Research interests/expertise

• Democracy and democratization
• Elections and electoral systems
• Australian foreign policy and regional security in the South Pacific
• Ethnic conflict and conflict management
• Governance and development in Asia-Pacific

Current Projects

• Democratization and political engineering in the Asia-Pacific
• Post-conflict democracy
• Political parties in divided societies
• China in the Pacific
• Electoral system design and conflict management
• Political reform and ethnic conflict in South-East Asia and the South Pacific

Selected Publications

• ‘Ethnic Conflict in Papua New Guinea’, Asia-Pacific Viewpoint, 49(1), April 2008, pp. 12-22.
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• 'Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: Is there an 'Asian Model' of Democracy?', Comparative Political Studies 40(9), 2007 (proof version) View publication online >>
• Reilly, B. 'Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific', Journal of Democracy, Vol 18, No. 1, pp. 58-72, 2007. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B. Democracy and Diversity: Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.
• Reilly, B., 'Political Engineering and Party Politics in Conflict-Prone Societies', Democratization, Vol 13, No. 5, pp 811-827, December 2006. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., 'Political Reform in Papua New Guinea: testing the evidence', Pacific Economic Bulletin, Vol 21, No. 1, pp 187-194, 2006. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., ‘Dealing with Divided Societies’ in Larry Diamond and Mark F. Plattner (eds) Electoral Systems and Democracy, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2006.
• Reilly, B., ‘Does the Choice of Electoral System Promote Democracy? The Gap Between Theory and Practice’ in Philip G. Roeder and Donald S. Rothchild (eds), Sustainable Peace: Power and Democracy after Civil Wars, Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY, 2005.
• Reilly, B., (with Elsina Wainwright) ‘The South Pacific’ in Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur (eds), Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 2005. View publication
• Reilly, B.,  'State functioning and state failure in the South Pacific', Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 479-493, December 2004 View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., (with Kennedy Graham) ‘Conflict Through Asia and the Pacific: Causes and Trends’ in A. Heijmans, N. Simmonds, and H. van de Veen (eds), Searching for Peace in Asia Pacific, Lynne Reiner, Boulder and London, 2004.
• Reilly, B., 'Elections in Post-Conflict Societies', in "The UN Role in Promoting Democracy: Between Ideals and Reality", Edward Newman and Roland Rich (eds), United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 2004.
• Reilly, B., 'The Global Spread of Preferential Voting: Australian Institutional Imperialism?', Australian Journal of Political Science, 39(2), 2003 pp. 253-266. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B.,  'Political Parties and Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific Region', Asia Pacific Issues, 'Analysis from the East-West Center', 71, December 2003, pp. 1-8. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B.,  'Political Engineering and Party Politics in Papua New Guinea', Party Politics, 8:6, November 2003, pp. 701-718. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., (with John Henderson)  ''Dragon in Paradise: China's Rising Star in Oceania'', The National Interest, 72, Summer 2003, pp. 94-104. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., 'Democratic Validation' in John Darby and Roger McGinty (eds), Progressing Towards Settlement: Contemporary Peace Processes, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, 2003.
• Reilly, B., 'Electoral Systems for Divided Societies'. Journal of Democracy, Vol. 13, Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, 156-170, 2002.
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• Reilly, B., 'Social Choice in the South Seas: Electoral Innovation and the Borda Count in the Pacific Island Countries'. International Political Science Review, Vol. 23, Sage Publications Inc, London, UK, 2002, pp355-372 View Publication Online >>
• Reilly, B., 'Internal Conflict and Regional Security in Island Asia: Stabilizing the "Arc of Instability"' in Bruce Vaughn (ed), The Unraveling of Island Asia?: Governmental, Communal, and Regional Instability, Praeger, Westport CT and London, 2002.
• Reilly, B., 'Post-Conflict Elections: Constraints and Dangers' in Edward Newman and Albrecht Schnabel (eds), Recovering from Civil Conflict: Reconciliation, Peace and Development, Frank Cass, London and Portland OR, 2002.
• Reilly, B.,  "Making Democracy Work" in Papua New Guinea: Social Capital and Provincial Development in an Ethnically Fragmented Society', Asian Survey, XLII(6), November/December 2002, pp. 906-927. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B.,  'Electoral Systems for Divided Societies', Journal of Democracy, 13:2, 2002, pp. 156-170. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., 'Internal Conflict and Regional Security in Asia and the Pacific', Pacifica Review, 14:1, 2002, pp. 7-21. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.
• Reilly, B., 'Democracy, Ethnic Fragmentation, and Internal Conflict: Confused Theories, Faulty Data, and the "Crucial Case" of Papua New Guinea', International Security, 25:3, 2000, pp. 162-185. View publication online >>
• Reilly, B., 'Democracy, Ethnic Fragmentation, and Internal Conflict: Confused Theories, Faulty Data, and the "Crucial Case" of Papua New Guinea '.
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•  'The Africanisation of the South Pacific', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 54:3, 2000, pp. 261-268. View publication online >>
• 'The Alternative Vote and Ethnic Accommodation: New Evidence from Papua New Guinea', Electoral Studies, 16:1, 1997, pp. 1-11. View publication online >>
• Reilly,B., 'The Alternative Vote and Ethnic Accomodation: New Evidence from Papua New Guinea'. Electoral Studies, Vol. 16(1), 1997 pp1-11.
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Teaching

Dr Reilly is current not available to supervise PhD students.

• Research Methods
• Conflict and Development
• Governance and Institutions
• Theories of Governance