Dr Michael Livesey (he/him)

I am an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sheffield. My research explores the histories of British counter-terrorism and peacebuilding practice in Northern Ireland. I am currently engaged in writing a monograph situating evolutions in UK security practice during the Troubles in relation to longer-term patterns of Anglo-Irish politics. I completed my PhD in Politics at the University of Sheffield in January 2024, having previously studied History at the University of Oxford and International Relations at the London School of Economics. Before beginning my PhD, I worked in the UK Parliament as a researcher in the Shadow Transport Team. I have published articles on the histories of British security in journals including the European Journal of International Security, the Review of International Studies, and Critical Studies on Terrorism. My work is informed by post-structuralist and genealogical traditions, and involves use of mixed methods for both quantitative and qualitative analysis of textual and spatial sources.