Introducing the Post-Structural Politics Working Group conveners

Current PPWG Co-Convenors:

Christina Oelgemoller

Christina joined Loughborough University in September 2013 as Lecturer in International Relations. Her research interests are situated between IR and Critical Geography. Current research projects focus on international migration, asking questions about normative violence, missing persons and statecraft.

Patrick Pinkerton

Patrick is an Assoicate Lecturer at University College London, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. One strand of his research utilises the philosophy of Jacques Derrida to analyse the post-conflict situations in Northern Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina, in order to put forward a deconstructive approach to peacebuilding. The second strand employs a biopolitical lens, developed from readings of Foucault and Agamben, to analyse migration and refugee governance. Follow him on Twitter.

Current Phd Convenor:

Kodili Chukwuma

Kodili Chukwuma is a Ph.D. candidate and Associate Tutor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communications. His current research examines how the Federal executive in Nigeria speak about and frame counter-terrorism, and the implications that this has for security in Nigeria and beyond. His teaching and research interests include critical security studies, African politics, IR Theory, critical terrorism studies, and postcolonial studies. Follow him on Twitter.