Mark McGeoghegan
m.mcgeoghegan.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Research title: The Contentious Politics of Self-Determination: explaining the tactics of self-determination groups
Research Summary
Research Topic
'Explaining self-determination groups' violent and non-violent strategies of resistance'.
My PhD project focuses on how the strategies of secessionist groups and movements vary and seeks to uncover what factors drive these variations.
Research Interests
- Non-state actor behaviours and dynamics, particularly interactions with the state.
- Secessionism and secessionist tactics.
- Civil conflict and political violence.
- Non-violent strategies of resistance, and their interaction with political violence.
Funding
Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Studentship
