Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

• Public diplomacy and armed conflict
• International dimensions of the Northern Irish conflict
• Sociological and postcolonial approaches to armed conflict
• Society, identity and security

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Public outreach & key achievements

• Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs). Member; Associate Fellow, 2002-2008; Researcher, 2006-2007. https://www.chathamhouse.org/
• Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Researcher, 2004-2005. https://rusi.org/
• ESRC Programme, ‘Domestic Management of Terrorist Attacks’. Researcher, 2002-2004. https://esrc.ukri.org/ 

Research students

PhD Title	The Baloch Radicalization: Trajectories to Insurgency
Name	Mr Tufail Ahmed (Year 2)
Country	Pakistan

 

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title	Marketing, Messaging and the Jihadi threat in 21st century Europe
Name	Dr Anna Kruglova
Country	Russia
Current Position	Programme Leader MA Terrorism and Security, University of Salford
PhD Title	Revisiting the security-development nexus: a critical analysis of the international intervention in Afghanistan
Name	Dr Altea Rivas
Country	Canada
Current Position	Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
PhD Title	Prevent: the preclusive identity politics of British counter-radicalisation policy 2001-2015
Name	Dr Tom Martin
Country	UK
Current Position	Lecturer in International Relations, the Open University

 

 

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• Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research 

• Fellow, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice