Introduction
Dr Baron is an Associate Professor in the School of Government and International Relations and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Jewish Culture, Society and Politics at Durham University. His research explores different ways that we experience international politics in our everyday lives. To date, he has written on post-truth politics, the Jewish Diaspora's relationship with Israel, and the international cultural politics of Israeli cuisine. In addition, he has written on violence, the ethics of war, identity and security, and International Relations theory. He has held visiting posts at the London School of Economics, the University of British Columbia, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Expert
Dr Baon holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and. was post-doctoral researcher at the Institut Barcelona D’Etudis Internacionals, He also has an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA (Hons) from the University of Victoria.
His work has:
1. Focused on the different political spaces in which we experience international politics, such as the role of Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolt or the phenomenological role that Israel plays in being-Jewish-in-the-world today;
2. Addressed how methodology functions as a political practice shaping the way that people experience and interpret the politics of a post-truth era;
3. Developed a phenomenological theory of violence that provides an account of the displacement of physical violence in liberal society;
4. Explored how popular culture (re)produces or “makes” international politics by serving as a site in which we experience international relations.
In pursuing these avenues of enquiry, Dr Baron has produced a vibrant research programme that seeks to undermine conventional understandings of International Relations theory, interrogate the role of Israel in Jewish communities, question how we conceptualize violence, and why International Relations, as a field, needs to change if it is to accommodate the contemporary post-truth challenge to politics. He is a contributor to the Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies, and to date has been single author of 3 books, co-authored another, published over a dozen articles, and multiple book chapters.
Fields of expertise: Culture, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Social change / social transformations