Jake Lynch (born 1965) is a journalist, academic, novelist and poet, and a scholarly authority within the fields of

peace journalism Peace journalism is a style and theory of reporting that aims to treat stories about war and conflict with balance, in contrast to war journalism, which peace journalism advocates say display a bias toward violence. The theory proposes practica ...

and

peace research Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviors as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts), to understand those processes which lead t ...

. He is an academic with the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

Mind Over Murder
his detective story set in contemporary Oxford and co-authored with Annabel McGoldrick, is published by Next Chapter. His debut novel, ''Blood on the Stone'', an historical mystery thriller set in Oxford in 1681, was published by Unbound Books. Jake cameraman

Education

Lynch attended

Cardiff University Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...

, where he completed a BA degree in English (First Class Honours) in 1988 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies (Distinction) with Cardiff University in 1989. He subsequently attended City University, London, where he completed a PhD degree in 2008.

Professional career

Lynch worked as a journalist for two decades (from 1989), including as Sydney Correspondent for ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'', a Political Correspondent in London for

Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of ...

and as a television newsreader with

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

. Since 2007, he has worked in academia, and currently holds the position of Associate Professor within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at

Sydney University The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University, and later Chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the university. Lynch has also previously served as Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association, and has held visiting professorships and fellowships with the universities of Coventry, Cardiff, Bristol and Johannesburg. Lynch has since turned towards creative writing, with a debut novel published in 2019 and a detective story in 2025. His poetry appears in literary journals.

Honours and awards

Lynch has received numerous awards, most recently the Luxembourg Peace Prize for his work in

Activism

Lynch has been active in

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

campaigns, in the

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel. Its objective is to pressure Israel to meet what the BDS movement describes as Israel's ...

(BDS) campaign, and in campaigns for Palestinian rights. In 2013,

Shurat HaDin Shurat HaDin (Hebrew: שורת הדין), also Israel Law Center (ILC), is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Tel Aviv in 2003. Shurat HaDin has been described as a civil rights organization. However, it has also been ac ...

, an Israeli NGO, commenced legal action in the

Federal Court of Australia The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law (with the exception of family law matters), along with some summary (less serious) and indictable (mo ...

against Lynch, alleging a breach of Australia's anti-racism laws over Lynch's active support for the BDS campaign. The case, however, was subsequently dismissed by His Honour Justice Alan Robertson, with costs in favour of Lynch.''Shurat HaDin, Israel Law Center v Lynch''

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Bibliography

* Lynch, J. and Annabel McGoldrick (2025) ''Mind Over Murder''. London: Next Chapter. * Lynch, J. (2019) ''Blood on the Stone''. London: Unbound Books. * Lynch, J. (2017). Terrorism, the "Blowback" thesis and the UK media. ''Peace Review'', 29(4), pp. 443–449. * Lynch, J. (2017). News coverage, peacemaking and peacebuilding. In Robinson, Piers; Seib, Philip; Frohlich, Romy (eds.), ''Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security,'' (pp. 197–209). Abingdon: Routledge. * Lynch, J. (2018) Foreword. ''Peace Journalism Principles and Practices,'' (pp. xv-xvii). New York: Routledge. * Lynch, J. (2018). Where I stand on peace journalism and the academic boycott of Israel. ''Conflict and Communication'', 17(1), pp. 1–4. * Lynch, J. (2018). Peace Journalism. ''Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication: Journalism Studies.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Lynch, J. (2019). Public Service Broadcasting and Security Issues: The Case of 'Blowback'. In Shaw, Ibrahim Seaga; Selvarajah, Senthan (eds.), ''Reporting Human Rights, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding: Critical and Global Perspectives,'' (pp. 85–101). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. * Hussain, S., Lynch, J. (2019). Identifying peace-oriented media strategies for deadly conflicts in Pakistan. ''Information Development'', 35(5), pp. 703–713. * Lynch, J. (2014) ''A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict''. New York: Routledge. * Lynch, J. (2008) ''Debates in Peace Journalism''. Sydney: Sydney University Press. * Lynch, J. and Annabel McGoldrick (2005) ''Peace Journalism''. Stroud: Hawthorn Press.

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