Dr Mia Martin Hobbs, has been awarded over $530,000 in funding under the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.
Dr Martin Hobb’s project, ‘Race, gender, and violence in Western militaries in the War on Terror’, draws on oral history methods, intersectional analysis and innovative mapping technology to create new knowledge about the interplay of race, gender and violence in military context.
Dr Martin Hobbs is a Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation and a member of the Centre for Contemporary Histories.
Recipient of the ADI Early Career Researcher Award 2025
In December, Dr Martin Hobbs also received the ADI Early Career Researcher Award for 2025 for her outstanding research output.
About the project
Race, gender, and violence in Western militaries in the War on Terror
After 9/11, Western militaries deployed diverse soldier forces to fight the ‘War on Terror’ (also known as the Global War on Terrorism). These armed forces waged a deeply racialised and gendered war, while soldiers faced institutional racism and sexual violence. This project aims to investigate the experiences of women and racial minorities who served in these militaries during that time.
Drawing on oral history methods, intersectional analysis and innovative mapping technology, the project will create new knowledge about the interplay of race, gender and violence in military contexts. This research endeavours to provide significant benefits, including recommendations for military reform, recognition of marginalised veterans and new ways of thinking about the anti-terror project.
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