Staff
Dr Andy Mullen
Andy’s research interests include European integration and the British Left; European welfare states and the European social model; the Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model of media performance; state and corporate propaganda.
Dr Anna Mclean
Dr Arantza Gomez Arana
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Ariane Bogain
My research focuses on terrorism and counterterrorism in France, with a particular interest on how women involved in political violence are portrayed and understood. Alongside my academic work, I also provide media commentary on the evolving and often turbulent world of French politics. I have been a regular contributor to France 24 and TRT since 2017 to discuss French politics. I have covered all the elections and the main crises of the past 10 years (including the Yellow Vest, Covid, the Pension protests, the farmers’ protests and the recent political instability). I have also appeared in Al-Jazeera, Sky News, and the Fox network, and contributed to written comments to various media, including CNN, Australian newspapers, and Spanish online news sites.
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Prof Helena Farrand Carrapico
Dr Kirsten Haack
My research focuses on international organisations and international order, specifically around the UN. Previously, I have published on leadership in the UN, focussing on the UN Secretary-General and women, today I research the visual and material construction of international community, and the dismantling and resilience of the liberal international order.
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Dr Leonie Jackson
My research explores the intersections of discourse, identity, and political violence, with a particular focus on how racialised and gendered narratives shape understandings of and responses to terrorism, counterterrorism, and security. My work spans the representation of politically violent women, the lived experience of gendered Islamophobia, the securitisation of Muslim communities, the religious soft power strategies of states, and the ideological underpinnings of counterterrorism strategies.
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Dr Rachael Chapman
Rachael’s research interests and expertise focus on public policy and governance, with particular emphasis on issues of representation, democratic legitimacy, partnership, community participation and power. She has ongoing research interests and expertise on partnership working and engagement between statutory partners and the faith and voluntary & community sectors.
Dr Siobhan Daly
Siobhan’s research focuses broadly on civil society, with a particular interest in philanthropy. In recent years, she has completed projects on community foundations and the roles of charitable foundations in Europe and internationally. Her current research interests include: women and philanthropy; philanthropy and higher education, and exploring the impact of ‘new’ methods and approaches to philanthropy.
Dr Xander Kirke