Aoife McCullough
Research Associate
Aoife is currently a Research Associate with the Global Risks and Resilience programme. Her core area of expertise lies in political economy and social analysis in conflict-affected environments. She has used these skills to lead conflict and governance analyses in Niger, Mali, South Sudan, Pakistan and Liberia for donors and NGOs. Her analysis has been used by DFID and USAID to inform multi-million governance programmes, and by NGOs such as the Norwegian Refugee Council to inform humanitarian interventions.
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While a Research Fellow with ODI's Politics and Governance programme, Aoife led a multi-country series of case studies exploring the link between service delivery and state legitimacy as part of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium. She is currently a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics, focusing on the presence of foreign militaries and state legitimacy in Niger. She holds an MSc in Anthropology and Development from the London School of Economics and a BA in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin.
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22 JanRT @abbaseidik: #Boko Haram : Voici la couverture du second livre sur Boko Haram que je cosigne avec mon fils Abdoulkader. « Pour comprendr…- 20 JanRT @HEBobiwine: Day Six under house arrest and we're still stuck with an 18 months old baby who had paid a visit to her auntie (my wife ) b…
- 28 DecElections in #Niger are being hailed as the first peaceful transfer of power since independence. This is ✅ but let'… https://t.co/lEmyMYtIav
- 17 DecAt £25,000, its a fairly small grant from UNICEF but sobering all the same. https://t.co/7BUQNyhdDP
- 04 DecGreat to get a chapter included in this book. Co-authoring can be tricky but I learned lots from @mabsaed,… https://t.co/abhXXTDvi3
- 04 DecRT @aurelientobie: I have a number of issues with this analysis of #jnim and the katiba macina in #mali. The paper presents a number of 'fi…
- 23 NovHow Vodafone is involved in blocking texts that mention the opposition in Tanzania #Globalbritain https://t.co/F33x9rn0ty
- 28 OctUN agency ToR: Up to 41 million young people under 25 years of age in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and the… https://t.co/oYYh29j7KL
- 19 Oct"The judicial branch remains one of the most understudied institutions of public office from the perspective of wom… https://t.co/C3UElg6S1V
- 19 OctSome great reflections on how to present findings to the people that we research: ‘How is your research going to be… https://t.co/NxSD8cDwpp
- 14 Oct@traffyaston @DavidBoothODI @ODIdev Maybe. I’m a big fan of political settlement theory and draw a lot on David’s w… https://t.co/3nvY05pzqR
- 14 Oct@JassiSandhar @DavidBoothODI @ODIdev hmme, I know Twitter isn't the best place for these kinds of debates. Can you… https://t.co/CTbII3IWwH
- 14 Oct@DavidBoothODI @ODIdev It’s not just the lack of representation of black researchers at the institute but also the… https://t.co/QFvR4WtiDj
- 14 Oct@DavidBoothODI @ODIdev But the point I have the biggest objection to is the idea that research at ODI is completely… https://t.co/470trn2fU2
- 14 Oct@DavidBoothODI @ODIdev I don’t see how the call to re-examine the past and understand privilege is system theory or… https://t.co/ebIXvWoXS2
- 14 Oct@DavidBoothODI @ODIdev The Q is whether “dev project” is a useful concept. The fact that we use a language that ppl… https://t.co/EVvKAV3ljv
- 14 Oct@DavidBoothODI @ODIdev The term “political settlement” can also be vague and statements about the PS can often ride… https://t.co/599UuU7Jlh
