Contact Details

Telephone

work +44 (0)1224 272735

Email

k.purnell@abdn.ac.uk

Address

The University of Aberdeen Room F15
Edward Wright Building
Dunbar Street
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB243QY
+44 (0) 1224 272 735

Biography

Dr Kandida Purnell is a Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations and Research Associate working with Dr Natasha Danilova (PI) on the Carnegie funded 'War Commemoration, Military Culture, and Identity Politics in Scotland' project. Kandida has a PhD in International Relations. 

Kandida's research advances International Relations (IR) by interrogating how discourses, practices, and performances of violence, conflict, and security assemble/disassemble and move bodies and how bodies may act in turn to (dis/)assemble violence, conflict, and security regimes. Kandida's theoretical contributions are underpinned by empirical analyses of specific aspects, sites, and performances of the Global War on Terror including Guantánamo Bay, dead and wounded soldiers, Army/Artist collaberations, and military families.

Previous to joining the University of Aberdeen, Kandida gained a BA in Politics with Internaitonal Studies from the University of Surrey and an MA in International Relations from King's College London's Department of War Studies. Before pursuing a PhD Kandida also worked in the European Parliament, for public policy think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), and at Non Governmental Organisations campaigning for conflict resoution and aid transparency (OneVoice and Publish What You Fund).

Research Interests

Bodies/Embodiment

Body Politics

Bodies Politic

Affect/Emotion and Feelings

Visual politics

(Anti/)Militarism

Terrorism/Counter Terrorism

Global War on Terror

International Relations (IR) Theory

Political Theory

Teaching Responsibilities

Current Teaching:

PI3567: International Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and International Relations

PI5520: Terrorism and Counterterrorism

PI1518: Power and Conflict

PI4071: Dissertation

IR4031: Dissertation

**Consultation and Feedback Hours: Tuesday 1530-1730**

Previous Teaching:

- PI2009: Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations (2015, 2017)

- PI3069: Researching into the 21st Century (2015, 2017)

- PI1035: Accesss to Social Sciences (2016-2017)

- KL15PG: Access to Political Studies (2015-2016)

- PI1013: Introduction to International Relations: History and Concepts (2013, 2014)

- PI1516: Introduction to Political Science: British Politics and the EU (2013)

- SO1507: Introductory Sociology II (2017)

- PI2007: Theories of International Relations (2014)

- PI2005: Democracy: Issues and Controversies (2014, 2015)

- SO2009: Studying Social Life I (2016)

- SO2504: Studying Social Life II (2017)

External Responsibilities

Membership in Professional Associations:

• International Studies Association (ISA)
• British International Studies Association (BISA)
• European International Studies Association (EISA)

Guest Blogger at Duck of Minerva (2017-2018)

Publications