Tamas Wells

'Bright, shiny, inconsequential'? The rise and fall of innovation labs in the aid sector

Tamas Wells

Journal article  |  2022  |  THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY

Within the humanitarian and development sectors over the last 15 years, innovation ‘labs’, ‘units’, ‘spaces’ and ‘exchanges’ have ..

Challenges for Myanmar’s Civil Society: Depoliticization and Yangon’s Urban Development under the NLD Government

T Wells

Book Chapter  |  2022

This chapter examines the role of civil society organizations in Myanmar, using theories of ‘post-politics’ to look at dynamics of..

What parliamentarians think about Australia's post-COVID-19 aid program: The emerging 'cautious consensus' in Australian aid

Benjamin Day, Tamas Wells

Journal article  |  2021  |  ASIA & THE PACIFIC POLICY STUDIES

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Government has been ambiguous in the way it has communicated the aid budg..

The imaginary of a modern city: Post-politics and Myanmar's urban development

Tamas Wells, Vanessa Lamb

Journal article  |  2021  |  Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies

Theories of ‘post-politics’ provide a lens through which to analyse contemporary urban development. Yet empirical studies examinin..

Narrating Democracy in Myanmar The Struggle Between Activists, Democratic Leaders and Aid Workers

Tamas Wells

Book  |  2021

This book analyses what Myanmar's struggle for democracy has signified to Burmese activists and democratic leaders, and to their i..

The Vernacularization of Human Rights Discourse in Myanmar: Rejection, Hybridization and Strategic Avoidance

Amy Doffegnies, Tamas Wells

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA

Violence against Muslim minority communities in Myanmar has brought the issue of human rights to international and domestic attent..

Interpretive Complexity and Crisis: the History of International Aid to Myanmar

Anne Décobert, Tamas Wells

Journal article  |  2020  |  The European Journal of Development Research

In the last two decades, Myanmar has gone through profound political changes. Over this time, humanitarian and development interve..

Narratives of Donor Accountability in Support to Peace Processes: The Case of the Joint Peace Fund in Myanmar

Tamas Wells

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Peacebuilding and Development

There is a growing scholarly focus on the accountability of Northern donors in their work in recipient countries. Yet scholarly wo..

Gender-inclusive Development and Decentralised Governance: Promoting Women’s Voice and Influence through Collective Action in Rural Indonesia

Rachael Diprose, Amalinda Savirani, Tamas Wells

Report  |  2020

This peer-reviewed research and policy paper draws on analysis of how women influence decision making in Indonesia's multi-level g..

Dilemmas for advocacy organisations in Myanmar’s changing political landscape

Tamas Well, Vanessa Lamb

Journal article  |  2020  |  Melbourne Asia Review

In early 2019, U Win Myo Thu—the chairman of a local environmental advocacy organization ECODEV—took the microphone at a public co..