A New Era of Political Resistance? - by Dr James Leibold, Dr Raul Sanchez Urribarri and Dr Dirk Tomsa

Crisis in Communication: La Trobe University

Episode 3

Associate Professor James Leibold has research expertise on the politics of ethnicity, race and national identity in modern Chinese history and society, and is currently engaged in research on ethnic policy-making and ethnic conflict in contemporary China with a particular focus on the restive Western frontier and its Tibetan and Uyghur ethnic minorities. He is the author and co-editor of four books and over twenty-five peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and a frequent contributor to the international media on these topics

Twitter: @jleibold

Dr Raul Sanchez Urribarri is a Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies at the Department of Social Inquiry, La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Sanchez Urribarri is an expert on politics and legal institutions in non-democratic regimes, with an emphasis on Latin America.

Twitter: @rasurri

Dr Dirk Tomsa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in Indonesian politics and society, democratisation studies, political Islam in Asia, as well as comparative Southeast Asian politics - particularly elections and party politics.