Shannon Brincat is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Dr Brincat has been a Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland, and a Research Fellow at Griffith University. He has published widely, with two co-authored books and eight edited/journal symposia alongside over fifty articles and book chapters. He is co-founder and co-editor of the journal Global Discourse and sits on the editorial board of Globalizations.