Jake Lynch

Jake Lynch (born 1965) is a journalist, academic and writer, and a scholarly authority within the fields of peace journalism and peace research.[1][2][3] He is an academic with the University of Sydney, although for 2020 he is on secondment as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, UK. [2] [1]

Peace journalist Jake Lynch covering protests against joint US-Australia military exercises in Australia.

Education

Lynch attended Cardiff University, where he completed a BA degree in English (First Class Honours) in 1988 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies (Distinction) with Cardiff University in 1989.[2] He subsequently attended City University, London, where he completed a PhD degree in 2008.[2]

Professional career

Lynch worked as a journalist for two decades, including work with The Independent, the Sky News and with BBC News.[4] Latterly, he has worked in academia, and currently holds the position of Associate Professor within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Sydney University.[2] He was formerly Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University, and later Chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the university.[2] [5] Lynch has also previously served as Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association, [6] and has held visiting fellowships with the universities of Cardiff, Bristol and Johannesburg.[7] [8]

Honours and awards

Lynch has received numerous awards, most recently the Luxembourg Peace Prize for his work in peace journalism. [1]

Activism

Lynch has been active in human rights campaigns, in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, and in campaigns for Palestinian rights.[9][10] [11] In 2013, Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO, commenced legal action in the Federal Court of Australia against Lynch, alleging a breach of Australia's anti-racism laws over Lynch's active support for the BDS campaign.[12] The case, however, was subsequently dismissed by His Honour Justice Alan Robertson, with costs in favour of Lynch. [13] [14]

Bibliography
  • Lynch, J. (2017). Terrorism, the "Blowback" thesis and the UK media. Peace Review, 29(4), pp. 443-449.
  • Lynch, J. (2017). News coverage, peacemaking and peacebuilding. In Robinson, Piers; Seib, Philip; Frohlich, Romy (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security, (pp. 197-209). Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Lynch, J. (2018) Foreword. Peace Journalism Principles and Practices, (pp. xv-xvii). New York: Routledge.
  • Lynch, J. (2018). Where I stand on peace journalism and the academic boycott of Israel. Conflict and Communication, 17(1), pp. 1-4.
  • Lynch, J. (2018). Peace Journalism. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication: Journalism Studies. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Lynch, J. (2019). Public Service Broadcasting and Security Issues: The Case of 'Blowback'. In Shaw, Ibrahim Seaga; Selvarajah, Senthan (eds.), Reporting Human Rights, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding: Critical and Global Perspectives, (pp. 85-101). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Hussain, S., Lynch, J. (2019). Identifying peace-oriented media strategies for deadly conflicts in Pakistan. Information Development, 35(5), pp. 703-713.
  • Lynch, J. (2019). Blood on the Stone. London, United Kingdom: Unbound. (Historical Novel).

References
  1. Luxembourg Peace Prize Retrieved 29 December, 2019
  2. University of Sydney staff profile Retrieved 29 December, 2019.
  3. See also the biography for Lynch in 'Contributors', in Expanding Peace Journalism: Comparative and Critical Approaches. Ed. Ibrahim Seaga Shaw et alia. Sydney: Sydney University Press. 2011. p.377; and similarly the biography in 'Contributors' in Routledge Handbook of Media Conflict and Security. Ed. Piers Robinson et alia. New York and London: Taylor and Francis. 2017. p.xv.
  4. University of Queensland Press website: https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Author.aspx/1585/Lynch,%20Jake, Retrieved 30 December, 2019.
  5. The Transnational Foundation: https://transnational.live/2019/01/07/jake-lynch-explains-peace-journalism/, Retrieved 30 December, 2019
  6. IPRA webpage: https://iprafoundation.org/jake-lynch/, Retrieved 30 December, 2019.
  7. Cardiff University website (Visiting Fellows): https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/journalism-media-and-culture/people/visiting-fellows. Retrieved 1 January.2020.
  8. Bristol University website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/fellowships/meakers/lynch.html, Retrieved 31 December, 2019.
  9. Sri Lanka Affidavit, July 2014. https://sydneypeacefoundation.org.au/sri-lanka-today-affidavit-by-associate-professor-jake-lynch/, Retrieved 4 January, 2020.
  10. Michael Safi, 'Israel sanctions campaigner violated Australian race laws, says lawsuit, The Guardian, 10 February, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/10/israel-sanctions-campaigner-violated-australian-race-laws-says-lawsuit. Retrieved 31 December, 2019.
  11. 2017 Peace and Human Rights Conference: http://maplebanon.org/mphr2017/index.php/staff/dr-jake-lynch-2/. Retrieved 5 January, 2020.
  12. Gareth Narunsky. 'Racism lawsuit against Lynch'. Australian Jewish News. 7 November, 2013, Retrieved 12 January, 2020.
  13. Report on court case Retrieved 29 December, 2019.
  14. Shurat HaDin, Israel Law Center v Lynch [2014] FCA 226.
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