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Roland Bleiker is Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland's School of Political Science and International Studies within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. He coordinates the Visual Politics Research Program and holds visiting affiliations with prestigious institutions including Harvard, Cambridge, and Yonsei University. Educated at the University of Toronto (BA), University of British Columbia (MA), and Australian National University (PhD), his career includes legal practice in Switzerland and diplomatic service in the Korean DMZ.
Bleiker's research examines how visual culture and emotions shape political phenomena, with focus areas including:
- Visual Politics & Emotions: How images and affect influence security, humanitarian crises, and diplomatic practices
- Peace & Conflict Studies: Trauma resolution in divided societies and artistic approaches to political transformation
- Korean Security: Reconciliation processes and security dynamics on the Korean peninsula
His publications consistently explore aesthetic methodologies in political analysis, with recent works examining decolonization of affect, humanitarian visualization ethics, and interdisciplinary approaches to international theory. Bleiker leads the ARC Linkage project (2022-2026) 'The Politics and Ethics of Visualising Humanitarian Crises' with partners including the International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières.
Honors include his fellowship at the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Bleiker maintains extensive supervisory activities, currently guiding doctoral candidates researching cinema's role in transitional justice, climate migration visualization, and nation-state formation through emotional belonging.
