certificate in Innovation for Transformation (PCIT), Innovation and Enterprise, Flinders University, 2022

- Facilitation, Coaching and Leadership Training, Dr. Max Schupbach; Deep Democracy Institute, 2020

CURRENT SUPERVISION

- PhD thesis: How do local Chinese populations in Malaysia navigate Taiwanese and PRC influences? Yun Seh Lee

Topic coordinator
INTR1006 Introduction to International Relations
INTR2100 Reimagining the Global South
GOVT2001 Nationalism, Populism and Democracy
INTR1102 Modern Asia Since 1945
BUSN7050 Research Methods
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Conflict/Disputes
Constitution
Elections
Foreign policy
War
Middle East
Russia
Ukraine
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Last Updated: 29 Apr 2025

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