Nicholas Dynon

Line 21 Project Curator

 

 

Nicholas is a Phd candidate in International Communication at Macquarie University, Sydney. His research explores the prospects for Chinese public diplomacy through an analysis of China Daily and People's Daily reportage of the 2008 Lhasa riots and Wenchuan earthquake in the critical period leading up to the Beijing Olympic Games.

A former career officer of the Australian Government’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Nicholas served in Canberra and Sydney and as a diplomat in Shanghai (Vice Consul), Beijing (First Secretary) and the Fiji Islands (First Secretary), followed by secondment to Parliament House, Canberra, as a departmental liaison officer.

Nicholas holds masters degrees in Asian Studies and International Relations from the Australian National University and the University of Sydney respectively, and is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Australia. He has also studied Chinese at the Beijing International Studies University.

Nicholas' peer-reviewed research has appeared in The China Journal, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy and China: an International Journal. He has written for several publications, inlcuding the Jamestown Foundation's China Brief, The Diplomat, New Zealand Security Magazine, Line of Defence Magazine, The Public Diplomat, Global Times, National Business Review, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy's CPD Blog and DiploFoundation's Internet Governance channel.

His areas of research include propaganda and media in China, public diplomacy and soft power, terrorism, cyber conflict and information security, and international security. Nicholas' twitter handle is @nxdynon.

Media Inquiries

Nicholas' insights have appeared in the international media (see selection below). He can be contacted at nxdynon@hotmail.com.