Janet Hunt has worked in international development since 1985, specializing in non-government organizations in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as gender and development. She has been the Executive Director of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid, the peak body for international aid and development NGOs, and the International Women's Development Agency, and has worked extensively in the Asia-Pacific region. Since 1999 she has spent considerable time working with and researching local NGOs in East Timor. She has lectured in International Development at Deakin and RMIT Universities.
In a previous career, Janet taught, lectured in education, and worked in educational research. Her interest in indigenous Australia has spanned over twenty years and she been associated, mostly voluntarily, with communities and organizations on the NSW South Coast and Central-West NSW. She is currently managing the Indigenous Community Governance Project.
Development-related
Hunt, J. and Morton, W., 'Aid effectiveness: threats to the new consensus?' Development Studies Bulletin, August 2004.
Hunt, J., 'Building a New Society: NGOs in East Timor', New Community Quarterly, 2(1) Autumn 2004, pp 16-23.
Kingsbury, D., McKay, J., Remenyi, J., and Hunt, J., Key Issues in Development, Palgrave, London, 2004.
Hunt, J., 'Aid in an era of globalisation', Dialogue: Journal of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 22:3/2003, pp 4-11.
Jubilee Debt Campaign: how transnationalism helped a National Advocacy Campaign for Debt Relief for Developing Countries. Paper presented at International Third Sector Research Asia -Pacific Conference, Beijing, China, October 2003.
Hunt, J., 'East Timor: A Hot Crisis', Humanitarian Exchange, HPN, July 2002.
Bano, A., Hunt, J., and Patrick, I., 'Making the Most of the Capacity of Local NGOs in Relief, Reconstruction and Development: the case of East Timor', Proceedings of Rethinking Humanitarianism Conference, University of Queensland, September 2001.
Hunt, J., 'Tax the speculators: addressing globalisation and poverty', in Development Bulletin, No 55 July 2001.
Hunt, J., 'Gender and Economic Governance', Development Bulletin, No 51, March 2000.
Hunt, J., 'Debt Reduction in the context of globalisation', paper to Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade seminar, Canberra, 1999.
Hunt,J., 'Women's Role and Empowerment', paper presented to Women's Future: Health, Rights, and Development. University of NSW International Symposium, Sydney 1999.
Hunt, J., Feminism and International Development, speech to Mary Owen Dinner, Melbourne 1999.
Hunt, J., 'NGO Perspectives on the Mekong', paper presented to Mekong Perspectives Conference, ANU 1999.
Hunt, J., Response to Hon Malcolm Fraser, Human Rights and Human Responsibilities, Responsibility in World Politics Conference, Centre for International and Public Law and Department of International Relations, ANU Canberra 1998.
Hunt,J. 'The Australian-Cambodian Relationship: Non-government organisations', paper to Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade seminar, Canberra 1998.
Hunt, J., 'The Future of Development Cooperation in the Twenty First Century', paper to Australian Instutute of International Affairs Seminar Canberra 1998.
Hunt, J., Review of Progress from the World Women's Conference, UNIFEM Australia International Women's Day Breakfast, 1997.
Marshal, P., and Hunt, J., 'Non-government Organisations: imperatives and pitfalls', in Linge, G., and Porter, D., No Place for Borders: the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Development in Asia and the Pacific, Allen and Unwin, 1997.
Hunt, J., 'From the inside—an NGO on the Government Delegation', in Mitchell, S. and Das Pradhan, R.(eds), Back to Basics from Beijing: An Australian Guide to the Platform for Action, ACFOA, 1997.
Hunt, J. 'The costs to the environment, to development, to communities', paper presented to Asia-Pacific Regional Colloqium: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Sydney University, 1997.
Hunt, J., 'Aid, trade and debt - are Australian policies effective in reducing poverty?', paper presented to seminar on International Year for Poverty Eradication, Parliament House Sydney, 1996.
Hunt, J., 'Aid: the way ahead', paper to Joint Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affiars, Defence and Trade Seminar, Canberra 1996.
Hunt, J., 'The refugee experience: the search for new paradigms', paper presented to National Refugee Week Summit, Parliament House, Canberra 1996.
Hunt,J., 'The Geographical Focus of Aid in a Changing World', paper to Reviewing Australian Aid: What Future? conference, Australian Development Studies Network, ANU, Canberra 1996.
Hunt, J., 'Economic Factors Affecting Security in the Asia-Pacific Region', paper to Internationalising Communities Conference, University of Southern Queensland, 1996.
Hunt, J., 'Situating women's development needs within the human rights framework', in Moon, G., (ed), Making Her Rights a Reality, CAA/Law Foundation of NSW, 1996.
Hunt, J., 'Women's Vision of a Just World Order' in Towards Sustainable Livelihoods, Society for International Development and Centre for Respect of Life and Environment, Rome and Washington, 1996.
Hunt, J., 'Australia's Development Cooperation with Africa', paper presented to Africa and Australia: New Visions Conference, Parliament House, Canberra, 1995.
Hunt, J., 'Death by indebtedness: the war the bankers are waging against the world's poorest people', paper to Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, Canberra, 1995.
Hunt, J., 'Australia and the economic security of the Third World', in Threats Without Enemies: Rethinking Australia's Security, Pluto Press, Sydney, 1992.
Hunt, J. (principal author), Aid for a Change; a plan to reshape Australia's Overseas Aid, ACFOA, 1992.
Hunt, J., with R Rollason, E Ross and R Slater, One World or None: making the difference. ACFOA/Pluto Press, 1989.
'Vanuatu: Ten Years On: Development Issues in Vanuatu from an NGO Perspective', background paper for UNCTAD Conference on Least Developed Countries, Paris, 1990, ACFOA.
Hunt, J. (Ed.), Disarming Poverty; disarmament and development in the Asia-Pacific region, ACFOA 1986.
Education-related
'Community participation in decision-making in Australia: some examples and a theoretical framework for analysing the issues involved', presented at the Second National Conference on School Community Based Decision-Sharing, Lorne, 1979.
'Le Fevre Peninsula Junior Primary School: more like a community than a School', School and Community News, Vol 3:(2), 1979.
The Curriculum and the Community. Curriculum Development Centre. Occasional Paper No 5, Canberra, 1981.
'Curriculum and Community' in D'Urso, S., and Smith, R.A.(eds), Changes, Issues and Prospects in Australian Education, University of Queensland Press, 1981.
'Community Participation and the School Curriculum: Has any real change occurred?', in New Directions in School and Community Studies, Vol 2, 1981.
'Changing curriculum policy: a case study approach to examining the response in schools', paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Adelaide, 1981.
'Research and the High School Review', ACT Papers on Education 1982-3 ( with Adrian Fordham).
Research Reports arising from the ACT High Schools Review, co-authored with Adrian Fordham, 1984.
- Year Ten High School Students' and Recent High School Leavers' Views of ACT High Schooling
- Facing the Secondary School Years: Year Six Parents Thoughts and Choices
- Teachers' views of ACT High School Education
- Curriculum and Assessment Issues in ACT High Schools
Parents Have their Say: Studies of School Choice in the ACT. All Co-authored with Adrian Fordham, C. Coombes, A Patroni, and published by ACT Schools Authority 1984.
- Parts I and II—The Context of School Choice
- Part III—The Choice of Government and Catholic Primary Education in the
ACT
- Part IV—The Choice of Government and Catholic Secondary Education in the
ACT
- Part V—The Choice of Independent Schools in the ACT
- Part VI—Issues Arising from the Study of School Choice
'Peace education: a new national policy', paper presented to Australian Association for Research in Education National Conference 1983.
'Radicalising Schooling: the Possibilities. An Overview', Social Alternatives, Vol 4(2) July 1984. Guest Editor of this Special Edition with Bob Lingard and Drew Hutton.
2005—Fellow And Senior Research Manager, Indigenous Community Governance Project, Centre for Aboriginal Policy Research, Australian National University.
2004—Program Coordinator, International Development, RMIT University.
2003—Senior Lecturer, International Development, RMIT University.
2001-2002—Adjunct Professor, International and Community Development, Deakin
University.
2001—Consultant, specialising in support to NGOs.
2000-2001— Special Adviser, East Timor NGO Forum.
1995-2000—Executive Director, Australian Council for Overseas Aid.
1992-1995—Executive Director, International Women's Development Agency.
1985-1992—Australian Council for Overseas Aid.
1991—Tutor, Development and Change, Department of Politics, Australian National University.
1982-1984—ACT Schools Authority.
1979-1982—Lecturer in Education, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education.
1978-1979—ERDC Research Training Fellow, University of New England.
1977—Lecturer, Centre for Curriculum Studies, University of New England.
1975-1977—Teacher, Birchip High School, Victoria.
1974—Teacher, Halstead County Primary School, England.
