James Scambary

Office: EW203
Telephone: +61 3 9214 8747
Email: jscambary@swin.edu.au

James Scambary is a Research Fellow at the Swinburne Institute of Social Research. He is currently working on two projects:a survey on national identity in Melanesia; policing and the Vietnamese community in Victoria. Prior to Swinburne, James conducted ethnographic research for AusAID and the New York Social Science Research Council on gangs, organised crime, and communal conflict  in East Timor, which is also his PhD research focus.

Research Interests

- Youth groups, gangs and informal security groups

- Ethnic identity

- Conflict resolution

- Community policing

- Hybrid security and justice provision

- Masculinity

Current Research Activities

- Research Fellow, ARC Linkage (LP776899) Exploring the experience of security in the Australian Vietnamese community: practical implications for policing (with VicPolice)

- ADRA Project on national identity in Melanesia

Publications and Other Research Outputs

Go to Swinburne Research Bank