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Research interests
Professor Kerr's research interests include power-sharing and third party intervention in divided societies, civil war and peace processes. He runs a specialist MA in Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies. Professor Kerr is the author of several books on power-sharing and his current research projects focus on revolution and civil war in Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Iran. Keywords: Lebanon; Middle East; Northern Ireland; Iran; Divided Societies; Ethnic Conflict Regulation; Power-Sharing.<br />
Research interests (short)
Power-sharing, ethnic conflict regulation, divided societies, Middle East, peace processes, political Islam, Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Iran.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- JC Political theory
- consociational democracy
- DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
- D839 Post-war History, 1945 on
- Lebanon, Iran, Syria
- JF Political institutions (General)
- power-sharing
- E151 United States (General)
- US policy towards the Middle East
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Research output
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Conflict resolution in deeply divided societies
Gutkowski, S., Kerr, M. & Larkin, C., 8 Feb 2024, An Introduction to War Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 15-35 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Northern Ireland: the tormented and long road to peace
Kerr, M., 17 Mar 2021, In: The Political Quarterly. Volume 92, Issue 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Introduction: For ‘God, Syria, Bashar and Nothing Else’?
Kerr, M., Oct 2015, The Alawis of Syria : War, Faith and Politics in the Levant. Kerr, M. & Larkin, C. (eds.). London: Hurst and Co, (Urban Conflicts, Divided Societies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
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The Alawis of Syria: War, Faith and Politics in the Levant
Kerr, M. (ed.) & Larkin, C. (ed.), Oct 2015, London: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. 288 p. (Urban Conflicts, Divided Societies)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Lebanon: The Hybridity of a Confessional State
Kerr, M. & Hamdan, A., 1 Apr 2013, Routledge Handbook on Regionalism and Federalism . E. B. J. L. J. K. W. S. (ed.). London: Routledge, 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Projects
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Competitive State Building projects in Lebanon and Syria: Irredentism, Consociational Democracy and Civil War
1/01/2016 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research
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Conflicted Pasts and Post Conflict Futures: Problems of a Memory Boom
Kerr, M., Barkan, E., Brown, K., Collins, C., Dawson, G., Gormley-Heenan, C., Hamber, B., Larkin, C., McDowell, S., O'Rourke, C. & Purbick, L.
1/09/2014 → 31/08/2017
Project: Research
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Translating cultures, transforming societies
Davies, O., Janz, P., Kerr, M., Kersten, C. & Sedmak, C.
1/01/2014 → 31/12/2016
Project: Research
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Hostage to the Ayatollah: Jimmy Carter and the ranian revolution (1977-81)
1/01/2012 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research