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I am a Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute and a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. My PhD is on the militarisation of Niger and state legitimacy. Over the last 3 years, I have carried out in-depth field research on Nigeriens' perception of foreign military presence, counter insurgency practice and the state. Before starting my PhD, I was a Research Fellow at ODI where I led multi-country research on the link between services and state legitimacy for DFID. I have also experience in researching the social impact of mining in conflict-affected regions.
Publications
Aoife McCullough and Adam Sandor, African Affairs, October 2023
Aoife McCullough, Antoine Lacroix and Gemma Hennessy, Secure Livelihoods and Research Consortium, 2020
Aoife McCullough, Mareike Schomerus and Abdoutan Harouna, ODI, 2017
Leigh Mayhew, Aoife McCullough, Sherine El Taraboulsi and Simon Levine, FAO, 2022
Aoife McCullough, Leigh Mayhew and Sarah Opitz Stapleton with Aghali Abouka and Djibrilla Mohammed Botto, ODI, 2019
Eric Herring, Latif Ismail, Aoife McCullough and Muhyadin Saed, in Limited Statehood and Informal Governance in Middle East and Africa, (eds) Ruth Hanau Santini, Abel Polese, Rob Kevlihan, 2021
Aoife McCullough, Shehryar Toru, Rubab Saeed, Shujaat Ahmed, Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2019
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TRAINING EXPERIENCE
July 2015
USING POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS IN PROGRAMME PLANNING
Provided training to Christian Aid's national partners who were working to design a family planning programme.
June 2012
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
Developed and delivered a five-day course with James Fennell for the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies. The course was tailored to meet the needs of professionals working on conflict, including government officials from DRC, Liberia and governance advisors from the EU.
March 2019
USING POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY STRATEGIES
As part of a team of four, I provided training to the Agence Francaise de Developpement on commissioning and using political economy analyses in designing country strategies. This training was based on my practical experience of delivering political economy analysis to USAID
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