Richard Hargy

• Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen's University Belfast

Dr Hargy is a scholar of contemporary American politics, holding a PhD and MA from Queen's University Belfast. He has expertise on diplomacy, post-conflict transformation, security studies and US politics. Externally, he is the Co-Convenor of the Political Studies Association of Ireland's“Specialist Peace and Conflict Group” and the Irish Association of American Studies ECR Caucus Chair.

His work sits at the intersection of US politics and international relations, examining how American domestic politics and foreign policy shapes geopolitical events. He has a particular interest in the impact that aligning external influence to ethnic conflict has in conflict resolution, with his research examining the continuing role of US third-party intervention in post-conflict Northern Ireland.

During Dr Hargy's time at Queen's University Belfast and the Mitchell Institute he was a Research Assistant to Harvard University's Professor Melani Cammett for her new book project, Toleration. This focused on how communities reconstruct social relations in the wake of violent ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Lebanon.

• –present -, Ph.D. Candidate, Queen's University Belfast

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