Lyndsey Harris
Lyndsey Harris was previously an Associate Lecturer in Politics at the School of Economics and Politics at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Social and Communications Studies at the University of Chester. Lyndsey is Chair of the Political Studies Association's Post Graduate Network (PGN); a Student Associate of INCORE; a Council member of the Conflict Research Society; and an IUS Armed Forces and Society Fellow. Her research interests include terrorism and political violence; strategic theory and Northern Irish Politics. Lyndsey is awaiting her viva for completed doctoral thesis entitled, ‘A Strategic Analysis of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland After the Belfast Agreement', which employed a strategic theory framework to examine Loyalist paramilitary activity based upon empirical data including over fifty interviews with members and ex-members of the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force. Her recent publications include:
Harris, L.,‘Duck or Rabbit? The Value Systems of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland' in Busteed, M. and Tonge, J. (eds) (2008) Irish Protestant Identities Manchester University Press: Manchester;
Harris, L., ‘Exit, Voice and Loyalty': Signalling of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland' in Edwards, A and Bloomer, S (eds) (2008) Transforming the Peace Process in Northern Ireland: From Terrorism to Democratic Politics Irish Academic Press: Dublin
Harris, L. ‘Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland: A Sub-culture of Violence?' in Howman, B and Ogden,C (eds) Subcultures: Deviants or Illuminators? Chester Academic Press: Chester (Forthcoming, 2008)
Harris, L (2006) ‘Introducing the Strategic Approach: An Examination of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 539-549.
Lyndsey has been invited to speak at a number of events and has presented papers at both national and international conferences. In addition to this she has provided media (BBC Radio Ulster and The Sunday Life) and policy consultancy (The Junction).