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Dr Shane Brighton

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Shane Brighton

Dr Shane Brighton

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Dr Brighton researches the field of relations between armed conflict, identity and society. He has written on the philosophy and sociology of war, terrorism and counterterrorism and contemporary strategic debates. This work has particular relevance for understanding how societal dynamics relate to armed forces and foreign, defence and security policy.

With Professor Tarak Barkawi (LSE) Dr Brighton has sought to develop ‘critical war studies’ as an interdisciplinary field including military history, political sociology and postcolonial theory.

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  • S.Brighton@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3625

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Critical war studies
  • 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 ‘Marketing, Messaging and the Jihadi threat in 21st century Europe’.
Country Russia
   

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Revisiting the security-development nexus: a critical analysis of the international intervention in Afghanistan.
Country Canada
Current Position  Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, York University
   
PhD Title  Prevent: the preclusive identity politics of British counter-radicalisation policy 2001-2015.
Country  UK
Current Position  Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
   

 

 


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