Conflict, Peace, and Security

Overview

Although power and conflict reside within all social and political relations, the recent structural changes resulting from the globalisation, deep economic crisis and the end of a post war Manichean world order have presented ongoing analyatical challenges. The transformation of the nation-state, the resurgence of nationalism, ethnic conflict and identity politics, the expansion of populist and neo-liberal policies, the continuing exploitation of vulnerable groups and the emergence of new forms of political attachment and violence have reaffirmed the importance of the study of power, social conflict and political ideologies. One of the key research strengths of the School is its devotion to in-depth analysis of these central problems of contemporary life. This work spans a range of specific topics and utilises the tools of both classical and contemporary social and political analysis.

Contact

For further information on current and future research activities of this group, key publications and postgraduate research opportunities, please contact the convenor.

Cluster Themes

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Cluster Projects

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Cluster Members

Niall Ó Dochartaigh
Personal Professor: Politics of conflict in Northern Ireland, new technologies and conflict, nationalism and territoriality, negotiated settlements of conflict.

Kevin Ryan
Lecturer: How the ordering of society (past and present) institutes specific modes of inclusion and exclusion, and in particular the ways in which contemporary discourses of ’social exclusion’ – a relatively new category of social thought and political action – have recorded long-standing problems relating to inequality, poverty and domination.