Carlyle Thayer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of New South Wales Canberra
Director of Thayer Consultancy, a political analysis firm registered in Australia since 2002
Holds a PhD in International Relations from The Australian National University (1977)
Served with International Voluntary Services (1967-68) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (1968-69)
Appointed C. V. Starr Distinguished Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University (2005)
Appointed Inaugural Frances M. and Stephen H. Fuller Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ohio University (2008)

Biography

Carlyle Thayer received his education from Brown (1963-67), Yale (M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies, 1969-71), and The Australian National University (PhD, International Relations, 1977). He served in Vietnam with the International Voluntary Services from 1967 to 1968 and in Botswana with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee from 1968 to 1969.