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Antonella Acinapura
Antonella Acinapura
Framing Reality, Choosing the Tactic: The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine during the Second Intifada (2000-2005)

My research examines the role of discursive practices in influencing the choice and evolution of tactics in situations of protracted conflicts, with a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I am particularly interested in the intertwining relationship between contentious politics, framing, and Islamic activism.


Olivia Brabazon
Young people and PEACE: a conflict transformation positioned exploration of EU PEACE Programme

Focusing on its youth programming, I am exploring the EU PEACE 4 Programme through the lens of conflict transformation. 

I ask 3 questions. Firstly, whether the EU PEACE 4 Programme design indicate a desire to engage young people in conflict transformation? Secondly, what conflict transformation related outcomes or processes result from PEACE 4 Programme youth programming? Thirdly, how does a young people priority/theme in the design and delivery of the PEACE 4 Programme contribute to the wider process of conflict transformation in the region? 

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Mylie Brennan
Political Identities of the Good Friday Agreement Generation in Northern Ireland

This project seeks to understand the political identities and motivations of the Good Friday Agreement generation in Northern Ireland. Members of this generation have been raised in a 'post-conflict society' but have experienced several political upheavals, not the least of which was caused by Brexit.

Utilizing semi-structured interviews, this project will explore the interconnected nature of social and individual identity, voting behaviour, and political trends of this generation of young people.

My project is funded by a US Student Fulbright Grant.

I am from a small town in Indiana (USA), and my background is in communication studies. I studied abroad in Ireland during my undergraduate career and became fascinated in the history and culture of Northern Ireland. Communication studies often explores personal and social identity, and much of what I learned often brought Northern Ireland to mind. As the impacts of Brexit began to unravel in Northern Ireland, I became particularly curious about how young people viewed the issues and opportunities presented to them and how their identities impacted their voting behaviour. Queen's was the obvious choice for me given its academic standing and location in Northern Ireland, and receiving full funding through a Fulbright grant provided me with the incredible opportunity to conduct my research at QUB.

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Richard Hargy
The United States Department of State and Northern Ireland 2001 - 2007

How the bureaucratic dynamics of an executive branch of the federal government affected American intervention in the peace process.  This original academic study offers innovative analysis of the US State Department’s role as a third-party actor in foreign conflicts, using Northern Ireland as a case study. 

2001 to 2007 was a critical time, not only for the Northern Ireland peace process but also internationally, with the aftermath of 9/11 and America’s response dominating events. It is within this context that I will examine the State Department’s organisational framework, determining how the sources and operations of decision-making authority affected NI and impacted wider geopolitical events. 

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Meabh McAuley
Women, Daesh & Discourse: A Critical Analysis

My research interests include feminist theory, feminist security studies, gender in international relations, women in ethno-nationalist conflict and women in community development.  Much of my academic research has focused on uncovering the actual roles and ‘public’ contributions of women and the basis for women’s social and political values and views.

My research at undergraduate and MA level focused on women in Northern Ireland and concepts of identity and agency.  My PhD research however, includes an international perspective.  It takes as its case the agency of women from ‘caliphate’ territories governed by Daesh in Syria and Iraq (2013-2016).

In this context, my thesis aims to critically analyse the representations of women that are constructed through UK state and media discourse, as well as Daesh discourses.  As I discussed, it takes as its case the agency of women living in the ‘caliphate’ territories governed by Daesh in Syria and Iraq (2013-2016).  I work from the frame of feminist theorizations of war and security to examine the function and impact of these discourses.  Specifically, I aim to analyse their role in reproducing and legitimizing patriarchal constructions of social reality during periods of war and violent conflict.  Moreover, I employ narrative analysis to examine the ways in which women’s everyday lives and their perceptions, social attitudes and identities are impacted and informed by the discourses outlined.  My research questions are: How are women and their ‘roles’ portrayed in UK state and media discourse, as well as Daesh discourses?  How do these depictions influence social practices, attitudes, and power relations in relation to women?  What impact do such discourses have on women and how are they negotiated and challenged by women?

 

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Ciara McHugh
Ciara McHugh
Returning the Gaze: Protest-Police Relationships through the Lens of Visual Surveillance

Combining Foucauldian Surveillance Studies and Critical Race Theory, this research examines the relational intersections between activists and police through their usage of surveillance technologies. The project delves into the Movement of Black Lives as a case study, through interviews with BLM activists and police officers, as well as discourse analysis of media around these groups' interactions. 

The research is guided by the critical hypothesis that the presence of machines, such as cameraphones and body-worn cameras, have agency that deeply affects human relationships. The project seeks to uncover how these relations ebb and flow through human assumptions about and usages of these technologies.

My project is funded by Leverhulme  Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society (LINCS) https://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI/mitchell-institute/Study/LINCSDoctoralTrainingProgramme/

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Charlene McKibben
Charlene McKibben
Rethinking the Populist Threat: Addressing the Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Case for Agonistic Democracy

My research interests include political thought, populism, democratic theory, deliberative democracy and radical democracy.  My current research will examine the role of populist action in different models of democracy.

This thesis will question if populism is a central component of democracy and what a ‘true democrat’ is.

M.A. Politics, Queen’s University, Belfast (2016)

B.A. History and Politics, Northumbria University (2014)

Awards:

Department for the Economy (DfE) Postgraduate Research Studentship

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Dale Pankhurst
States and 'Pro-Government' Militias: Delegation, Deniability, Acquiescence or Antagonism?

Explaining variation in State-PGM relationships in Northern Ireland, Colombia, and the Philippines.  My PhD research project investigates complexity and variation in state-PGM relationships.  

Taking Northern Ireland, the Philippines, and Colombia as comparative case studies, it will examine the nuanced relationships between state institutions/agencies and counterinsurgent paramilitaries (such as the Ulster Volunteer Force, Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Units, and Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) and how and why these relationships vary between cases and over time.

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Name PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis title Principal Supervisor Secondary Supervisor
Tufail Ahmed The underlying causes for the resurgence of Baloch insurgency in Balochistan, Pakistan and a way forward"  Dr Andrew Thomson Dr Shane Brighton
Humaid Al Kaabi A renewal of international co-operation and compromise: The relative cost-model in International Relations Prof Muiris MacCarthaigh Dr James Pow
Nafja Al-Kuwari QATAR ANTI-CORRUPTION: EXAMINING CURRENT IMPEDIMENTS AND SUGGESTING SUITABLE STRATEGIES TO FIGHT CORRUPTION Prof  Muiris MacCarthaigh Dr Jack Taggart
Jack Armstrong Voting in Northern Ireland: Explaining Electoral Developments Before and After 1998 Dr Elodie Fabre Dr James Pow
Jennifer Arthur Identifying Diversity in Irish Nationalism: A study of Irish Identity in the Gaelic Athletic Association Prof Richard English Dr Margaret O'Callaghan
Olivia Brabazon The role of the EU PEACE Programmes in supporting conflict transformation for young people on the island of Ireland Prof Cathal McCall Mr Dirk Schubotz
Mylie Brennan Political Identities of the Good Friday Agreement Generation in Northern Ireland  Dr Peter McLoughlin Prof Cathal McCall
Patrick Brown Social Liberal Peacebuilding and the case for a Universal Basic Income as a Peace Dividend for Northern Ireland. Prof John Barry Dr Peter Doran
Kathryn Cribbin Evaluating the effectiveness of co-operation between the Irish and the Northern Irish police against cross-border paramilitary threats, 1956 to 2021 Prof Richard English Dr Margaret O'Callaghan
Oliver Donnelly “Playing with Fire? Monitoring and engineering political content in video games” Dr Michael Bourne Dr Kieran McLaughlin
Sean Fearon Harnessing the Potential of Green Public Finance in Ireland – a Case Study for a Green New Deal Transformation/decarbonisation of the All-Ireland Electricity Grid  Prof John Barry Dr Stefan Andreasson
Muhammad Feyyaz The Persistence of Terrorism: Global Dynamics and the Case of Pakistan Prof Richard English Dr Andrew Thomson
(John) Barry Finnegan Research area: Green political theory, heterodox political economy, politics and international relations. Working research title: 'Embedded Neoliberalism and EU Trade and Investment Policy in the Anthropocene: an Ecosocialist Critique'. Prof John Barry Prof Lee McGowan
Matthew Foster Europeanisation and Democratization: Comparing the effects of regional integration on democratisation in in the EU and ASEAN Dr David Phinnemore Dr So Hyun Lee
Daryll Galloghly ‘A Treatise on Political Violence in South Armagh in the 1920s and 1970s ’  Dr Margaret O'Callaghan Prof Richard English
Karli Gibson Automation and Responsibility: Racialized Political Judgements at the Border Dr Michael Bourne Dr Deepak Padmanabhan
Richard Hargy The United States Department of State and Northern Ireland 2001 - 2007: How the bureaucratic dynamics of an executive branch of the federal government affected American intervention in the peace process. Prof Richard English Dr Peter McLoughlin
Sean Heron “Fields of Possibility; Northern Ireland’s Rural Environment after Brexit” Prof Lee McGowan Dr Viviane Gravey
Sydney Holt Ethnicity, Identity, and the Census: EU Identity Categories and their Political and Social Effects on Roma Citizens in Southeast Europe Dr Heather Johnson Dr Timofey Agarin
Patrick Hughes Brexit and the Fantasy of a Frictionless Border Prof Debbie Lisle Dr Katy Hayward
Juneseo Hwang Where Peacebuilding and Rewilding Intersect: Post-Agreement Northern Ireland and Environmental Peacebuilding along the Border. Prof John Barry Dr John Karamichas
Mazen Iwaisi Landscape Archaeology as Politicised Space in Palestine (West Bank) Dr Michael Bourne Dr Audrey Horning
Jagoe Neale Football Allegiances in Deeply Divided Societies  Dr Dominic Bryan Prof Sean O'Connell
Keysha Jaime Responding to Climate Migration: Engaging with Pacific Perspectives Dr Heather Johnson Prof John Barry
Eoghan Kelly The decline of Duverger? The impact of devolution on party systems in the United Kingdom's regions. Dr Elodie Fabre Dr James Pow
Darren Litter European integration and British-Irish intergovernmentalism: inextricably intertwined? Prof Cathal McCall Dr Elodie Fabre
Cian Luddy "He is /our guy/" - Trump's Securitizing Moves and the Alt-Right Online Public Dr Michael Bourne Dr Kieran McLaughlin
Konstantin Macher Programming Security Ethics in Cyber-Physical Systems Dr Michael Bourne Dr Kieran McLaughlin
Noel Martin How far do policing experiences in Northern Ireland from 1967 to 1998 provide insights that can be of high value, for those looking at post - 9/11 policing, in divided societies such as Afghanistan? Prof Richard English Dr Margaret O'Callaghan
Emma McAllister Human data interacton: How can an individual's agency and negotiability be supported in the era of big data and pervasive computing? Prof  Muiris MacCarthaigh Dr Deepak Padmanabhan
Meabh McAuley  'Women, Daesh & Discourse: A Critical Analysis'. Dr Heather Johnson Dr Birgit Schippers 
Calum McGeown Green Republicanism, the State and the Planetary Crisis: A Critical Analysis of the Post-Growth, Post-Carbon State Prof John Barry Dr Stefan Andreasson
Ciara McHugh Returning the Gaze: Global perspectives on the impact of surveillance technology in police-community relations  Prof Debbie Lisle Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon
Damian McIlroy Climate Breakdown, Crisis Capitalism and the Challenge of Brexit: An Eco- Socialist Perspective on the Role of Trade Union Agency in Social Partnership to promote a 'Just Transition' beyond 'Actually Existing Unsustainability' in N Prof John Barry Dr Stefan Andreasson
Brendan McKee Nationalism and Secessionism in the UK  Prof Richard English Dr Peter McLoughlin
Charlene McKibben Rethinking the Populist Threat: Addressing the Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Case for Agonistic Democracy.  Dr Keith Breen Dr Cillian McBride
Ryan McLean The Rise of Green China? A Multi-Level Perspective Study of Sino-Global South Energy Relations. Dr Stefan Andreasson Dr So Hyun Lee
John Mooney 'For Men and Ulster'?: Post-Agreement Loyalism, Patriarchy and Identity Prof John Barry Dr Margaret O'Callaghan
Stephen Murray Multilateralism in an Era of Complex Crises: How Enhanced Cooperation From Stakeholders Can Address Multi-dimensional Threats to Peace and Security in the Sahel  Prof Alister Miskimmon Dr Michael Bourne
Frances Neilson The British and the Irish Question: Historical Perceptions and the Contemporary Crisis  Dr Peter McLoughlin Dr Margaret O'Callaghan
Matthew O'Neill The ‘Border Porotype’: Understanding Europe’s New Frontier the Digital Single Market Prof Cathal McCall Prof Sakir Sezer
Dale Pankhurst Are “Pro-Government” Militias (PGMs) not simply Autonomous Counter-Insurgent Organisations? A Comparative Assessment of Relationships between PGMs and Nation-States in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Colombia  Dr Andrew Thomson Dr Michael Bourne
Jaeim Park An ecofeminist perspective on green republican state in a degrowth world Prof John Barry Dr Keith Breen
Charles Pearson Applying Critical Security Theory to Military Rescue Operations in Times of Humanitarian Crisis: How Irregular Migration Policy Has Transformed in the Modern Political Sphere  Prof Alister Miskimmon Dr Michael Bourne
Gail Ritchie Confronting Commemoration: Visuality, Aesthetics and Multiplicity as Concepts for a Troubles Memorial Prof Debbie Lisle Dr Margaret O'Callaghan
Niall Robb "The influence of non-starters actors on the outcome of the UK's EU withdrawal negotiations: the Ireland/Northern Ireland dimension" Dr David Phinnemore Prof Lee McGowan
Séverine Robert A degrowth critique of orthodox political economy: support for undifferentiated economic growth as an elite and minority ideology in the island of Ireland Prof John Barry
Michael Sharry "How will citizenship develop on the island of Ireland in the wake of Brexit and the NI Protocol?" Prof Cathal McCall Dr Margaret O'Callaghan
Callum Smith ‘Drones and the Posthuman Composition of Chinese Security (Atmo)spheres’ Prof Debbie Lisle Dr Chenchen Zhang
Louise Taylor Nature and Mental Health in the Anthropocene. A Grounded Theory Study.  Prof John Barry Dr Peter Doran
Yi Wei Wen A Renewal of International Co-Operation and Compromise: The Relative Cost-Model in International Relations  Prof Alister Miskimmon Dr Stefan Andreasson
Eleanor Williams The Dark Side of Peace: Were the state’s intelligence activities in Northern Ireland and Colombia ethical, and did those activities have an impact on the peace processes? Prof Richard English Dr Andrew Thomson

 

 

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