Jake Lynch

Jake Lynch (born 1965) is a journalist, academic and writer, and a scholarly authority within the fields of peace journalism and peace research.[1][2][3] He is an academic with the University of Sydney, although for 2020 he is on secondment as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, UK. [2] [1]

Peace journalist Jake Lynch covering protests against joint US-Australia military exercises in Australia.

Education

Lynch attended Cardiff University, where he completed a BA degree in English (First Class Honours) in 1988 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies (Distinction) with Cardiff University in 1989.[2] He subsequently attended City University, London, where he completed a PhD degree in 2008.[2]

Professional career

Lynch worked as a journalist for two decades, including work with The Independent, the Sky News and with BBC News.[4] Latterly, he has worked in academia, and currently holds the position of Associate Professor within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Sydney University.[2] He was formerly Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University, and later Chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the university.[2][5] Lynch has also previously served as Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association,[6] and has held visiting fellowships with the universities of Cardiff, Bristol and Johannesburg.[7][8]

Honours and awards

Lynch has received numerous awards, most recently the Luxembourg Peace Prize for his work in peace journalism. [1]

Activism

Lynch has been active in human rights campaigns, in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, and in campaigns for Palestinian rights.[9][10][11] In 2013, Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO, commenced legal action in the Federal Court of Australia against Lynch, alleging a breach of Australia's anti-racism laws over Lynch's active support for the BDS campaign.[12] The case, however, was subsequently dismissed by His Honour Justice Alan Robertson, with costs in favour of Lynch.[13][14]

In March 2015, Lynch was investigated by the University of Sydney after confronting attendees at a pro-Israel talk at the university featuring retired British Colonel and pro-Israel advocate Richard Kemp. Lynch was criticised for thrusting money in the face of at least one Jewish person.[15][16] In late April 2015, Lynch was cleared of allegations of anti-Semitism by the University of Sydney, a decision by welcomed by Palestinian advocates but criticised by Jewish groups.[17]

See also

Bibliography
  • Lynch, J. (2017). Terrorism, the "Blowback" thesis and the UK media. Peace Review, 29(4), pp. 443-449.
  • Lynch, J. (2017). News coverage, peacemaking and peacebuilding. In Robinson, Piers; Seib, Philip; Frohlich, Romy (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security, (pp. 197-209). Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Lynch, J. (2018) Foreword. Peace Journalism Principles and Practices, (pp. xv-xvii). New York: Routledge.
  • Lynch, J. (2018). Where I stand on peace journalism and the academic boycott of Israel. Conflict and Communication, 17(1), pp. 1-4.
  • Lynch, J. (2018). Peace Journalism. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication: Journalism Studies. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Lynch, J. (2019). Public Service Broadcasting and Security Issues: The Case of 'Blowback'. In Shaw, Ibrahim Seaga; Selvarajah, Senthan (eds.), Reporting Human Rights, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding: Critical and Global Perspectives, (pp. 85-101). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Hussain, S., Lynch, J. (2019). Identifying peace-oriented media strategies for deadly conflicts in Pakistan. Information Development, 35(5), pp. 703-713.
  • Lynch, J. (2019). Blood on the Stone. London, United Kingdom: Unbound. (Historical Novel).

References
  1. "2017 Outstanding Peace Journalism". Luxembourg Peace Prize. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. "Associate Professor Jake Lynch". University of Sydney. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. See also the biography for Lynch in 'Contributors', in Expanding Peace Journalism: Comparative and Critical Approaches. Ed. Ibrahim Seaga Shaw et alia. Sydney: Sydney University Press. 2011. p.377; and similarly the biography in 'Contributors' in Routledge Handbook of Media Conflict and Security. Ed. Piers Robinson et alia. New York and London: Taylor and Francis. 2017. p.xv.
  4. University of Queensland Press website: https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Author.aspx/1585/Lynch,%20Jake, Retrieved 30 December, 2019.
  5. JO (7 January 2019). "Jake Lynch explains peace journalism". The Transnational. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. "Jake Lynch". International Peace Research Association Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  7. "Visiting fellows". Cardiff University. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  8. "IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor Jake Lynch, University of Sydney, Australia". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  9. "Sri Lanka Today: Affidavit by Jake Lynch". Sydney Peace Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  10. Safi, Michael (10 February 2014). "This article is more than 5 years old Israel sanctions campaigner violated Australian race laws, says lawsuit". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  11. "Dr. Jake Lynch". Media, Peace and Human Rights Conference 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  12. Narunsky, Gareth (7 November 2013). "Racism lawsuit against Lynch". Australian Jewish News. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  13. Goldberg, Dan (18 July 2014). "Australian Court Drops Racism Case Against Professor Who Backs BDS". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  14. Shurat HaDin, Israel Law Center v Lynch [2014] FCA 226.
  15. Falkenstein, Glen (17 March 2015). "Antisemitism on Campus: Has Sydney University's Jake Lynch Finally Gone Too Far?". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  16. Kemp, Richard. "Letter to Sydney Uni from Colonel Richard Kemp". On Line Opinion. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  17. Munro, Peter (27 April 2015). "Academic Jake Lynch cleared of anti-Semitism in ugly stoush at Sydney University". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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