Jack Hayes

Jack is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University. His research expertise includes LGBTI+ representation in Australian politics, democratic and electoral health, and good governance in public service.

Prior to commencing a PhD, Jack earned a Bachelor of Communication with First Class Honours from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. His Honours thesis, Politics and Queer Identity, published novel research on the experience of LGBTI+ identity in politics.

He is a United States – Australia Alliance Next Generation leader alumnus, a core member of the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Network, and a researcher at the Global Institute for Women's Leadership, chaired by the Hon. Julia Gillard AC, a multi-disciplinary research institute that brings together world-leading expertise across academic disciplines and fields in the areas of workplace gender equality and women's leadership.

Jack’s PhD thesis examines the experiences of LGBTI+ diplomats working in international diplomacy. His research is from a global perspective, interviewing diplomats from around the world in order to map how LGBTI+ from around the world move through and shape diplomatic networks. His research combines Feminist Institutionalist and Queer theories in exciting new theoretical dimensions.