Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter
Associate Professor
School of Social Science
Major Convenor - Anthropology
+61 7 336 51211
Researcher biography
I am a social anthropologist specialising in migration, refugee protection, and religious politics in Southeast Asia, with particular expertise in Malaysia's treatment of displaced populations and Muslim identity formation. My research combines ethnographic fieldwork with policy analysis to understand how states, communities, and individuals navigate questions of belonging, protection, and cultural identity.
Academic Background I hold a PhD in anthropology and sociology from La Trobe University, with previous degrees in Social Anthropology and Politics/International Relations from the University of Kent. I was an Australian Research Council DECRA research fellow (2014-2017) and the Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Contemporary Southeast Asia (2023-2024), spending time at the National University of Singapore and Stanford University's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Research Focus My work spans political anthropology, development studies and migration studies, with particular focus on:
- Refugee and immigration policy in Southeast Asia
- Religion-state relations and Muslim identity politics
- Urban refugee experiences and protection frameworks
- Faith and spirituality in the modern world
- Participant observation methodology in sensitive research contexts
Publications and Engagement I am author of Modern Muslim Identities: Negotiating Religion and Ethnicity in Malaysia (NIAS Press) and co-editor of volumes on human security and urban refugees published by Allen & Unwin/Routledge. As a regular media commentator and course director for UQ's MOOC "World101x: Anthropology of Current World Issues," I translate academic research for broader audiences through traditional and digital platforms.
Publications
Books
Staines, Zoe, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Binnie, Ned (2023). Introduction to the Social Sciences. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/3e239ee
Mondon, Aurelien, Westendorf, Jasmine and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012). How to start a free university: a guide by the Melbourne Free University. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Melbourne Free University.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2011). Modern Muslim identities: Negotiating religion and ethnicity in Malaysia. Copenhagen, Denmark: NIAS Press.
Book Chapters
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Jalil, Aslam Abd (2025). The (un)official refugee protection regimes in Malaysia: what is the way forward?. Refugee protection in Southeast Asia: between humanitarianism and sovereignty. (pp. 159-182) New York, NY, United States: Berghahn Books. doi: 10.1515/9781805397823-012
Szucs, Brooke and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2025). Universities enabling and empowering. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 42-48) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Missbach, Antje and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024). Refugee protection in non-signatory states: activism for and by refugees in Malaysia and Indonesia. Handbook on Border Criminology. (pp. 354-368) edited by Mary Bosworth, Katja Franko, Maggy Lee and Rimple Mehta. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035307982.00034
Missbach, Antje and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024). Survival and deferred place-making at sea: Onboard socialities of Vietnamese and Rohingya Boatpeople. (Un)Settling Place: Diverse and Divergent Place-Making of People on the Move. (pp. 154-174) New York, NY United States: Berghahn Books. doi: 10.1515/9781805398127-010
Riordan, Tyler, Robinson, Richard N.S. and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024). Seeking justice beyond the platform economy: migrant workers navigating precarious lives. Tourism, Global Crises and Justice. (pp. 128-145) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003492610-10
Riordan, Tyler, Robinson, Richard N.S. and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2023). Seeking justice beyond the platform economy: migrant workers navigating precarious lives. A Sustainable Tourism Workforce. (pp. 92-109) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003435457-6
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2023). People smuggling in Southeast Asia: Rohingya and Chin stories of agency, freedom, and power in cross-border movement. Global human smuggling: buying freedom in a retreating world. (pp. 290-307) edited by Luigi Achilli and David Kyle. Baltimore, MD, United States: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Riordan, Tyler, Robinson, Richard and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2023). Contactless delivery: migrant experiences in the platform economy. Platform labour and global logistics: a research companion. (pp. 245-262) edited by Immanuel Ness. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003351764-20
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Lamb, Nicole (2021). Fear and Loathing in Legal Limbo: Reimagining the Refugee in Malaysian Public Discourse and History. Discourses, Agency and Identity in Malaysia. (pp. 317-328) edited by Zawawi Ibrahim, Gareth Richards and Victor T. King. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-33-4568-3_13
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020). Rohingya people. SAGE encyclopedia of sociology of religion. (pp. 708-711) edited by Adam Possamai and Anthony J. Blasi. Thousand Oaks, CA United States: Sage Publications.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020). Participant observation. SAGE encyclopedia of sociology of religion. (pp. 567-570) edited by Adam Possamai and Anthony J. Blasi. Thousand Oaks, CA United States: SAGE Publications.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2018). Theme Parks, Anthropological Study of. The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. (pp. 1-5) edited by Hilary Callan. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1646
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Perrodin, Louise (2017). Life in limbo: refugees in Malaysia. Illusions of democracy: Malaysian politics and people. (pp. 139-156) edited by Sophie Lemiere. Petaling Jaya: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre. doi: 10.1515/9789048542666-013
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2015). Urban refugees and the UNHCR in Kuala Lumpur: Dependency, assistance and survival. Urban refugees: challenges in protection, services and policy. (pp. 187-205) edited by Koichi Koizumi and Gerhard Hoffstaedter. London, United kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315733258-11
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2015). Between a rock and a hard place: Urban refugees in a global context. Urban refugees: challenges in protection, services and policy. (pp. 1-10) edited by Koichi Koizumi and Gerhard Hoffstaedter. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315733258-1
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2015). Postscript. Urban refugees: challenges in protection, services and policy. (pp. 269-270) edited by Koichi Koizumi and Gerhard Hoffstaedter. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315733258-14
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014). Islam Hadhari: Membentuk Muslim Sederhana dan Moden. Bangkit: Tempoh Pentadbiran Abdullah Badawi di Malaysia. (pp. 196-206) edited by Bridget Welsh, James U. H. Chin and Noor Amin bin Ahmad. Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre.
Clarke, Matthew, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Tittensor, David (2014). Invisible aid: Islam, Muslim NGOs and development. Islam and development: exploring the invisible aid economy. (pp. 197-205) edited by Matthew Clarke and David Tittensor. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014). Islamic praxis and theory: negotiating orthodoxy in contemporary Malaysia. Religious diversity in Muslim-majority states in Southeast Asia: areas of toleration and conflict. (pp. 253-267) edited by Bernard Platzdasch and Johan Saravanamuttu. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing. doi: 10.1355/9789814519656-016
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014). Malaysia: Reactionary. Figures of Southeast Asian modernity. (pp. 176-178) edited by Joshua Barker, Eric Harms and Johan Lindquist. Honolulu, HI, United States: University of Hawaii Press.
Clarke, Matthew, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Tittensor, David (2014). Conclusion: Invisible aid: Islam, Muslim NGOs and development. Islam and development: exploring the invisible aid economy. (pp. 197-206) London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014). Islam hadhari: membentuk Muslim sederhana dan moden. Bangkit: tempoh pentadbiran Abdullah Badawi di Malaysia. (pp. 196-206) edited by Bridget Welsh and James Chin. Petaling Jaya: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). Religious pluralism in Malaysia: can there be dialogue?. Culture, religion and conflict in Muslim Southeast Asia: negotiating tense pluralisms. (pp. 41-51) edited by Joseph Camilleri and Sven Schottmann. Abingdon, Oxon, England: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203079980
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). Islam Hadhari: making moderate, modern Muslims. Awakening: The Abdullah Badawi years in Malaysia. (pp. 354-363) edited by Bridget Welsh and James U. H. Chin. Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Roche, Chris (2013). 'All the world's a stage': structure, agency and accountability in international aid. Millennium development goals: looking beyond 2015. (pp. 21-35) edited by Matthew Clarke and Simon Feeny. Abingdon, Oxon, England: Routledge.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Tittensor, David (2013). Religion and development: prospects and pitfalls of faith-based organizations. Handbook of research on development and religion. (pp. 402-412) edited by Matthew Clarke. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9780857933577.00031
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). God is the greatest: multiple forms of Muslim religiosity in Peninsular Malaysia. Faith in the future: understanding the revitalization of religions and cultural traditions in Asia. (pp. 251-268) edited by Thomas Reuter and Alexander Horstmann. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004233669_013
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Clarke, Matthew (2012). Mission and the wane of the secular. Mission and development: God's work or good works?. (pp. 189-196) edited by Matthew Clarke. New York, NY, United States: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012). The prohibition of usury in Islam. Interpretations of law and ethics in Muslim contexts. (pp. 121-121) edited by Aptin Khanbaghi. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Roche, Chris (2012). Security from below: an alternative perspective on human security. Why human security matters. (pp. 148-166) edited by Dennis Altman, Joseph A. Camilleri, Robyn Eckersley and Gerhard Hoffstaedter. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Journal Articles
Jalil, Aslam Abd and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024). Refugee registration schemes in Malaysia: Governing refugees by maintaining the status quo and reinforcing borders. Migration and Society, 7 (1), 46-61. doi: 10.3167/arms.2024.070106
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Missbach, Antje (2024). Graves beyond the waves: enforced strandedness and the impossibility of place-making in the Andaman Sea. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50 (8), 2063-2077. doi: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2110457
Riva, Sara, Altman, Tess and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024). Neoliberal temporalities and expertise in migration governance. Migration and Society, 7 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.3167/ARMS.2024.070103
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Abd Jalil, Aslam (2023). How the hyper-securitisation of Muslims in Malaysia is dividing society. Melbourne Asia Review, 15. doi: 10.37839/mar2652-550x15.10
Abd Jalil, Aslam and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2023). The effects of COVID-19 on refugees in peninsular Malaysia: surveillance, securitization, and eviction. Advances in Southeast Asian Studies, 16 (1), 79-99. doi: 10.14764/10.ASEAS-0088
Riva, Sara and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2022). Correction to: The aporia of refugee rights in a time of crises: the role of brokers in accessing refugee protection in transit and at the border (Comparative Migration Studies, (2021), 9, 1, (1), 10.1186/s40878-020-00212-2). Comparative Migration Studies, 10 (1) 16. doi: 10.1186/s40878-022-00290-4
Riordan, Tyler, Robinson, Richard N. S. and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2022). Seeking justice beyond the platform economy: migrant workers navigating precarious lives. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 31 (12), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2022.2136189
McGowan, Glenys, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Creese, Jennifer (2022). Object based learning in the social sciences: three approaches to haptic knowledge making. Teaching Anthropology, 11 (2), 97-107. doi: 10.22582/ta.v11i2.657
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Missbach, Antje (2021). Facilitating irregular migration into Malaysia and from Indonesia: illicit markets, endemic corruption and symbolic attempts to overcome impunity. Public Anthropologist, 3 (1), 8-31. doi: 10.1163/25891715-03010002
Riva, Sara and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2021). The aporia of refugee rights in a time of crises: the role of brokers in accessing refugee protection in transit and at the border. Comparative Migration Studies, 9 (1) 1. doi: 10.1186/s40878-020-00212-2
O’Brien, Melanie and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020). “There we are nothing, here we are nothing!”—the enduring effects of the Rohingya genocide. Social Sciences, 9 (11) 209, 209-16. doi: 10.3390/socsci9110209
Missbach, Antje and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020). When transit states pursue their own agenda: Malaysian and Indonesian responses
to Australia’s migration and border policies. Migration and Society, 3 (1), 64-79. doi: 10.3167/arms.2020.111405
Tittensor, David, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Possamai, Adam (2020). Hyper-Securitisation and Belonging: Understanding the Plight of Young Muslims in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 40 (3), 480-496. doi: 10.1080/13602004.2020.1819127
Lamb, Nicole and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020). ‘We walk, we laugh, we dance’: refugee experiences of older Chin women in Kuala Lumpur. Ageing and Society, 40 (5), 1021-1038. doi: 10.1017/s0144686x18001502
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Lamb, Nicole (2019). “It's God's plan to be here”: displacement, transit and resettlement of Chin and Karenni refugees to Australia. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 65 (4), 584-599. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12623
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2019). Arrested refugee mobilities: Optics as bordering techniques in Malaysia. Sojourn - Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 34 (3), 521-546. doi: 10.1355/sj34-3b
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2019). The look of a stranger: the strategies of place-making of Myanmar refugees in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Topos: International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design (108), 78-82.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2018). Refugees, resettlement and being in Australia: anthropological stories to question our assumptions. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 29 (3), 382-387. doi: 10.1111/taja.12297
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2017). Dominant discourses of refugees, recognition, and othering in Malaysia. Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, 10 (2), 27-44.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2017). Refugees, Islam, and the State: the role of religion in providing sanctuary in Malaysia. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 15 (3), 287-304. doi: 10.1080/15562948.2017.1302033
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2017). Trump and the Refugees: Views from “Down Under”. Anthropology Now, 9 (1), 125-127. doi: 10.1080/19428200.2017.1291058
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2016). Is working legally a win-win for refugees in Malaysia?. APPS Policy Forum
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2016). Refugees and Muslim Solidarity in Southeast Asia. ABC Religion and Ethics
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2016). The Limits of Compassion. Overland (224), 69-74.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2015). Asia-Pacific from one law to many: legal pluralism and Islam in Malaysia. Alternative Law Journal, 40 (2), 134-135. doi: 10.1177/1037969x1504000216
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2015). Muller, Dominik M.: Islam, Politics, and Youth in Malaysia. The Pop-Islamist Reinvention of PAS. Anthropos, 110 (1), 254-255.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014). Place-making: Chin refugees, citizenship and the state in Malaysia. Citizenship Studies, 18 (8), 871-884. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2014.964549
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014). Working for (bare) life: refugees in the concrete jungle. Griffith Review, 45, 117-124.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). Islam and freedom of religion: anthropology, theology and clashes of universalisms in contemporary Malaysia. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 24 (3), 270-289. doi: 10.1111/taja.12051
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). Haris Ibrahim and the growing Malaysian diaspora. Inside Story.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). Barak Kalir and Malini Sur (Ed), Transnational flows and permissive polities: ethnographies of human mobilities in Asia : Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2012, 264 pp., €47.50 (paperback), ISBN 9789089644084. Asian Ethnicity, 14 (3), 393-394. doi: 10.1080/14631369.2013.759772
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). Secular state, religious lives: Islam and the state in Malaysia. Asian Ethnicity, 14 (4), 475-489. doi: 10.1080/14631369.2013.759763
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013). Religion and development: Australian faith-based development organisations. International Journal of Religion and Society, 4 (1/2), 113-157.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012). Student Activism in Malaysia: Crucible, Mirror, Sideshow.. Asian Studies Review, 36 (4), 583-584. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2012.740929
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012). Faisal S. Hazis, Domination and contestation: Muslim bumiputera politics in Sarawak. Bijdragen Tot De Taal- Land- En Volkenkunde, 168 (4), 524-526. doi: 10.1163/22134379-90003556
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Roche, Chris (2011). 'All the world's a stage': Structure, Agency and accountability in international aid. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 16 (4), 529-543. doi: 10.1080/13547860.2011.610886
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2010). Proper Islamic consumption: shopping among the Malays in modern Malaysia - By Johan Fischer : Book reviews. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16 (4), 948-949. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01661_40.x
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2009). Contested spaces : Globalization, the arts and the state in Malaysia. Ethnicities, 9 (4), 527-545. doi: 10.1177/1468796809345606
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2009). Islam hadhari: A Malaysian Islamic multiculturalism or another blank banner?. Contemporary Islam, 3 (2), 121-141. doi: 10.1007/s11562-009-0086-y
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2008). Representing culture in Malaysian cultural theme parks: Tensions and contradictions. Anthropological Forum, 18 (2), 139-160. doi: 10.1080/00664670802150182
Conference Papers
Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, O'Donnell, Karlee, Young, Charlotte, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Marshall, David, Lee, Rennie, Lattz, Miguel, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Austerberry, Sophie (2023). Community Support Program (CSP) Findings Workshop: Snapshot 1. Findings Workshop for the Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 22 March 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Povey, Jenny, Marshall, David, Lee, Rennie, Lattz, Miguel, O'Donnell, Karlee, Young, Charlotte, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Austerberry, Sophie and Burger, Sarah-Ann (2023). Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Findings Workshop: Snapshot 1. Findings Workshop for the Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane. QLD, Australia, 21 March 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Riordan, Tyler, Robinson, Richard and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2021). “I Don’t Have Money To Pay Rent” But “I Feel Free”: how migrant food delivery workers use agency to overcome precarity in the ‘Gig’ economy. CAUTHE (31st : 2021), Online, 8-11 February 2021.
Riordan, Tyler, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Robinson, Richard (2020). Disrupting hospitality: migrant food delivery workers as mobile host-guests in the 'gig economy'. CAUTHE 2020, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-13 February 2020.
O'Brien, Melanie and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2017). ‘“There we are nothing, here we are nothing!” –The enduring effects of Rohingya persecution in Burma on their lives in the diaspora’. International Association of Genocide Scholars Thirteenth Meeting and Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 9–13 July 2017.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2011). Radical othering: refugees, displacement and landscapes of difference in Malaysia. The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association (TASA, 2011), Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 28 November - 1 December 2011. Canberra, Australia: Australian Sociological Association.
Newspaper Articles
Bala, Mahen and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024, 08 01). The sea within Mekong Review 30-30.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard, Saigaran, Nithiya Guna, Ilana, Nadira, Hooi, Khoo Ying and Abd Jalil, Aslam (2023, 07 06). Malaysia at 60: the urgency of inclusion New Mandala
Sang Hre, Simon and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2022, 02 01). One year after the coup, the civil war in Myanmar leaves the country’s future hanging in the balance ABC Religion and Ethics
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2021, 10 17). The war no-one is talking about The Chindwin
Hre, Simon Sang and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2021, 06 08). How the military coup affects Myanmar diaspora communities in Australia ABC Religion and Ethics
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2021, 02 03). One step forward, two steps back: what are the prospects for democracy after Myanmar returns to military rule? ABC Religion and Ethics
O’Brien, Melanie and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020, 12 16). “There we are nothing, here we are nothing!”: the enduring effects of Rohingya persecution and genocide in Myanmar and on lives in the diaspora The Andaman Sea Crisis: 5 years on
Hoffsaedter, Gerhard and Missbach, Antje (2020, 11 24). Send them to the moon! A polemic on refugee crisis solutions Refugee Law Initiative Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration
Munro, Jenny and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020, 06 22). COVID-19 and “medical citizenship”: How the pandemic is generating new forms of belonging and exclusion ABC Religion and Ethics
Riordan, Tyler , Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Robinson, Richard (2020, 03 30). Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees The Conversation
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Riva, Sara (2019, 06 20). There are 70 million refugees in the world. Here are 5 solutions to the problem The Conversation
Schottmann, Sven and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2018, 11 11). Pacific pivot needs to be more than guns and concrete pours The Australian
Schottmann, Sven and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2018, 10 23). New Caledonians at a crossroad of destiny The Australian
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and O'Brien, Melanie (2017, 09 20). The Rohingya genocide does not end at Myanmar's borders ABC Religion and Ethics
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Mee, Wendy (2017, 05 26). Remembering Professor Joel S. Kahn New Mandala
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2017, 02 28). Islam set to remain key contest point in Malaysian politics Asian Currents
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2016, 11 28). Is Working Legally A Win-Win For Refugees In Malaysia? Asia and the Pacific Policy Forum
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2016, 03 07). Refugees and Muslim solidarity in Southeast Asia ABC Religion and Ethics
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2015, 08 30). Bersih 4.0 takes over Kuala Lumpur New Mandala
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2015, 05 13). Pushed offshore, the ‘boat people’ crisis demands regional response The Conversation
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014, 08 18). Lessons about refugees from an Australian immigration crisis Huffington Post
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013, 09 30). Haris Ibrahim and the growing Malaysian diaspora Inside Story
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013, 08 07). Don’t take division sitting down The Australian
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2013, 07 21). Rudd’s PNG deal is a co-dependency, not a ‘regional solution' The Conversation
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Lopez, Gregore (2013, 05 03). A tale of two coalitions: Malaysia heads to the polls The Conversation
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Taylor, N. A. J. (2013, 04 16). Education funding for whose future? ABC The Drum
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Lopez, Gregore (2013, 04 15). Who can meet the expectations of the majority? New Mandala
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Lopez, Gregore (2013, 04 01). Malaysia at (yet another) crossroads ABC The Drum
Mondon, Aurélien and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012, 12 07). Could online courses be the death of the humanities? The Guardian
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Mondon, Aurélien (2012, 08 31). Politics without passion: NT election another act in an uninspiring policy circus The Conversation
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012, 07 31). Refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia: the good, the bad and the unexpected The Conversation
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012, 06 20). Urgent need for a refugee solution The Australian 10-10.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2012, 05 31). Myanmar open for business, but not its people ABC The Drum
Hage, Ghassan and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2011, 11 14). Occupy wants what Occupy is: another reality ABC The Drum
Generic Documents
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024). Book Review: I Feel No Peace: Rohingya Fleeing Over Seas and Rivers. Australian Journal of International Affairs.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2014). Lessons about refugees from an Australian immigration crisis. Huffington Post Media Group.
Research Reports
Riordan, Tyler, Robinson, Richard N.S. and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2024). Humanising food delivery work in Australia: a toolkit. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: UQ Business School.
Povey, J., Burger, S-A., Marshall, D., Lee, R., Lattz, M., O'Donnell, K., Young, C., Hoffstaedter, G., San Martin Porter, M., Austerberry, S., Nuttall, G., Baxter, J. and McDaid, L. (2023). Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Snapshot Report 1. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Povey, J., Burger, S-A., O'Donnell, K., Young, C., San Martin Porter, M., Lattz, M., Marshall, D., Lee, R., Hoffstaedter, G., Austerberry, S., Nuttall, G., Baxter, J. and McDaid, L. (2023). Community Support Program (CSP): Snapshot Report 1. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Povey, J., Cook, S., Lee, R., Young, C., Hoffstaedter, G., Austerberry, S. and Nuttall, G. (2023). Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Interim Findings — Cohort 1. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Povey, Jenny, Cook, Stephanie, O'Flaherty, Martin, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Lee, Rennie, Liudmila Druzenko, Karlee O'Donnell, Sharma, Nikita, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Young, Charlotte, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard, Martin, Sean, Edwards, Ben, Baxter, Janeen and Reddel, Tim (2022). CRISP Evaluation Plan. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Riordan, Tyler, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Robinson, Richard (2022). Submission to Proposed Fair Conduct and Accountability Standards: inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Victorian Government.
High, Holly, Cowlishaw, Gillian, Missbach, Antje, Ramsay, Georgina, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Lee, Helen (2014). National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014: A submission from the Australian Anthropological Society. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission.
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2011). Religion and development: Australian faith-based development organisations. ACFID Research in Development Series Report; No. 3 La Trobe University, Melbourne: Australian Council for International Development (ACFID).