Shannon Ford

Dr Shannon Brandt Ford is currently the Coordinator of the International Relations Undergraduate Major at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Asia-Pacific International Society of Military Ethics (APAC-ISME) and a Faculty Affiliate with the Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance at Indiana University. Previously, Dr Ford was a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales Canberra and a Research Fellow with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. He has taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate subjects at Curtin University, the Australian National University (ANU), Charles Sturt University, and the Australian Defence Force Academy. He has also developed and taught professional development programs for government agencies in international security, intelligence, and policy-making processes in Australia and overseas. Dr Ford completed his PhD at the Australian National University in 2017. His dissertation is titled: Security Institutions, Use of Force and the State: A Moral Framework. Before completing his doctorate, Dr Ford developed extensive knowledge of international security and a wide-range of experiences in government having worked as a senior intelligence analyst and strategic policy-maker in the Australian Department of Defence. Initially, he specialised in North Asian security issues and then later led collaborative strategic planning work with the U.S. Department of Defense. His research has been published in the Journal of Military Ethics, Criminal Justice Ethics, Journal of Cyber Policy, Quartz, The Conversation, and The Interpreter.