Introduction
Dylan O’Driscoll is an Associate Professor (Research) at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) and Associate Senior Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). His work bridges academia and policy and focuses on the drivers of conflict and pathways to peace. He is particularly interested in understanding people’s behaviour in relation to acts of peace and conflict at the everyday level.
Prior to joining CTPSR Dylan was Director of the MENA Programme and Senior Researcher at SIPRI. He previously held the Conflict Research Fellowship at the Social Science Research Council; was Associate at the LSE Middle East Centre; was a Researcher and Lecturer at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at the University of Manchester; was a Research fellow at the Middle East Research Institute (MERI) in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and a Visiting Researcher at the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM), in Warsaw, Poland. He has a PhD in Ethnopolitics from the University of Exeter.
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Dylan O’Driscoll is an Associate Professor (Research) at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) and Associate Senior Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). His work bridges academia and policy and focuses on the drivers of conflict and pathways to peace. He is particularly interested in understanding people’s behaviour in relation to acts of peace and conflict at the everyday level.
Prior to joining CTPSR Dylan was Director of the MENA Programme and Senior Researcher at SIPRI. He previously held the Conflict Research Fellowship at the Social Science Research Council; was Associate at the LSE Middle East Centre; was a Researcher and Lecturer at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at the University of Manchester; was a Research fellow at the Middle East Research Institute (MERI) in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and a Visiting Researcher at the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM), in Warsaw, Poland. He has a PhD in Ethnopolitics from the University of Exeter.
Fields of expertise: Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Participation