My name is Gearoid Millar, and I am a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of both the MSc in Peace and Conflict Studies and the MSc in Policy Evaluation at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. My research uses an Ethnographic Peace Research approach to examine local experiences of international interventions for peace, justice, and development. I have published research analysing the complex and unpredictable interactions (characterised by Hybridity and Friction) between international peacebuilding interventions and local communities and individuals who experience those interventions.
Fields of expertise: Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Monitoring and evaluation, Participation, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation
