Ronan Lee

Dr Ronan Lee is an Irish-Australian Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at Loughborough University London undertaking research with the Rohingya community. He researches Asian politics, genocide, hate speech and migration. He was previously a visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London’s International State Crime Initiative. In 2021 Ronan was awarded the Early Career Emerging Scholar Prize by the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

Ronan’s professional background is in politics, media, and public policy. He was formerly a Queensland State Member of Parliament (2001-2009) and served on the frontbench as a Parliamentary Secretary (2006-2008) in portfolios including Justice, Main Roads and Local Government, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. He has also worked as a senior government advisor, and as an election strategist and campaign manager.