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Professor Gearoid Millar spoke at Conciliation Resources, Brussels
Professor Gearoid Millar spoke at Conciliation Resources on 27 May 2026. Professor Millar took part in an informal discussion with Katariina Leinonen, on the subject of 'Peace work amid the Polycrisis: Reorienting the field for the challenges of tomorrow'. The talk addressed the question, How do we build peace in...
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Professor Gearoid Millar attends workshop at the Barcelona Institute for International Studies
Professor Gearoid Millar contributed to a two-day workshop at the Barcelona Institute for International Studies (IBEI). The workshop was entitled 'Getting to Peace without the Peace Makers: Transactional Governance, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Peacemaking'. Professor Millar presented on “The Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Spectre of Authoritarian Global...
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Professor Gearoid Millar speaks at Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
On 12th May 2026, Professor Gearoid Millar spoke at the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform in an event co-hosted with the Geneva Graduate Institute. Prof. Millar's talk was the latest of his engagements from his ongoing research into “Peace Studies amid the Polycrisis”.
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Professor Gearoid Millar joins Conciliation Resources board of trustees
Professor Gearoid Millar, Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Aberdeen has joined the board of trustees for Conciliation Resources, one of the most prominent and internationally recognised charitable peacebuilding organisations. Conciliation Resources have been operating since 1994 and advise major international bodies, including the UN, the...
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Prof Gearoid Millar to contribute to workshop and provide mentorship for promoting peace research
Professor Gearoid Millar will be participating in a workshop at the Environmental Peacebuilding Association in Ljubljana on the 19th and 20th of March. On account of his senior role in the field of ‘local peace’ Prof Millar will be one of 8 senior scholars partnered with 8 young researchers in...
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Prof Gearoid Millar to speak at ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland
Professor Gearoid Millar will be speaking at ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland on Monday March 30th. Prof. Millar’s talk will be entitled ‘Peace Work amid the Polycrisis: Interdisciplinarity and the Challenge of Future Peace’. This will be the inaugural lecture for a series on “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Peace and Conflict”. Peace work...
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Dr. Peter Olayiwola will have new article published in Sociology journal
Dr. Peter Olayiwola, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at University of Aberdeen, will have an article published in a forthcoming special issue of Sociology on Slavery and Unfreedom in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Lens. Dr. Olayiwola's article will be entitled: 'Modern Slavery and Immigration Regimes and Migrant Workers in...
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University of Aberdeen in top 15 institutions in peacebuilding research globally
A recent bibliometric study of the field of ‘peacebuilding’ in International Peacekeeping has placed University of Aberdeen in “the top 15 institutions in peacebuilding research, ranked by their publication counts” (p22-23). University of Aberdeen places 14th globally. Prof Gearoid Millar, Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies at University of Aberdeen was...
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Dr Isabella Kasselstrand and Dr Christopher Kollmeyer publish new article in Sociology of Religion
Dr Isabella Kasselstrand and Dr Christopher Kollmeyer have recently published a new article in Sociology of Religion examining the relationship between women’s employment and secularization. The article is entitled "Secularization and Gender: A Global Study of the Effects of Women’s Employment on Religious Decline" and can be viewed here. Drawing on...
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Public talk w/Prof. Gearoid Millar: the diminishing legitimacy and future of peace work at the Unive
On Tuesday 24 February 2026, Prof Gearoid Millar will be delivering a public talk on The Crisis of Legitimacy in Peace Work and the Return of ‘Peace as Force’. In this talk, Gearoid Millar explores the declining legitimacy of peace work in the post–Cold War era. Drawing on interviews with...