Rob Cullum wins prestigious journal prize

PhD Student Rob Cullum wins Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship Award

Rob Cullum, a graduate student at Aberystwyth University, has been awarded a prestigious Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship Award for the academic year 2020-21.  Only two such awards are made annually; Rob has won the award open to any PhD student registered at a UK university.

Rob is currently a PhD researcher at Aberystwyth University's International Politics Department.  He graduated from Monash University with an honours degree in History, and subsequently undertook a master's degree in Strategic Studies at the Australian National University, where he was the 2016 Robert O'Neill Scholar.  He interned with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore, where he worked on the Shangri-La Dialogue and undertook a research project on Singaporean strategic dynamics in relation to the US-China strategic rivalry.  He has also worked for the Australian Government.

Rob's current research focuses on the naval response to climate change in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, seeking to understand how organisational forces shape each navy's response.

Rob intends to use the Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship Award to fund several purposes.  His main aim will be to produce a research piece for The Round Table comparing Rritain and Australia's military and humanitarian activities among small island states in the Caribbean and the South Pacific.  If the international health situation permits, he will also pursue fieldwork in the US to help better set the context for this piece and for his PhD work, through interviewing naval officials and experts.

Founded in 1910, The Round Table is the oldest English-language international affairs journal, and provides analysis and commentary on all aspects of international affairs.  The journal is the major source for coverage of the policy issues concerning the contemporary Commonwealth and its role in international affairs, with occasional articles on themes of historical interest.

For more information, see https://www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/organisation/studentship-award/

Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:55:00 BST