Aoife McCullough
Research Fellow
Aoife specialises in contested politics, state legitimacy, and radicalisation. She has led or contributed to conflict and governance analyses in Niger, Mali, South Sudan, Pakistan and Zambia for donors and NGOs. 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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Aoife specializes in contested politics, state legitimacy, and radicalisation. She has led or contributed to conflict and governance analyses in Niger, Mali, South Sudan and Pakistan for donors and NGOs. As part of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, she is currently leading a multi-country study to investigate whether there is a relationship between service delivery and state legitimacy. More broadly, Aoife has researched and written on the challenges of operating in fragile states, including on the current agenda of Countering Violent Extremism. 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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25 MarRT @YGuichaoua: « Je démissionne car notre dossier sur le Mali est bloqué », Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, au sujet de la revue #Afriqu…- 20 MarI’m a feminist but a big part of my preparation for an interview for a PhD position today involved cutting my fring… https://t.co/ZhS26T7FI2
- 13 MarGreat conversations this morning w/ people from UN system working on building state #legitimacy through local level… https://t.co/iPJsq0BXZD
- 11 MarThe signs of the huge economic boom that #Agadez has experienced over the last couple of years due to #migration: a… https://t.co/eCPLZic6U9
- 11 MarSorry to be missing this event today. Looks like a really interesting discussion https://t.co/WbzWfPuT4H
- 05 Mar💯 for this blog on how US Counter Terrorism activities in W Africa are framed in the NYT and WSJ. Meanwhile in… https://t.co/VCRXdpf8Z0
- 05 MarGreat thread on the inconsistencies in the UK's approach to managing #migration. The recommendation to avoid aid th… https://t.co/1QyOFxhuzP
- 03 MarFlying into #Agadez, Niger, you can still see loads of pickups parked in people’s yards. Following the ban on peopl… https://t.co/egd36CjqXH
- 28 FebIn place of what was once Le Petit Marché in #Niamey: this expanse of green grass. My taxi driver told me it’s for… https://t.co/Qua2WlLYgk
- 23 FebJust reading through some transcripts of interviews we are doing with people smugglers in #Niger. In response to th… https://t.co/MZ58X8ia0T
- 19 FebEscapes from poverty attained through #migration alone were often unsustainable as people were neg affected by the… https://t.co/CHjUJ9EjyP
- 19 FebUrban hhs who managed to use their inheritance to invest in urban land were more likely to secure a sustainable esc… https://t.co/mebFnGlEi9
- 19 FebA strategy that enabled rural hhs to escape poverty involved combining farming & circular #migration. We did this r… https://t.co/9fO0DMr6YE
- 19 FebOur report on how hhs manage to escape and stay out of poverty in #Niger combines analysis of national-level panel… https://t.co/C5PYfx6QRQ
- 09 FebRT @BerghofFnd: When should a #mediation process be started? When is it effective? #Conflictanalysis helps to find entry-points, plan the p…
- 07 FebAnother nice illustration of the extent to which West Africans have migrated within Africa while only a small perce… https://t.co/6CKXkPhaEu
- 07 FebRT @Morris_RPD: I strongly agree with this. But we should not let this distract from the need to make sure the remaining 88% of #aid is ali…
- 01 FebIn the lead up to a potential no-deal brexit, I ❤️ this fact about England and Wales: In 2017, Mohammed was the mos… https://t.co/7BOA3FrTXG
- 01 FebA fact that we often forget in this drive to find the 'root causes' of why people join terrorist groups https://t.co/BLsUabMkqq
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