Dr. Andrew Stewart

Biography

Andrew Stewart is a military historian who primarily focuses on World War research and contemporary security and defense issues. He serves as an Honorary Professor at the Strategic Defence Studies Centre and is engaged in a research project titled 'Staff Rides Simulation Learning Medium Higher Level Education Continuing Professional Development' alongside Garth Pratten. Stewart completed his undergraduate degree and doctorate in War Studies at King's College London from 1991 to 2001. He has taught for twenty years in the Defence Studies Department of a university, and from 2014 to 2017, he was seconded as the Director of Academic Studies at the Royal College of Defence Studies, acting as an advisor to the three-star civilian commandant. In 2020, he was appointed Professor of War Studies at the Australian National University and is currently the Head of the Conflict Research Centre for Historical Analysis of Conflict (CHACR), a think-tank for the British Army. Notable qualifications include a PhD and memberships such as Trustee of the Society of Military History. He lives in Oxford with his wife Joanne, a Senior Public Servant.

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