Alexander M. Hynd

Alexander M. Hynd is a Lecturer at the University of Melbourne's Asia Institute, where he researches and teaches Korean politics and international relations. As a political scientist working in the sub-fields of International Relations (IR), International Political Economy (IPE) and Korean Studies (KS), his research interests include South Korean foreign policy, international hierarchies, middle power and secondary state identities and behaviour, green energy statecraft, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and Indo-Pacific affairs.

Alexander was awarded his PhD from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) in 2024. His thesis explored middle power identity formation and hierarchy (re)construction in the Indo-Pacific, with a focus on Australia, South Korea, and Indonesia. Alexander subsequently held the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Political Economy at UNSW Sydney from January-December 2024.

He has published on Korea foreign policy, international hierarchies, middle powers, secondary states, and nuclear non-proliferation in leading international journals such as International Studies Quarterly, International Relations, and Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space; as well as the specialist Asian studies journals Indonesian Quarterly and North Korean Review.

Alexander is currently a non-resident fellow at the University of Vienna's European Centre for North Korean Studies. He has formerly held fellowships at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia and Pacific Forum.

Alexander is currently co-leading a major funded project on Green Energy Statecraft. His research has previously received funding from organisations including UNSW's Digital Grid Futures Institute, the Academy of Korean Studies, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs.