Forging New Conventional Wisdom Beyond International Policing

Bryn Hughes was the project manager on the AFP-funded research project which informs this book. The project developed a framework for assessing the performance of international policing by placing policing in the context of the wider system of peace and capacity development operations. He has previously lectured courses on peacekeeping and peace and conflict studies, and currently consults to Monitoring & Evaluation organisations. His current research interests and publications include complex social systems thinking in peace and capacity development operations peacekeeping, civilian policing, and critical security studies.

Charles T. Hunt is a Lecturer in International Security in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland. He was a Senior Researcher on the Australian Federal Police funded project that led to this book. He has published on the rule of law, security sector reform, civilian protection as well as monitoring and evaluation in peace operations and conflict-affected societies.

Jodie Curth-Bibb is a higher-degree researcher working on performance management in Police Capacity Building Operations. She was a Senior Researcher on the AFP-funded project that culminated in this book.Her other research projects and publication areas include community policing in the Solomon Islands and local and informal approaches to social order in post-conflict interventions, and she is currently working on Indigenous policy issues.