Centre for Policy Futures

Dr Lee Wilson

Adjunct Senior Fellow
School of Social Science
Dr Lee Wilson

Researcher biography

Dr Wilson's research focuses on organizational culture. He is particularly interested in applying social science methods and theory to complex social problems, and has pioneered innovative, participatory approaches to policy research and implementation grounded in applied ethnography and anthropological thinking.  He has worked with a diverse array of partners and clients including national and regional government agencies, the United Nations, law enforcement agencies, think tanks and NGOs in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Switzerland and the UK.

Education

May 2008
PhD: Social Anthropology
Darwin College, University of Cambridge

June 1996
BA (Hons.): First Class, Social Anthropology with Indonesian Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

 

Teaching

Dr Wilson is associate advisor of PhD students in the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences working on issues relevant to environmental and security policy (currently 4 students in POLSIS and the School of Social Sciences) with a particular focus on engagement and impact.

 

Interviews

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Find out more information on how to apply for a Research Higher Degree (MPhil or PhD). For all enquiries regarding research supervision, please contact us.

Publications

Book (1)
Book Chapters (9)
Journal Articles (14)
Research Report (1)
Newspaper Article (1)

Book

Wilson, Lee (2015). Martial arts and the body politic in Indonesia. Leiden: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004289352

Book Chapters

Leach, James and Wilson, Lee (2014). Subversion, conversion, development: imaginaries, knowledge forms, and the uses of ICTs. Subversion, conversion, development: cross-cultural knowledge exchange and the politics of design. (pp. 231-244) edited by James Leach and Lee Wilson. Cambridge, MA, United States: MIT Press.
Nugroho, Eryanto and Wilson, Lee (2014). Politik kelas dan politik massa. Menuju politik massa yang inklusif: ormas-ormas milisia dan demokratisasi di Indonesia. Merancang Arah Baru Demokrasi: Indonesia Pasca Reformasi. (pp. 773-788) edited by A. E. Priyono and Usman Hamid. Jakarta, Indonesia: KPG (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia).
Leach, James and Wilson, Lee (2014). Anthropology, cross cultural encounter, and the politics of design. Subversion, conversion, development: cross-cultural knowledge exchange and the politics of design. (pp. 1-18) edited by James Leach and Lee Wilson. Cambridge, MA, United States: MIT Press.
Wilson, Lee and Blackwell, Alan (2013). Interdisciplinarity and innovation. Encyclopedia of creativity, invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. (pp. 1097-1105) edited by Elias G. Carayannis. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3858-8_371
Gill, Peter and Wilson, Lee (2013). Intelligence and security-sector reform in Indonesia. Intelligence elsewhere: spies and espionage outside the Anglosphere. (pp. 157-179) edited by Phillip H. J. Davies and Kristian C. Gustafson. Washington, DC, United States: Georgetown University Press.
Chua, Liana, Cook, Joanna, Long, Nicholas and Wilson, Lee (2012). Introduction: Power and Orientation in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian Perspectives on Power. (pp. 1-16) London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Wilson, Lee (2011). From the mystical to the molecular: modernity, martial arts and agency in Java. Engaging the spirit world: popular beliefs and practices in modern Southeast Asia. (pp. 62-84) edited by Kirsten W. Endres and Andea Lauser. Oxford, United Kingdom: Berghahn.
Wilson, Lee (2010). Belief systems in Sundanese martial arts. Martial arts of the world : an encyclopedia. (pp. 397-399) edited by Thomas A. Green and Joseph R. Svinth. Santa Barbara, CA, United States: ABC Clio.
Wilson, Lee, Facal, Gabriel, de Grave, Jean-Marc and Green, Thomas A. (2010). Political conflict and martial arts. Martial arts of the world: an encyclopedia of history and innovation. (pp. 619-625) edited by Thomas A. Green and Joseph R. Svinth. Santa Barbara, CA, United States: ABC Clio.

Journal Articles

Wilson, Lee and Marasoiu, Mariana (2022). The development and use of chatbots in public health: scoping review. JMIR Human Factors, 9 (4) e35882, e35882. doi: 10.2196/35882
Mek, Agnes K., Kelly-Hanku, Angela, Bell, Stephen, Wilson, Lee and Vallely, Andrew J. (2018). "I was attracted to him because of his money': Changing forms of polygyny in contemporary Papua New Guinea. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 19 (2), 120-137. doi: 10.1080/14442213.2018.1440626
Wilson, Lee (2018). How critical can critical be? Contesting security in Indonesia. Critical Studies on Security, 5 (3), 302-316. doi: 10.1080/21624887.2018.1424985
McDonald, Matt and Wilson, Lee (2017). Trouble in paradise: contesting security in Bali. Security Dialogue, 48 (3), 241-258. doi: 10.1177/0967010617692925
Wilson, Lee (2016). Book review: Rifle reports: a story of Indonesian independence. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 22 (4), 1004-1005. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.12520
Wilson, Lee and Bakker, Laurens (2016). Cutting off the kings's head: security and normative order beyond the state. Conflict, Security and Development, 16 (4), 289-300. doi: 10.1080/14678802.2016.1200311
Brigg, Morgan, Wilson, Lee, de Jalong, Frans and Sugiono, Muhadi (2016). Diversity, democratisation and Indonesian leadership. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 70 (4), 407-421. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2016.1153599
Kelly-Hanku, A., Aeno, H., Wilson, L., Eves, R., Mek, A., Nake Trumb, R., Whittaker, M., Fitzgerald, L., Kaldor, J. M. and Vallely, A. (2016). Transgressive women don’t deserve protection: young men’s narratives of sexual violence against women in rural Papua New Guinea. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 18 (11), 1207-1220. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2016.1182216
Gouda, H. N., Kelly-Hanku, A., Wilson, L., Maraga, S. and Riley, I. D. (2016). "Whenever they cry, I cry with them”: Reciprocal relationships and the role of ethics in a verbal autopsy study in Papua New Guinea. Social Science and Medicine, 163, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.041
Wilson, Lee and Nugroho, Eryanto (2012). For the good of the people? The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy. Inside Indonesia.
Wilson, Lee (2012). A history of violence: anthropology and the study of states. Etnofoor, 24 (1), 123-128.
Wilson, Lee (2011). The anthropology of the possible: the ethnographer as sceptical enquirer. Paranthropology, 2 (4), 4-9.
Wilson, Lee (2011). Beyond the exemplary centre: knowledge, power, and sovereign bodies in Java. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 17 (2), 301-317. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01681.x
Wilson, Lee (2009). Jurus, jazz riffs and the constitution of a national martial art in Indonesia. Body and Society, 15 (3), 93-119. doi: 10.1177/1357034X09339103

Research Report

Hall, Nina L., Hussey, K., Lestari, E., Pudjiastuti , T. N. and Wilson, L. (2017). Enhancing food security in Indonesia through the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute Discussion Paper Series St Lucia QLD Australia: Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland.

Newspaper Article

Wilson, Lee and Lubendik (2014, 12 05). The Challenges of Civil Militarism for Indonesian Pluralism Jakarta Post