Kieran Mcconaghy
Lecturer
School of International Relations
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom
Biography
Kieran McConaghy is a Lecturer with the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) in the School of International Relations with a specialisation in ethno-nationalist political violence, nationalism in Ireland and the United Kingdom, and state responses to terrorism and political violence.
Research Interest
the Northern Ireland conflict and political violence in Ireland more generally ethno-nationalist political violence the politics of independence and separatist movements counter-terrorism Irish, Scottish and British politics and history.
Publications
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K. McConaghy, ‘Emotions, the State, and the Effectiveness of Ethnonationalist Terrorism’, in D. Muro, When Does Terrorism Work?, London: Routledge, 2017.
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K. McConaghy, Terrorism and the State, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
