Joseph O'Mahoney
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Associate Professor
- Director of Postgraduate Research
Module convenor for:
- Politics of Nuclear Weapons (PO3NUK)
- Qualitative Methods for International Relations (PIM85)
Office
Room 290Building location
Edith MorleyAreas of interest
My research primarily examines questions of how norms and rules about war, the use of force, and nuclear weapons, affect state behaviour and how they change, persist and are manipulated. I have a particular interest in how the international community reacts to norm violations.
Along with a co-author, I also engaged in another ongoing project on the role of colonial heritage in the criminalisation of homosexuality.
Postgraduate supervision
I am interested in supervising projects on international norm dynamics.Research centres and groups
Member of the Centre for Global Security and GovernanceBackground
Previously I was a Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow at MIT's Security Studies Programme, and I have taught at Seton Hall University, Brown University and George Washington University.Academic qualifications
PhD, George Washington University
Awards and honours
My work has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust, Stanton Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust, and the Loughran Foundation. I was awarded the McElvany Nuclear Nonproliferation Prize in 2020.
Websites/blogs
Selected publications