Andrew Richardson

Dr Andrew Richardson is the Senior Academic Research Officer at the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC). He was awarded a PhD from the University of Tasmania in 2005, and contributed entries to The Companion to Tasmanian History (2005) during his postgraduate years. Between 2007 and 2018 Andrew was an historian at the Australian Army History Unit, Department of Defence. In 2018 he was seconded to the Official History Project at the Australian War Memorial, where he co-authored the (forthcoming) volume on Australian peacekeeping operations in East Timor 2000–2012 with Dr William Westerman. In May 2022 Andrew joined the AARC, where he has undertaken research and academic content review to support the work of Army’s Future Land Warfare Branch. Outside of research in the AARC, Andrew maintains an interest in the Great War to explore the lessons it continues to hold for modern military practitioners.