PhD Profiles
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 |