Associate Professor Peter Mayer

Position	Visiting Research Fellow
Org Unit	Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Email	peter.mayer@adelaide.edu.au
Telephone	+61 8 8313 5609
Location	Floor/Room 3 10 , Napier , North Terrace

Research Interests

* Political, Economic and Social Change in India
* Suicide and Violence in India
* India's Political Economy
Publications
Monographs & Edited Volumes

Peter Mayer- Selected Publications

Books:
1. Suicide and Society in India (with Della Steen, Clare Bradley and Tahereh Ziaian) (London & New Delhi: Routledge, 2011/2012)
2. India (Sydney: Asia-Australia Institute, 1993)
3. India: Rebellion to Republic (with Robin Jeffrey, et al) (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1990)
4. Capitalism and Colonial Production (with Hamza Alavi, et al) (London: Croom Helm, 1982)
Recent Book Chapters
1. “Comparative Reflections on The Civilizing Process” in David Lemmings and Ann Brooks (eds.) Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives (New York & London: Routledge, 2014), pp. 233-251..
2. “Riots, Elections and Society: Discerning Social and Political Trends in India and Pakistan in Coming Decades” in Amitendu Palit and Gloria Spittel (eds.) South Asia in the New Decade: Challenges and Prospects (Singapore: World Scientific, 2013).
3. “Mapping the Strength of Village Elites” in Lance Brennan and Auriol Weigold (eds.) Re-Thinking India: Perceptions from Australia (New Delhi: Readworthy, 2013), pp. 104-127.
4. “South Australia and India” (with Purnendra Jain) in John Spoehr and Purnendra Jain (eds.) The Engaging State (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2012).
5. “Politics at the University of Adelaide” in Nick Harvey, Jean Fornasiero, Greg McCarthy, Clem Macintyre and Carl Crossin (eds.) A History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide 1876-2012 (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press, 2012).
6. "Making Democracy Perform: Human Development and Civic Community in India" in Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, Niraja Gopal Jayal, Bishnu N. Mohapatra & Sudha Pai (eds.) Interrogating Social Capital (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004)
Recent Journal Articles , Published Papers & Conference Papers
1. "Modernization, Social Capital and Public Participation in the Creation of Self-Management Charter in Thailand." Advanced Science Letters, 2018 Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 2185-9, with Wanlapat Suksawas and Parinya Soithong.
2. "Trends and socio-economic determinants of suicide in India: 2001–2013" Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2018 Vol. 53, pp.269–78 with Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, Jo River, and Gregory Armstrong.
3. “The Better Angels of Their Natures? The Declining Rate of Homicides against India’s Dalits” Studies in Indian Politics 2017 Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 1-22.
4. "Can Gender and Social Class Generate Political Participation in Northern Thailand?" Advanced Science Letters 2016.Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 4197-4200 with Wanlapat Suksawas.
5. “Thinking Clearly about Suicide in India – 3 Youth and Young Adult Suicide in Australia and India” Economic and Political Weekly, 24 December, 2016, Vol. 51, Issue No. 52, pp. 85-94 http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/52/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india%E2%80%94iii.html
6. “Thinking Clearly about Suicide in India - 2 Suitable Girls & Companionate Couples: Social Change and Suicide in the Indian Family" Economic and Political Weekly, 8 Oct, 2016, Vol. 51, Issue No. 41, pp. 40-45. http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/41/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india.html
7. “Thinking Clearly about Suicide in India - 1 Desperate Housewives, Despairing Farmers” Economic and Political Weekly, April 2, 2016, Vol. LI, No. 14, pp. 44-55 http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/peter.mayer?dsn=directory.file;field=data;id=37237;m=view
8. "Narendra Modi ki adhuri Reform kahaani [Narendra Modi's unfinished reform story]: Big steps...or baby steps?" Paper presented at the International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS 9) Adelaide 6-9 July, 2015
9. “Disease, Diffusion & Democracy: Which way does the arrow of causality point in India?” Paper presented at the 21st Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Australian National University, Canberra, July 5-7, 2016.
10. “The Modi lahar (wave) in the 2014 Indian national election: A critical realignment?”, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol .49, No. 3, (2014), pp. 518-528, (with Priya Chacko).
11. “Gross Violations of Duverger’s Law in India”, Studies in Indian Politics Vol. 1 No.2, (2013), pp. 179–201.
12. "Does Social Capital Work in Thai Politics?" Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Vol. 13, No. 1, pp.75-97, 2013, with Wanlapat Suksawas.
13. ‘Two Faces of Emotional Aggression: Comparative Reflections on “The Civilizing Process”’ Paper presented to the Norbert Elias, Emotional Styles and Historical Change: An Interdisciplinary Collaboratory. ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Change Program, University of Adelaide, 14-15 June 2011
14. “Beyond Cricket: Australia–India Evolving Relations” Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 45, No. 1, (March 2010), pp. 133–148 (with Purnendra Jain).
15. “Are There Political Patterns to Communal Violence in India?” Refereed Paper presented at the 18^th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Adelaide 5-8 July, 2010 Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Inc and the University of Adelaide. ISBN 978-0-7258-1136-5
16. “Riots, Elections and Society: Discerning Social and Political Trends in India and Pakistan in Coming Decades” Paper presented at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), University of Singapore, 6^th International Conference on South Asia, Singapore November 11-12 2010.
17. “Old Regions, New States: Why Is Governance Weak in the Indus-Ganges Plain?” Asian Journal of Political Science Vol. 18, No. 1, (April 2010), pp. 20-47.
18. “The South Asian Arc of Instability: In Search of Explanations” paper presented to the South Asia Seminar, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C, 23 February, 2009).
19. "Trends of Real Income in Tiruchirapalli and the upper Kaveri Delta, 1819-1980: A Footnote in Honour of Dharma Kumar" Indian Economic and Social History Review Vol. 43, No. 3 (July-September, 2006), pp.349-364. http://www.tandfonline.com/action/verifyEmail?userId=675471&email=peter.mayer%40adelaide.edu.au&expiry=1410911135819&signature=801cdd8615b3e04bf537775853c7b682
20. "More Than Cricket: Multiple Dimensions of Australia's Relationship with India" Refereed Paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Melbourne 1-4 July, 2008 (with Purnendra Jain) (http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php#m).
21. "Is North India Violent Because it has an Excess of Males?" Refereed Paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Melbourne 1-4 July, 2008 (http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php#m).
22. 'The South Asian Arc of Instability: In Search of Explanations', Asia Reconstructed: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 2006, Wollongong, Australia, 2006 (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/biennial-conference/2006/proceedings.html#M).
23. "Suicide in India" Asian Currents (June 2005) <http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/asian-currents-archive/asian-currents-05-06.html>
24. "Modernization and the Male-Female Suicide Ratio in India 1967-1997: Divergence or Convergence?" Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 34(2) (Summer, 2004) pp. 147-159 (with Della Steen).
25. "The Wider Value of Volunteering in South Australia" (2003) A Report Prepared for the Office for Volunteers, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf
26. "Patterns of Suicide by Age and Gender in the Indian States: A Reflection of Human Development?" Archives of Suicide Research , 7, (2003), pp.1-18 (with Della Steen).
27. " Female Equality and Suicide in the Indian States " Psychological Reports , 92, (2003), pp.1022-1028.
28. "Suicide, Gender and Age Variations in India: Are Women in Indian Society Protected from Suicide" Crisis Vol. 23, No.3, pp. 98-103 (2002) (with Tahereh Ziaian).
29. "Indian Suicide and Marriage: A Research Note" Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 (Spring, 2002), pp. 297-305. (with Tahereh Ziaian)
30. " Human Development and Civic Community in India: Making Democracy Perform " Economic and Political Weekly Vol. XXXVI, No. 8 (24 February, 2001), pp. 684-692.
31. "Development, Gender Equality and Suicide Rates" Psychological Reports Vol. 87 (2000), pp. 367-372.
32. " India's Falling Sex Ratios " Population and Development Review Volume 25, No. 2 (June, 1999), pp. 323-343.
33. [with Piers Gillespie & Mona Girgis], " 'This Great Evil': Anticipating Political Obstacles to Development" Public Administration and Development Vol. 16, No. 5 (December, 1996) pp. 431-453.
34. [with Pal Ahluwalia], "Clash of Civilizations-Or the Balderdash of Scholars?," Asian Studies Review , Vol. 18, No. 1 (1994), pp. 21-30.
35. "Has India's Self-Sufficiency in Agriculture been Achieved at the Expense of Social Justice? Reflections on Recent Village Studies in Tamil Nadu," South Asia Bulletin , Vol. XII, No. 2 (Fall 1993), pp. 70-84.
36. "Inventing Village Tradition: The late 19th Century Origins of the north Indian `Jajmani System'," Modern Asian Studies , Vol. 27, Part 2 (1993), pp. 357-395.
Selected Institutional Research, Policy Papers and Commentary
1. "India adopts a national Goods and Services Tax … sort of" (with Mandar Oak) Asian Currents November, 2017 http://asaa.asn.au/india-adopts-national-goods-services-tax-sort/
2. “India’s ban on cow slaughter: appeasing the BJP Hindu base but scoring an economic own goal?”(with Mandar Oak) Asian Currents July, 2017 http://asaa.asn.au/indias-ban-cow-slaughter-appeasing-bjp-hindu-base-scoring-economic-goal/
3. “The Modi effect steamrolls New Delhi’s municipal elections” East Asia Forum 19th May, 2017 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/05/19/the-modi-effect-steamrolls-new-delhis-municipal-elections/
4. “Jayalalithaa: death of a political mother goddess” Asian Currents 14 December, 2016 http://asaa.asn.au/jayalalithaa-death-political-mother-goddess/
5. “Mixed record calls Modi’s reform credentials into question” Asian Currents 17 September, 2016 http://asaa.asn.au/mixed-record-calls-modis-reform-credentials-into-question/
6. “The cockatoo and the chickpea” in Gretchen Miller (ed.) In Their Branches: Stories from ABC RN’s Trees Project (Sydney: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited, 2015)
7. "The Emperor of India: Modi’s first year in office" Asian Currents 19 June 2015 http://asaablog.tumblr.com/post/121876431686/the-emperor-of-india-modis-first-year-in-office “Modi’s BJP no longer invincible” with Purnendra Jain East Asia Forum February 2015 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/02/25/modis-bjp-no-longer-invincible/
8. “Delhi voters pick an unconventional winner” with Purnendra Jain East Asia Forum Vol. 6, No. 1. 14 January 2014 (http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/).
9. “Australia Elects a not-so Liberal Liberal Government” Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary: Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 7 (October, 2013), pp. 16-17.
10. “Has NaMo Come in from the Cold? Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary: Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 8 (November, 2013), pp. 29-30.
11. “Delhi voters pick an unconventional winner” with Purnendra Jain East Asia Forum Vol. 6, No. 1. 14 January 2014 (http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/).
12. “Too early for bets as India lumbers to a national election” Asian Currents, February, 2014 http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2014/asian-currents-14-02.pdf
13. “Has NaMo Come in from the cold?” Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary Diplomatist November, 2013, pp. 29-30 http://www.diplomatist.com/dipom11y2013/story011.html
14. “Australia Elects a not-so liberal Liberal Government” The Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 7 (October, 2013), pp. 16-7 http://diplomatist.com/printissue/index.html
15. "India gains its rightful place in the Asian century white paper" (with Purnendra Jain) The Conversation 29 October 2012 http://theconversation.edu.au/india-gains-its-rightful-place-in-the-asian-century-white-paper-10331
16. “Why Australia must not sell uranium to Pakistan” The Conversation 7/12/2011 http://theconversation.edu.au/why-australia-must-not-sell-uranium-to-pakistan-4589
17. “The Ayodhya Judgement: Good Politics, Bad History? Asian Currents October 2010 http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2010/asian-currents-10-10.pdf
18. Upward Mobility and Social Capital: Building Advantage Through Volunteering (with Lou Wilson) (2006) Report prepared for the Office for Volunteers, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/p_UPWARDMOBILITYANDSOCIAL CAPITAL.pdf
19. "The Wider Economic Value of Social Capital and Volunteering in South Australia" (2003) Report prepared for the Office for Volunteers, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia (http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf)
Recent Media Commentary

10/04/2017

3/08/2018 2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten

Assamese citizenship crisis

7/08/2018 “The Wire” with Kate Rafferty

Assamese citizenship crisis

10/04/2017

ABC News 24 TV with Kumi Taguchi

PM Turnbull’s visit to India

6/12/2016

938LIVE Singapore

Death of Jayalalita

22/9/2016

Nawaz Sharif’s UN speech warning international community about rising tensions

938Live Singapore

28/3/2016

Suicide Bombing in Lahore Park

Sky Television

30/9/2015

"Does the Military still rule Pakistan?

Sean Britten

2SER in Sydney

18/6/2015

Interview with Pallavi Jain (in Hindi)

http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/en/content/one-lifetime-not-enough-understand-india-dr-peter-mayer

9/6/2014

Taliban attack on Karachi airport

ABC News 24 (Television)

Jane Hutcheon

15/5/2015

"China's Super Power Relations - How do you assess the China's relations with Japan, India, US and Russia? What developments will bring when some of the government officials such as John Kerry and Narendra Modi are visiting China?"

Hugh Chiverton and Danny Gittings

RTHK Radio 3 (Radio Television Hong Kong)

2/5/2014

“Indian elections becoming fiercer as voting continues “

Saskia Edwards

The Wire

http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=1149

mp3: http://www.thewire.org.au/audio/SACE%20India%20FINAL.mp3

30/1/2014

ABC Radio National

Phillip Adams

Late Night Live

Election Watch: India

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/election-watch3a--india/5213336

22/11/2013

“The cockatoo and the chickpea”

Trees I have loved

Bush Telegraph/360 Documentaries

ABC Radio National

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 Peter Mayer- Selected Publications
 <h2 class="western">Books:</h2>
 <ol>
 <li>
 Suicide and Society
 in India (with Della Steen, Clare Bradley and Tahereh Ziaian)
 (London & New Delhi: Routledge, 2011/2012)
 </li>
 <li> India (Sydney: Asia-Australia Institute, 1993) </li>
 <li>
 India: Rebellion to
 Republic (with Robin Jeffrey, et al) (New Delhi:
 Sterling Publishers, 1990)
 </li>
 <li>
 Capitalism and
 Colonial Production (with Hamza Alavi, et al) (London:
 Croom Helm, 1982)
 </li>
 </ol>
 <h2 class="western">Recent Book Chapters </h2>
 <ol>
 <li>
 “Comparative
 Reflections on The Civilizing Process” in David Lemmings and
 Ann Brooks (eds.) Emotions and Social Change: Historical and
 Sociological Perspectives (New York & London: Routledge,
 2014), pp. 233-251..
 </li>
 <li>
 “Riots, Elections and
 Society: Discerning Social and Political Trends in India and Pakistan
 in Coming Decades” in Amitendu Palit and Gloria Spittel (eds.) South
 Asia in the New Decade: Challenges and Prospects (Singapore:
 World Scientific, 2013).
 </li>
 <li>
 “Mapping the Strength
 of Village Elites” in Lance Brennan and Auriol Weigold (eds.) Re-Thinking
 India: Perceptions from Australia (New Delhi: Readworthy, 2013),
 pp. 104-127.
 </li>
 <li>
 “South
 Australia and India” (with Purnendra Jain) in John Spoehr and
 Purnendra Jain (eds.) The Engaging State (Adelaide: Wakefield
 Press, 2012).
 </li>
 <li>
 
 “Politics at the University of Adelaide” in Nick Harvey, Jean
 Fornasiero, Greg McCarthy, Clem Macintyre and Carl Crossin (eds.) A
 History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide
 1876-2012 (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press, 2012).
 </li>
 <li>
 
 "Making Democracy Perform: Human Development and Civic Community in
 India" in Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, Niraja Gopal Jayal, Bishnu N.
 Mohapatra & Sudha Pai (eds.) Interrogating Social Capital
 (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004) 
 </li>
 </ol>
 <h2 class="western">Recent Journal Articles , Published Papers &
 Conference Papers</h2>
 <ol>
 <li>
 
 "Modernization, Social Capital and Public Participation in the
 Creation of Self-Management Charter in Thailand." Advanced Science
 Letters, 2018 Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 2185-9, with Wanlapat Suksawas
 and Parinya Soithong.
 </li>
 <li>
 "Trends
 and socio-economic determinants of suicide in India: 2001–2013" Social
 Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2018 Vol. 53, pp.269–78
 with Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, Jo River, and Gregory Armstrong.
 </li>
 <li>
 “The
 Better Angels of Their Natures? The Declining Rate of Homicides
 against India’s Dalits” Studies in Indian Politics 2017 Vol.
 5, No. 2, pp. 1-22. 
 </li>
 <li>
 "Can
 Gender and Social Class Generate Political Participation in Northern
 Thailand?" Advanced Science Letters 2016.Vol. 22, No. 12, pp.
 4197-4200 with Wanlapat Suksawas.
 </li>
 <li>
 “Thinking
 Clearly about Suicide in India – 3 Youth and Young Adult Suicide in
 Australia and India” Economic and Political Weekly, 24
 December, 2016, Vol. 51, Issue No. 52, pp. 85-94 <a class="western" href="http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/52/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india%E2%80%94iii.html">http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/52/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india%E2%80%94iii.htm</a>l
 </li>
 <li>
 “Thinking
 Clearly about Suicide in India - 2 Suitable Girls & Companionate
 Couples: Social Change and Suicide in the Indian Family" Economic
 and Political Weekly, 8 Oct, 2016, Vol. 51, Issue No. 41, pp.
 40-45. <a class="western" href="http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/41/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india.html">http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/41/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india.html</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “Thinking
 Clearly about Suicide in India - 1 Desperate Housewives, Despairing
 Farmers” Economic and Political Weekly, April 2, 2016, Vol.
 LI, No. 14, pp. 44-55 <a class="western" href="http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/14/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india.html">http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/peter.mayer?dsn=directory.file;field=data;id=37237;m=view</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 "Narendra
 Modi ki adhuri Reform kahaani [Narendra Modi's unfinished
 reform story]: Big steps...or baby steps?" Paper presented at the
 International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS 9) Adelaide 6-9 July,
 2015
 </li>
 <li>
 “Disease,
 Diffusion & Democracy: Which way does the arrow of causality point
 in India?” Paper presented at the 21st Biennial Conference of the
 Asian Studies Association of Australia, Australian National
 University, Canberra, July 5-7, 2016.
 </li>
 <li>
 “The
 Modi lahar (wave) in the 2014 Indian national election: A critical
 realignment?”, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol
 .49, No. 3, (2014), pp. 518-528, (with Priya Chacko).
 </li>
 <li>
 “Gross
 Violations of Duverger’s Law in India”, Studies in Indian Politics
 Vol. 1 No.2, (2013), pp. 179–201.
 </li>
 <li>
 ‘Two
 Faces of Emotional Aggression: Comparative Reflections on “The
 Civilizing Process”’ Paper presented to the Norbert Elias, Emotional Styles and Historical
 Change: An Interdisciplinary Collaboratory.
 ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Change
 Program, University of Adelaide, 14-15 June 2011
 </li>
 <li>
 
 “Beyond Cricket: Australia–India Evolving Relations” Australian
 Journal of Political Science, Vol. 45, No. 1, (March 2010), pp.
 133–148 (with Purnendra Jain).
 </li>
 <li>
 “Are
 There Political Patterns to Communal Violence in India?” Refereed
 Paper presented at the 18th Biennial Conference of the
 Asian Studies Association of Australia, Adelaide 5-8 July, 2010
 Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Inc and the
 University of Adelaide.  ISBN 978-0-7258-1136-5
 </li>
 <li>
 “Riots,
 Elections and Society: Discerning Social and Political Trends in India
 and Pakistan in Coming Decades” Paper presented at the Institute of
 South Asian Studies (ISAS), University of Singapore, 6th
 International Conference on South Asia, Singapore November 11-12 2010.
 
 </li>
 <li>
 “Old
 Regions, New States: Why Is Governance Weak in the Indus-Ganges
 Plain?” Asian Journal of Political Science Vol. 18, No. 1,
 (April 2010), pp. 20-47.
 </li>
 <li>
 “The
 South Asian Arc of Instability: In Search of Explanations” paper
 presented to the South Asia Seminar, School of Advanced International
 Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C, 23 February, 2009).
 </li>
 <li>
 "Trends
 of Real Income in Tiruchirapalli and the upper Kaveri Delta,
 1819-1980: A Footnote in Honour of Dharma Kumar" Indian Economic
 and Social History Review Vol. 43, No. 3 (July-September, 2006),
 pp.349-364. <a class="western" href="http://www.tandfonline.com/action/verifyEmail?userId=675471&email=peter.mayer%40adelaide.edu.au&expiry=1410911135819&signature=801cdd8615b3e04bf537775853c7b682">http://www.tandfonline.com/action/verifyEmail?userId=675471&email=peter.mayer%40adelaide.edu.au&expiry=1410911135819&signature=801cdd8615b3e04bf537775853c7b682</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 "More
 Than Cricket: Multiple Dimensions of Australia's Relationship with
 India" Refereed Paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the
 Asian Studies Association of Australia, Melbourne 1-4 July, 2008 (with
 Purnendra Jain) (<a class="western" href="http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php%23m">http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php#m</a>).
 </li>
 <li>
 "Is
 North India Violent Because it has an Excess of Males?" Refereed Paper
 presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies
 Association of Australia, Melbourne 1-4 July, 2008 (<a class="western"

 href="http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php#m">http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php#m</a>).
 </li>
 <li>
 'The
 South Asian Arc of Instability: In Search of Explanations', Asia
 Reconstructed: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the
 ASAA, 2006, Wollongong, Australia, 2006 (<a class="western" href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/biennial-conference/2006/proceedings.html%23M">http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/biennial-conference/2006/proceedings.html#M</a>).
 </li>
 <li>
 "Suicide
 in India" Asian Currents (June 2005) <<a class="western" href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/asian-currents-archive/asian-currents-05-06.html">http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/asian-currents-archive/asian-currents-05-06.html</a>>
 </li>
 <li>
 "Modernization
and
 the Male-Female Suicide Ratio in India 1967-1997: Divergence or
 Convergence?" Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 34(2) (Summer,
 2004) pp. 147-159 (with Della Steen). 
 </li>
 <li>
 "The
 Wider Value of Volunteering in South Australia" (2003) A Report
 Prepared for the Office for Volunteers, Department of Premier and
 Cabinet, Government of South Australia <a class="western" href="http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf">http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf
 </a> 
 </li>
 <li>
 "Patterns
 of Suicide by Age and Gender in the Indian States: A Reflection of
 Human Development?" Archives of Suicide Research , 7, (2003),
 pp.1-18 (with Della Steen). 
 </li>
 <li>
 "
 Female Equality and Suicide in the Indian States " Psychological
 Reports , 92, (2003), pp.1022-1028. 
 </li>
 <li>
 "Suicide,
Gender
 and Age Variations in India: Are Women in Indian Society Protected
 from Suicide" Crisis Vol. 23, No.3, pp. 98-103 (2002) (with
 Tahereh Ziaian). 
 </li>
 <li>
 "Indian
 Suicide and Marriage: A Research Note" Journal of Comparative
 Family Studies Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 (Spring, 2002), pp. 297-305.
 (with Tahereh Ziaian) 
 </li>
 <li>
 " <a class="western"

 href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/peter.mayer?dsn=directory.file;field=data;id=37197;m=view">Human Development and Civic Community in India:
 Making Democracy Perform </a>" Economic and
 Political Weekly Vol. XXXVI, No. 8 (24 February, 2001), pp.
 684-692. 
 </li>
 <li>
 "Development,
Gender
 Equality and Suicide Rates" Psychological Reports Vol. 87
 (2000), pp. 367-372. 
 </li>
 <li>
 " <a class="western"

 href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/peter.mayer?dsn=directory.file;field=data;id=37236;m=view">India's Falling Sex Ratios </a>" Population
 and Development Review Volume 25, No. 2 (June, 1999), pp.
 323-343. 
 </li>
 <li>
 [with
 Piers Gillespie & Mona Girgis], " 'This Great Evil': Anticipating
 Political Obstacles to Development" Public Administration and
 Development Vol. 16, No. 5 (December, 1996) pp. 431-453. 
 </li>
 <li>
 [with
 Pal Ahluwalia], "Clash of Civilizations-Or the Balderdash of
 Scholars?," Asian Studies Review , Vol. 18, No. 1 (1994), pp.
 21-30. 
 </li>
 <li>
 "Has
 India's Self-Sufficiency in Agriculture been Achieved at the Expense
 of Social Justice? Reflections on Recent Village Studies in Tamil
 Nadu," South Asia Bulletin , Vol. XII, No. 2 (Fall 1993), pp.
 70-84. 
 </li>
 <li>
 <a class="western"

 href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/peter.mayer?dsn=directory.file;field=data;id=37216;m=view">"Inventing Village Tradition: The late 19th
 Century Origins of the north Indian `Jajmani System',"</a>
 Modern Asian Studies , Vol. 27, Part 2 (1993), pp. 357-395. 
 <h2 class="western" style="margin-left: 0.63cm"> 
 
 </h2>
 </li>
 </ol>
 <h2 class="western">Selected Institutional Research, Policy Papers and
 Commentary</h2>
 <ol>
 <li>
 "India adopts a national Goods and Services Tax … sort of" (with
 Mandar Oak) Asian Currents November, 2017 <a class="western"

 href="http://asaa.asn.au/india-adopts-national-goods-services-tax-sort/">
 http://asaa.asn.au/india-adopts-national-goods-services-tax-sort/</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 
 “India’s ban on cow slaughter: appeasing the BJP Hindu base but
 scoring an economic own goal?”(with Mandar Oak) Asian Currents
 July, 2017 <a class="western" href="http://asaa.asn.au/indias-ban-cow-slaughter-appeasing-bjp-hindu-base-scoring-economic-goal/">http://asaa.asn.au/indias-ban-cow-slaughter-appeasing-bjp-hindu-base-scoring-economic-goal/</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “The
 Modi effect steamrolls New Delhi’s municipal elections” East Asia
 Forum 19th May, 2017 <a class="western" href="http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/05/19/the-modi-effect-steamrolls-new-delhis-municipal-elections/">http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/05/19/the-modi-effect-steamrolls-new-delhis-municipal-elections/</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 
 “Jayalalithaa: death of a political mother goddess” Asian Currents
 14 December, 2016 <a class="western" href="http://asaa.asn.au/jayalalithaa-death-political-mother-goddess/">http://asaa.asn.au/jayalalithaa-death-political-mother-goddess/</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “Mixed
 record calls Modi’s reform credentials into question” Asian
 Currents 17 September, 2016 <a class="western" href="http://asaa.asn.au/mixed-record-calls-modis-reform-credentials-into-question/">http://asaa.asn.au/mixed-record-calls-modis-reform-credentials-into-question/</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “The
 cockatoo and the chickpea” in Gretchen Miller (ed.) In Their
 Branches: Stories from ABC RN’s Trees Project (Sydney:
 HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited, 2015)
 </li>
 <li>
 "The
 Emperor of India: Modi’s first year in office" Asian Currents
 19 June 2015 <a class="western" href="http://asaablog.tumblr.com/post/121876431686/the-emperor-of-india-modis-first-year-in-office">http://asaablog.tumblr.com/post/121876431686/the-emperor-of-india-modis-first-year-in-office</a>
 “Modi’s BJP no longer invincible” with Purnendra Jain East Asia
 Forum February 2015 <a class="western" href="http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/02/25/modis-bjp-no-longer-invincible/">http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/02/25/modis-bjp-no-longer-invincible/</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “Delhi
 voters pick an unconventional winner” with Purnendra Jain East
 Asia Forum Vol. 6, No. 1. 14 January 2014 (<a class="western"

 href="http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/">http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/</a>).
 </li>
 <li>
 
 “Australia Elects a not-so Liberal Liberal Government” Extraordinary
 and Plentipotentiary: Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 7 (October, 2013),
 pp. 16-17. 
 </li>
 <li>
 “Has
 NaMo Come in from the Cold? Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary:
 Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 8 (November, 2013), pp. 29-30.
 </li>
 <li>
 “Delhi
 voters pick an unconventional winner” with Purnendra Jain East
 Asia Forum Vol. 6, No. 1. 14 January 2014 (<a class="western"

 href="http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/">http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/</a>).
 </li>
 <li>
 “Too
 early for bets as India lumbers to a national election” Asian
 Currents, February, 2014 <a class="western" href="http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2014/asian-currents-14-02.pdf">http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2014/asian-currents-14-02.pdf</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “Has
 NaMo Come in from the cold?” Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary
 Diplomatist November, 2013, pp. 29-30 <a class="western" href="http://www.diplomatist.com/dipom11y2013/story011.html">http://www.diplomatist.com/dipom11y2013/story011.html</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 
 “Australia Elects a not-so liberal Liberal Government” The
 Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 7 (October, 2013), pp. 16-7 <a class="western"

 href="http://diplomatist.com/printissue/index.html">http://diplomatist.com/printissue/index.html</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 "India
 gains its rightful place in the Asian century white paper" (with
 Purnendra Jain) The Conversation 29 October 2012 <a class="western"

 href="http://theconversation.edu.au/india-gains-its-rightful-place-in-the-asian-century-white-paper-10331">http://theconversation.edu.au/india-gains-its-rightful-place-in-the-asian-century-white-paper-10331</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “Why
 Australia must not sell uranium to Pakistan” The Conversation
 7/12/2011 <a class="western" href="http://theconversation.edu.au/why-australia-must-not-sell-uranium-to-pakistan-4589">http://theconversation.edu.au/why-australia-must-not-sell-uranium-to-pakistan-4589</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 “The
 Ayodhya Judgement: Good Politics, Bad History? Asian Currents October
 2010 <a class="western" href="http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2010/asian-currents-10-10.pdf">http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2010/asian-currents-10-10.pdf</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 Upward
 Mobility and Social Capital: Building Advantage Through Volunteering
 (with Lou Wilson) (2006) Report prepared for the Office for
 Volunteers, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South
 Australia <a class="western" href="http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/p_UPWARDMOBILITYANDSOCIAL%20CAPITAL.pdf">http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/p_UPWARDMOBILITYANDSOCIAL
 CAPITAL.pdf</a>
 </li>
 <li>
 "The
 Wider Economic Value of Social Capital and Volunteering in South
 Australia" (2003) Report prepared for the Office for Volunteers,
 Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia (<a class="western"

 href="http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf">http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf</a>)
 </li>
 </ol>
 <h2 class="western"> 
 
 </h2>
 <h2 class="western">Recent Media Commentary</h2>
 
 10/04/2017
 
 3/08/2018
 2SER Community Radio with Shean Britten 
 
 
 Assamese citizenship crisis 
 
 7/08/2018 “The Wire” with
 Kate Rafferty 
 
 Assamese citizenship crisis 
 
 10/04/2017
 ABC News 24 TV with Kumi Taguchi
 
 PM Turnbull’s visit to India
 
 
 6/12/2016
 938LIVE Singapore
 Death of Jayalalita
 
 
 22/9/2016
 Nawaz Sharif’s UN speech warning
 international community about rising tensions
 938Live Singapore
 
 
 28/3/2016
 Suicide Bombing in Lahore Park 
 
 Sky Television
 
 
 
 
 30/9/2015
 "Does the Military still rule Pakistan?
 Sean Britten
 2SER in Sydney
 
 
 18/6/2015
 Interview with Pallavi Jain (in Hindi)
 <a class="western" href="http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/en/content/one-lifetime-not-enough-understand-india-dr-peter-mayer">http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/en/content/one-lifetime-not-enough-understand-india-dr-peter-mayer</a>
 9/6/2014
 
 
 Taliban attack on Karachi airport
 ABC News 24 (Television)
 Jane Hutcheon
 
 
 15/5/2015
 "China's Super Power Relations - How do
 you assess the China's relations with Japan,
 India, US and Russia? What developments will bring
 when some of the government officials such as John
 Kerry and Narendra Modi are visiting China?"
 Hugh Chiverton and Danny Gittings
 RTHK Radio 3 (Radio Television Hong Kong)
 
 
 2/5/2014
 “<a class="western" href="http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=11493">Indian
 elections becoming fiercer as voting
 continues</a>  “
 Saskia Edwards
 The Wire
 <a class="western" href="http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=1149">http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=1149</a>
 mp3: <a class="western" href="http://www.thewire.org.au/audio/SACE%20India%20FINAL.mp3">http://www.thewire.org.au/audio/SACE%20India%20FINAL.mp3</a>
 
 
 30/1/2014
 ABC Radio National
 Phillip Adams
 Late Night Live
 Election Watch: India
 <a class="western" href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/election-watch3a--india/5213336">http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/election-watch3a--india/5213336</a>
 
 
 22/11/2013
 <a class="western" href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bushtelegraph/trees-ive-loved/5083466">“</a><a

 class="western" href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bushtelegraph/trees-ive-loved/5083466">The cockatoo and the chickpea”</a>
 Trees I have loved
 Bush Telegraph/360 Documentaries
 ABC Radio National
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