Patrick joined the Department in September 2017 and primarily teaches strategic studies. Although his research interests are varied, the primary areas of concern are terrorism and military sociology, particularly the potential overlap between the two. Patrick's work has focused on applying cohesion studies, particularly professionalism, to non-state actors in an effort to explain their development. Prior to joining the Department of Politics and International Relations at Reading, Patrick taught a number of topics and the University of Exeter. These included: American Politics, Strategic Studies, Rising Powers: peace and conflict, and the Changing Character of Warfare. He also designed and produced a Strategic Studies module for the University of Hertfordshire. Patrick has also contributed to military education 'short courses' based on his research on Counter Insurgency and Terrorism in Northern Ireland. These courses have included serving military personnel and defence related civil servants. Patrick has been involved with a number of events which seek to introduce students to real world applications of strategy and attempts to devise solutions to real world problems. Most successful of these has been Grand Challenges where students have been given the resources they needed to understand and provide solutions for real life problems. Some of these solutions have been suggested to the government for consideration. Through his research Patrick has also directly engaged with many former combatants from the Northern Irish Troubles. These have included former military and paramilitary. Particular groups have been the Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Association as well as former Republican prisoners groups. Patrick has also provided insight for those supporting government select committees and the media.

Anthropology and sociology, IHEID

I am a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Bristol and an external research fellow at The Centre of Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT) at the University of Nottingham. I obtained my PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2017 and the title of my thesis was "Essays in Poverty and Household Analysis in Africa". I have a number of ongoing research on a range of topics including; how growth has translated to poverty reduction across Sub-Saharan African countries, the use of pseudo-panel estimation techniques on household surveys, the effect of household income diversification on welfare in Uganda and Tanzania, and the analysis of agricultural production in Tanzania. I have previously held positions as a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, a Visiting Scholar Intern at the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER) in Ghana, and as a Research Assistant at the Bank of England.

Malu A. C. Gatto is Assistant Professor of Latin American Politics at the Institute of the Americas at University College London (UCL). Previously, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich. Gatto's work explores questions about women's political representation and participation, gendered political behavior and policy-making with a regional focus on Latin America, especially Brazil. Her academic research has been published in the JPLA and PS. She has also provided analysis on Brazilian politics and women's political representation for, among others, the Financial Times, the Washington Post, the BBC, and El País. She holds a BA from Barnard College (2011), and an MSc (2012) and DPhil (2016) from the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford.