
Research interests
Conflict processes; social mobilisation and contentious politics; state formation, failure, and reconstruction; transitional justice and collective remembrance; peacekeeping and peacebuilding; peace studies; music and the arts in conflict and peace.
John Gledhill
John Gledhill is Associate Professor of Global Governance in Oxford's Department of International Development, and a Fellow of St. Cross College.
Before coming to Oxford in 2011, he was an LSE Fellow in Global Politics at the London School of Economics, and he has previously taught at Georgetown and George Washington universities.
In his research, writing, and teaching, John investigates diverse themes of peace and conflict, including: peacekeeping and peacebuilding, conflict processes, state formation and dissolution, nonviolent resistance, and the political uses and functions of the arts (particularly, music) in processes of conflict and peacebuilding.
His recent academic writings have appeared in journals such as the European Journal of International Relations, International Peacekeeping, Oxford Development Studies, and the Journal of Global Security Studies.
At ODID, John teaches on the MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy. In 2013, he received a Teaching Excellence Award for his work at the University of Oxford, and he had previously received the same award for his teaching at the London School of Economics.
Outside of ODID, he is a member of the Steering Committee of OxPeace, which is a group that brings together scholars and practitioners around Oxford who are committed to promoting the study of peace, peacemaking, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping. He sits on the Governing Council of the Conflict Research Society, is a (Visiting) Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (University of Queensland), and has previously held visiting positions at the University of Sydney and Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI).
He holds a PhD in Government from Georgetown University, and he received the University Gold Medal for his undergraduate work at Trinity College, Dublin.
John coordinates the Foundation Course for the MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy. He also offers optional courses on Peacebuilding & Statebuilding and, from 2024-25, Power, Conflict, & the Arts.
Research students supervised
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Journal articles and special issues( ) Exploring the impact of United Nations peacekeeping operations on the external affairs of host states . European Journal of International Relations 30 (3) 644-670( ) Boon, bane, or business as usual: Perceptions of the economic consequences of peacekeeping withdrawal from Liberia . International Interactions 50 (1) 1-32( ) Glee and Grievance: Emotive Events and Campaign Size in Nonviolent Resistance . Journal of Global Security Studies 7 (4)( ) Developing peace: the evolution of development goals and activities in United Nations peacekeeping . Oxford Development Studies 49 (3) 201-29( ) The Pieces Kept after Peace is Kept: Assessing the (Post-Exit) Legacies of Peace Operations . International Peacekeeping 27 (1) 1-11( ) Availability without Access? Globalization and Socio-Political Cleavages in Emerging Economies . Globalizations 16 (1) 83-103( ) Studying Peace and Studying Conflict: Complementary or Competing Projects? . Journal of Global Security Studies 4 (2) 259–66( ) Voted Out: Regime Type, Elections, and Contributions to UN Peacekeeping Operations . European Journal of International Relations. 25 (4) 1157-85( ) Disaggregating Opportunities: Opportunity Structures and Organisational Resources in the Study of Armed Conflict . Civil Wars 20 (4) 500-28( ) A Divided Discipline? Mapping Peace and Conflict Studies . International Studies Perspectives 19 (2) 128–47( ) When State Capacity Dissolves: Explaining Variation in Violent Conflict and Conflict Moderation European Journal of International Security 2 (2) 153-78( ) A Confluence of Competitions: Regime-Building and Violence in Timor-Leste . Asian Security 10 (2) 123-150( ) Conclusion: Managing (In)security in Post-Arab Spring Transitions . PS: Political Science and Politics 46 (4) 736-9( ) Assessing (In)security after the Arab Spring: Editor's Introduction . PS: Political Science and Politics 46 (4) 709-15( ) Competing for Change: Regime Transition, Intrastate Competition, and Violence . Security Studies 21 (1) 43-82
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Chapters( ) Peacekeeping Operations: The Endgame . In Han Dorussen Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations , Edward Elgar( ) Exiles and Political Islam: Contrasting Khomeini’s Religious Nationalism with bin Laden’s Violent Globalism . In David Malet, Miriam J Anderson Transnational Actors in War and Peace: Militants, Activists, and Corporations in World Politics , Washington DC: Georgetown University Press( ) European Integration and Confrontations with the Communist Past . In Denisa Kostovicova Transitional Justice in Post-Yugoslav States: Political Will and Public Support for the RECOM Process , Belgrade: Humanitarian Law Center
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Encyclopedia entries( ) [The] European Court of Human Rights . In Lavinia Stan, Nadya Nedelsky Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice , New York: Cambridge University Press( ) [The] European Union . In Lavinia Stan, Nadya Nedelsky Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice , New York: Cambridge University Press
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Other publications( ) The Study of Peace and Conflict: in Need of (Intellectual) Insurgency? . E-International Relations