Very excited to co-organise the online conference and data sprint “Witnessing and Justice in Data-Based Research” with War Sensing project (ENS), the Telegram Archive of War (Center for Urban History) and @dcu-conflict.bsky.social on 31/03-1/04. See details of programme and how to register here:
She built an innovative database of geolocated conflict data from #SouthSudan, and revealed different patterns in direct and indirect forms of violence against civilians. Thanks to examiners, Prof Thomas Chadefaux and Prof Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social and my co-supervisor, Dr Caitriona Dowd
Post viva photo
Congratulations to Angela Garvey, who passed her PhD viva with flying colours in @dublincityuni.bsky.social. Her thesis title is "Expanding the Scope of Harm: Understanding Different Modalities of Violence Against Civilians in South Sudan".
@dcu-conflict.bsky.social
Condemning. Condemning again. Condemning louder. 🇸🇩💔
Without action, condemnation is just noise.
Sudan doesn’t need words. It needs consequences.
The UAE must be stopped. But money buys silence. 💰🤮
🔗 news.un.org/en/story/202...
Poster
Panel discussion next Wednesday (18th Feb) at 14.00 in @dublincityuni.bsky.social looking at US intervention in Venezuela and Greenland. Room CG04. Speakers include Dr Eleanor Williams, @drandrewforde.bsky.social, @kenmcdonagh.bsky.social, Prof Gary Murphy, and @waltkilroy.bsky.social
Peace Studies Section: Classroom-Based Engaged Learning. Friday, Feb 6, 2026. 3 PM - 4:30 PM (ET). 8 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC). ISA logo. Background: Lighthouse on rocky coast.
Many #EarlyCareerScholars never receive the critical training in #Pedagogy & #Teaching they need to navigate the #Academia #Classroom. Join us for an interactive series of workshops on teaching #Peace & #Conflict studies. Register for session four: buff.ly/XKloUou
Minister speaking
Programme cover
Panel discussion
Reflecting on 20 years since the founding of the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence and the ongoing work to tackle #GBV. So important to keep this high on the agenda
Dr David Keane, DELI Member, will speak this week at the UN Forum on Minority Issues at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, presenting a new handbook on Minority Rights Jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, commissioned and published by the Tom Lantos Institute.
Dr Walt Kilroy
Why is Sudan back in the news again?
As the country's brutal war takes a new turn, the latest atrocities unleashed on the Sudanese population have been truly shocking.
Piece by Dr @waltkilroy.bsky.social, @dcu-conflict.bsky.social, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3WRqtCN
Exhibition posters
Great to friends and colleagues represented in this Black Voices Exhibition in @dublincityuni.bsky.social recently. Visibility, recognition, and inclusion. And most importantly, their own words as well as their beautiful images
PI Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social and postdoc
@cjnicoson.bsky.social presented about ‘continuums of violence’ in #WPS. Thanks, @dcu-irgs.bsky.social and @dcu-conflict.bsky.social for hosting us as at the October conference 'Conflict, gender and human security – Where are we? Where are we going?'
DCU has conferred the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) on the Pultizer Prize winning @nytimes.com journalist @declanwalsh.bsky.social.
From #Ballina, Co #Mayo, he began his career in the @businesspost.bsky.social and studied at UCD and DCU.
Read: launch.dcu.ie/3WiSvXG
Appalling testimony (but not surprising) of the atrocities being committed right now in El Fasher in #Sudan by the #RSF. Meanwhile the UAE escapes scrutiny as its main backer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mass killing of civilians seen in Sudanese city of El Fasher now after it is overrun by RSF forces
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Conference
Great keynote by Dr Shirley Graham at a conference on #womenpeaceandsecurity 25 years on from #SCR1325, along with other interesting speakers. Organised in DCU by @dcu-conflict.bsky.social and @dcu-irgs.bsky.social
Panel
Cover of the plan
Outgoinchair of the Oversight Group, Nora Owen, speaking at the launch
Great panel at the launch of Ireland's Fourth National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security #WPS Intersectionality in action. With well-deserved recognition for outgoing chair of the Oversight Group, Nora Owen. assets.ireland.ie/documents/Fi...
Appreciate Senator Tom Clonan’s review of my new book in The Irish Times.
"Unfinished Empire" shows how Russian imperialism has shaped the fate of its neighbours, from the tsarist conquests to Soviet domination and today’s relentless aggression.
Closing date is Monday (18th) for the conference in October on #SCR1325
Conference on 23-24 October in @dublincityuni.bsky.social to mark 25 years since UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women Peace & Security. Organised by us & @dcu-irgs.bsky.social. Abstracts by Mon 18 Aug: www.dcu.ie/conflict-ins...
@shelleydeane.bsky.social @arpitac.bsky.social @debbieging.bsky.social
Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) International Relations and Area Studies Specialist Group – 2025 PSAI Annual Conference - University of Galway
Call for Papers in IR & Area Studies @psaireland.bsky.social Annual Conference, 17-19 Oct 2025, hosted by @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Please submit your abstract (max. 200 words) with title, authors & affiliations to markus.pauli@dcu.ie @dcu-conflict.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social by 29 June.
Today Kenyan civil society organisations have called upon the Kenyan government and the UN security council to take action following our reporting with the Daily Nation. We found Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces depot in Sudan. pressrelease.co.ke/news/375
The title of the thesis is "Identity narrative and constitutional flux: Nationalist and unionist civil society perspectives on Irish unification"
Candidate, supervisor, and examiners in DCU
Congratulations to Ciarán Hartley who passed his PhD viva today at @dublincityuni.bsky.social. The examiners were @mairebraniff.bsky.social and @donnachadcu.bsky.social and his supervisor was @johndoyle.bsky.social
Every day. Deliberate massacres of unarmed, starving civilians. The world does nothing. A shame on all of us.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Photo by Tero Vesalainen on iStock
A majority of Irish people are either extremely or very interested in news, according to the annual Digital News Report Ireland 2025, published today by Coimisiún na Meán
@cnam-ie.bsky.social.
Analysis of the Irish data is provided by DCU FuJo @fujomedia.bsky.social.
Read: launch.dcu.ie/3FQ8LuB
This was an exceptionally good piece of research, on the experiences of enforced encampment policies, seen from the perspective of both refugees and host communities. It looked at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, which is now home to nearly 300,000 people.
Gordon and his supervisors
Congratulations to Dr Gordon Ogutu who passed his PhD viva without any corrections at all at
@dublincityuni.bsky.social today. Many thanks to my fellow examiner Dr Rachel Hoare, and congratulations also to supervisors Dr Agnes Maillot and @fionamur.bsky.social
Opportunity for a post-doctoral researcher working at @dcu-conflict.bsky.social and Ulster University on the North-South Research Programme, about the all-Ireland economy. Applications by 30th May
www.dcu.ie/conflict-ins...
"I’m particularly concerned by the laws being introduced in high emitting states to restrict the right to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful protest," said #DCUClimate2025 keynote speaker Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Conference venue
Relevant, informed and insightful as always: international affairs conference at @ria.ie. Regulating AI, cultural paths to peace, and malignant narcissism in politics are among the many topics explored
