Personal profile

Research overview

Peter Bothwell is a Doctoral Candidate whose research aims to understand modern agency and alienation in the United Kingdom through a comparison of Ulster Loyalist and British mainland working-class communities. He is supervised by Dr Jeffrey Murer and Dr Kieran McConaghy.

Other interests include:

-Sociological, political, and psychoanalytic theory

-Critical approaches to terrorism and political violence

Peter holds an MA in International Relations from the University of St Andrews and an MSc in Comparative Social Change from Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.

Teaching activity

Graduate Teaching Assisstant | University of St Andrews (2021 - Present)

IR1005: Concepts in Global Politics

IR1006: Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics

IR2005: Theoretical Approaches to IR

IR2006: Studying IR

IR4099: Honours Dissertation

CSTPV Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies

Academic Skills Programme Workshop Leader

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (2023 - Present)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Master in Science, MSc Comparative Social Change, Sociology, Trinity College Dublin

Aug 2019Sept 2020

Award Date: 16 Jun 2021

Master of Arts, MA International Relations, University of St Andrews

Sept 2015Jun 2019

Award Date: 25 Jun 2019