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Research
PhD Degrees
The Richardson Institute is an excellent place to conduct PhD research on topics linked to peace and conflict studies. The Institute is the oldest established Peace Research Centre in Britain and is dedicated to pioneering teaching and research. The Institute is part of the Department of Politics, Philosophy & Religion at Lancaster University and a member of the University’s Arts and Social Sciences Faculty, which is one of the best in the UK.
Areas of Specialisation
The Richardson Institute invites PhD applications in the general area of Peace and Conflict research. The Institute staff, (Feargal, Nina and Amalendu) would particularly welcome applications linked to our areas of research specialisation. These include the following:
- Feargal is particularly interested in supervising PhD research within
the following areas: The impact of Diaspora communities on emerging
peace processes -including specific case studies of Diaspora populations
as agents of peace/violence in the 21st Century.
- The role of civil society as an agent of conflict prevention/conflict
transformation -including theoretical and empirical studies of civil society
and its limitations as an agency of peace/conflict.
- The political conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland. - Nina would be particularly interested in supervising projects in the following areas: Elite behaviour in ethnic conflicts; ethnic parties; preconditions for conflict management; conflict financing; ethnic conflicts in post-communist states; ethnic conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and the Caucasus.
- Amalendu’s primary research is concentrated around the intersection of theories of ethnicity and ethno-nationalist conflict in deeply divided societies. His subsidiary interest is focused on theories of nationalism, religious radicalism and civil wars. The above preoccupation also allows us to look at the linkages between conflict and peace within a broad framework. Amalendu welcome PhD applications from curious and promising research students wishing to develop a structure of study within the above areas.
This is merely a guideline (rather than an exhaustive list) relating to our particular research interests. If your proposed research project does not fit neatly into the above categories, and you are interested in PhD research within the Institute, please contact the Director at f.cochrane@lancaster.ac.uk to discuss your project in more detail.
For further details about doing your PhD in the Richardson Institute and for information about the applications procedure, please see the PhD page of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University.
Our current and recent research projects include:
- Contemporary Peace Processes
- Conflict Resolution Theory
- Emergent Conflicts, Peaceful Change and Deep Conflict Prevention
- Peace-building in Kosovo
The Role of the Third Sector in Northern Ireland - Ethnic Accommodation in Estonia and Ukraine
- Intra-Party Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Israeli Society
- The role of Derry in the Troubles in Ireland
- The transformation of Sinn Fein
the role of the US in the N Ireland peace process - peacebuilding in the Jordan-Israel case
- conflict and conflict resolution in Southwest Ethiopia
- The Roma, policies towards Roma and transnational norms on minority rights
- Global Mobility and Diaspora Communities: Irish-America, September 11th and the 'War on Terror'.
- The pastoralist conflicts in N Kenya: prospects for conflict resolution
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