Dr. Siobhan Byrne is the inaugural Director of the Institute for Intersectionality Studies / L'institut d'études sur l'intersectionnalité and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Byrne’s research and teaching are in the areas of feminist anti-war activism and peacebuilding in societies transitioning from conflict, with a special focus on Northern Ireland and Palestine/Israel. Dr. Byrne earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Queen’s University and held a postdoctoral fellowship at University College Dublin, Ireland.