UNEAC Affiliated Fellow
| Dr Rebecca Spence Centre for Peace Studies, School of Professional Development and Leadership, University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 TeL: 02 67 735095 Fax: 02 67 733350 Email: rspence1@metz.une.edu.au |
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UNEAC Affiliated Fellow
| Dr Rebecca Spence Centre for Peace Studies, School of Professional Development and Leadership, University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 TeL: 02 67 735095 Fax: 02 67 733350 Email: rspence1@metz.une.edu.au |
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Dr Rebecca Spence is the coordinator of the Centre for Peace Studies at the University of New England. She also lectures in peace and conflict studies. Her main areas of research and consultancy have been in the area of post conflict recovery. She has worked in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and is about to commence work on projects in Sri Lanka and East Timor.
Research interests and current research projects related to Asia:
Post – conflict recovery and reconstruction, peacebuilding, conflict transformation. She is currently working on a research project in East Timor on peacebuilding and good governance and is working with UNICEF in Sri Lanka to develop Conflict transformation training courses.
Other relevant information:
Personal web page URL: http://fehps.une.edu.au/f/d/edu/Peace%20Studes/index.html
Recent publications:
“The Centrality of Community-Led Recovery”, in G. Harris, (ed.), 1999, Recovery from Armed Conflict, Routledge, London.
“Which Way Forward? Processes of Reconciliation” in G. Harris, N. Ahai and R. Spence, 1999, Building Peace in Bougainville, UNE Press, and National Research Institute, PNG.
co-editor of G. Harris, N. Ahai and R. Spence, 1999, Building Peace in Bougainville, UNE Press, and National Research Institute, PNG.
Spence, R. and Chantrill, P. 2000, ‘The Search for Freedom: Finding legitimacy within the university structure and discovering appropriate research methods and strategies to undertake peace and community development activities’ refereed paper presented at the 3rd international Professional Doctorates Conference, UNE Armidale, September.
Spence R and Chantrill P, 2001, Appropriate research strategies for undertaking peace and community development work, ULTIBASE electronic journal, August 2001, http://ultibase.rmit.edu.au
Rebecca Spence, Paul Chantrill and Jo-Anne Reid, ‘Towards a Professional Doctorate for Peace and Community Development Studies’, in Green, B., Maxwell, T.W. & Shanahan, P. 2001, Doctoral Education and Professional Practice: The Next Generation?, Armidale Kardoorair Press.
Rebecca Spence, Post-conflict peacebuilding: who determines the peace?, in Re-thinking Humanitarianiam conference proceedings, University of Queensland, published on website http://www.uq.edu.au/politics/conferences/nhc/index.htm
Jasmin P., Spence, R. & Beare, E. 2002, “Building Community Partnerships: An Australian Case Study of Sustainable Community-based Rural Programmes. Community Development Journal ( forthcoming)
Rebecca Spence 2002, Building Peace, Building Hope, Building Relationships: The Process of International Volunteering, Australian Journal of Volunteering no 6 vol 2, 73 – 78.
Rebecca Spence and Paul Chantrill, Developing Curricular and Appropriate Learning Strategies for Community Development and Peace Studies, Peace and Change, vol 27, no 1, 106 - 117