Miranda Booth

IR | Security Studies | Defence | 🦘🦅 Views are my own

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

Ready to add to your reading list! New Directions in Vernacular Security Research edited by @LeeJarvisPols Michael Lister and Akinyemi Oyawale 🎉 It was wonderful to contribute my own chapter on vernacular security representations during the 2022 NSW Floods.

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

Exploring local approaches to effective civil-military interaction and coordination of disaster relief

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

Humanitarian assistance in the Pacific should be led by Pacific countries | @AussieAthena, Henrietta McNeill and @genevievequirk | https://t.co/o9NihRkdbi

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

@JobPeterjob1 @PacificAffairs It’s an excellent text and it’s great to have it on my bookshelf @JobPeterjob1!

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

Thanks @PacificAffairs for the invitation to review this outstanding contribution https://t.co/nlzTQYghbb

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

It was fantastic to contribute to the latest edition and great to work with you, @jacanzs!

[International Peacekeeping @IntPeacekeeping]

📚 New book review is out!

@AussieAthena reviews

“Inclusivity in Mediation and Peacebuilding: UN, Neighboring States, and Global Powers”

by Daisaku Higash

https://t.co/eWReTtPozB

[Priestley Habru @PriestleyHabru]

Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China? https://t.co/1YNOt5A1Jz via @ConversationEDU

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

@JoanneEWallis @becstrating @UniofAdelaide Congratulations, Joanne & Bec!

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

I got a new office!

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

A post on the Grad Cert of University Teaching 🧵

Every lecturer has to do their dues nowadays it seems. I heard that when staff were asked to get a Grad Cert to compliment their teaching it was contentious to say the least. For many of us the requirement is written into our contracts. Some PhDs are even getting the opportunity to attain one before they enter the academy as faculty for a head start.

I'm glad to be joining the cohort with @MelbCSHE as I know I'll be a better educator for it. I will be honest, submitting my expression of interest had me😱 but as I went through the application and I could see all of my achievements, it made me feel proud.

I did think though, was I capable enough? Could I meet Melbourne's standards? What can I bring to the cohort? How can I make a difference with this education?

But this is my chance to formalize all that I have learnt on the job as a lecturer under close mentorship and guidance from senior faculty leadership. It will help me take that next step in my career in my faculty.

When I applied they asked for five years lecturing experience. Well times goes in a flash once you've opened your office for the first time, to turning off the lights on your last intensive that saw you nominated for a teaching award that's for sure.

What I like about Melbourne isn't just its reputation. It's not the fact that the certificate is one of the best in the sector either. It's actually the chance to be with experienced educators and passionate academics that are at the forefront of innovation and excellence in higher education globally, not just locally here in Australia.

I also have fond memories during my MPhil of scuttling around Parkville campus as a tutor between subjects for the Jean Monnet Chair, and being involved with the Center's innovative projects as a Faculty of Arts representative. Not to mention delicious coffee and panini right around the corner, or some Don Don's over in Carlton.

When I was looking for a course to take to satisfy the requirements of an enduring lectureship in Australia I had a few choices.

There was Harvard Bok's online program. There were many Australian programs, but none quite like Melbourne's. With my links to the U.K. I was also aware of international compatibility like with @AdvanceHE.

Melbourne ticks all the boxes for me. I know whatever I want to do, Melbourne will be there to support me to achieve.

I appreciate that they have a program that works with me, while I'm working. Melbourne's educational model and approach is well deserving of its reputation.

I'm really excited for the program. I'll have an opportunity to apply what we're learning from day one.

I'll also be working on a strategic project to drive real change and make an impact at my home university also.

I might even be able to get a publication out of it while we're on a roll.

Okay, semester is starting.

Let's go.

#gradcert #universityteaching #unimelb #australia #highereducation #university #lecturing

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

Great review 👏👏 👏 now I want this book!

Finally here's a text that covers off on more of the digital ways things are being done in modern humanitarian practice that I can reference and share.

Very cool to see digital tools practitioners and academics actually use mentioned in the book. There's stuff here from big tech changing the game to from what I gather, social networks and the digital side of knowing disasters and humanitarian issues.

New ways of working, knowing and sharing really are reshaping humanitarian practice and offering more actionable information to make a real difference on the ground and in the class room for the next generation of humanitarians.

When we designed our humanitarian capstone training exercises during COVID with a full tilt towards digital tools and workflows it was truly a game changer.

So yeah, lunch time coffee is over now. Did I say I want this book?

#help #digitalhumanitarianism #internationalorder

[Fleur Johns @FleurEJ]

What an honour to have my book #Help: Digital Humanitarianism & the Remaking of International Order engaged with both generously & critically by @wendyhwong in @AJIL_andUnbound. I'm grateful for this sharp and thoughtful reading. https://t.co/xzeOcd2gXz

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

@DrIanHall Napkin numbers say nearing about 10% of total headcount, unsure how it will affect individual universities

https://t.co/M22QLho8Tf

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

@ATinyGreenCell Actually found your Tweet through asking Grok a similar question!

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

@eu_echo Looking forward to it

[Senator Penny Wong @SenatorWong]

Allegations UNRWA staff were involved in the abhorrent October 7 terror attacks are deeply concerning.

Australia welcomes UNRWA’s swift response and will engage closely on investigations.

We are speaking with partners and will temporarily pause disbursement of recent funding.

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

@shin_takakusagi I like Mocan & Green Grout in Acton. But Canberra is the kind of place if you visit the same Cafe every day the staff will learn you and you can have a nice Cafe friendship vibe.

[CIJ_ICJ @CIJ_ICJ]

READ HERE: summary of the #ICJ Order indicating provisional measures in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (#SouthAfrica v. #Israel) https://t.co/1NW9Kp5YJG

[Miranda Booth @AussieAthena]

What’s your Australia Day looking like? This is mine 🎸🔊

#vinylrecords #aussiemusic #AustraliaDay