Rate My Professor Anthea McCarthy-Jones

Dr. Anthea McCarthy-Jones serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. She holds a PhD in International Relations with a specialization in Latin America, a B. Phil (Hons), and a BA. Her academic achievements include the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2016 from the University of Canberra and the Publication Award in 2016 from the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers. She teaches courses on Management and Governance in Developing Nations and Illicit Business in the Modern World. Beyond academia, she is a board member of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO) and serves as Managing Editor of the AIPIO Journal. Her research has been featured in East Asia Forum, InSight Crime, The Conversation, the Australian Institute of International Affairs, ABC News, Radio National, SBS News, and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Dr. McCarthy-Jones's research specializations include politics and policymaking in developing nations, Venezuelan politics, illicit business, criminal networks, brokers in criminal networks, drug trafficking in the Pacific, management and governance in developing nations, Latin American politics, and social network analysis. Key publications encompass the book Illicit Business (Routledge, 2024, co-authored with Mark Turner), with chapters such as 'A History of Illicit Business', 'Digital Illicit Business', 'Illicit Business and the Environment', 'Kidnapping and Human Trafficking', 'State-Led Illicit Business', 'The Arms Trafficking Business', and 'The Drug Trafficking Business'. Prominent journal articles include 'Dark Networks, Transnational Crime and Security: The Critical Role of Brokers' (Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2024, with M. Turner), 'The Anti-illicit Activity Regime of the Multilateral Development Banks: Criminal Acts or Prohibited Practices?' (Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2024, with A.R. Bazbauers), 'What is a “Mafia State” and how is one created?' (Policy Studies, 2022, with M. Turner), 'Mapping Connections: A Dark Network Analysis of Neojihadism in Australia' (Terrorism and Political Violence, 2021, with M. Kelly), 'From hierarchies to networks: The organizational evolution of the international drug trade' (International Journal of Law Crime and Justice, 2020, with C. Doyle and M. Turner), and 'Brokering transnational networks: emerging connections between organised crime groups in the Pacific and Indian Oceans' (Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 2018).